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How about giving cellular phones, faxes, ATM machines, and other non-geographical devices or services the new area code instead?

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How about giving cellular phones, faxes, ATM machines, and other non-geographical devices or services the new area code instead?

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• This form of area code change is referred to as a technology-specific overlay (TSO). • On three occasions, the CPUC has requested the FCC for authority to implement a form of a technology-specific overlay. In the first two instances, the CPUC requested that phone numbers from wireless services get a separate area code. However, the FCC has not acted on these CPUC requests. • In September 2005, in response to the CPUC’s third request for authority to implement a TSO, the FCC partially granted the CPUC’s request. However, the FCC did not grant the CPUC authority to permanently maintain seven-digit dialing in the geographic region(s) where the TSO would be implemented. Moreover, the phone numbers associated with wireless services were excluded from the list of those phone numbers that would get a separate area code. The FCC’s partial granting of the CPUC’s request did not include enough of the elements of the CPUC’s proposal. As a result, the benefits of implementing the TSO the FCC aut

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