Montanans love living in the “406,” but Montana could run out of 406 phone numbers by 2033. It’s not because all the numbers will be in use by far. Still, the clock is ticking on assigning a new ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana will remain a one-area code state, for at least for a while. Federal regulators approved a plan to allow a more efficient system for handing out numbers with the 406 area code ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 13—Beginning Oct. 24, 2021, all local calls in Montana must be dialed with the 406 area code to connect. Montana's 406 area ...

HELENA – Don’t look now, but Montana’s 406 area code is scheduled to run out of numbers in five years – meaning our nearly 70-year status as a state with a single area code is coming to an end. Once ...

HELENA – Don’t look now, but Montana’s 406 area code is scheduled to run out of numbers in five years — meaning our nearly 70-year status as a state with a single area code is coming to an end.

Because Montana’s 406 area code covers the entire state, it has become synonymous with the citizenry, marketing everything from clothing lines to bands to beer.

Don’t look now, but Montana’s 406 area code is scheduled to run out of numbers in five years — meaning our nearly 70-year status as a state with a single area code is coming to an end.