<P> Shortly after its implementation, the Federal Communications Commission announced that any new area codes going forth must not be service - specific, but did grandfather 917 from that rule . It is the last area code added under the original X1X format, whose last digit was not 0 . </P> <P> In 1990, The New York Telephone Company wanted cellphones and pagers in Manhattan and all telephone lines in The Bronx to be assigned area code 917 . The New York State Public Service Commission denied the request and chose the present configuration . </P>

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