Maine’s 207 area code will stick around for the foreseeable future.

Maine’s Public Utilities Commission announced Thursday that efforts to preserve Maine’s single area code resulted in a 15-month extension. The area code will now be exhausted by the first quarter of 2027 unless it’s extended again.

“These additional months are the direct result of multiple actions taken by dedicated Commission staff who have been persistent in efforts to preserve Maine’s single area code,” said Commission Chair Philip Bartlett.

The PUC says working with service providers to free up unused numbers and working alongside an FCC-appointed group helped to extend the area code’s lifetime.

So far, the commission says it’s returned about 677,000 numbers to the numbering pool from unused or slightly used number blocks.