A new area code for Upstate South Carolina has been in the works for more than a year and is expected to be in use by sometime next year. New phone customers will be given an 821 area code rather than ...

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina is getting a new area code next month but customers will see some changes beginning next week. Local media outlets report the new area code - 854 - will overlap ...

Eastern South Carolina will be getting a new area code, but it's not clear what the number will be. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved plans ...

South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer was born in Charleston, S.C., but hasn't always used a cell phone number with the 843 area code assigned to that region of the state. In a profession ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina is about to add a fifth area code. The latest set of digits will augment the Palmetto State’s oldest area code — 803. In the region stretching from Aiken to Rock Hill with ...

South Carolina's fourth area code will be 854, but no one is expected to get one of the new phone numbers until some time in 2015. The 854 number will be South Carolina's first "overlay" area code, so ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is adding a new area code. The latest set of digits will augment the Palmetto State's oldest area code - 803. In the region stretching from Aiken to Rock Hill with ...

Starting in May 2020, South Carolina will add a fifth area code: 839. S.C. Public Service Commission A new area code for Upstate South Carolina has been in the works for more than a year and is ...