Frontier North, Inc. is a local telephone operating company owned by

Frontier Communications Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (known as Citizens Utilities Company until May 2000 and Citizens Communications Company until July 31, 2008) is an American telecommunications company. The company previously served primarily rural areas and s ...

History

Frontier North was founded as Contel North, Inc., incorporated in

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in 1992.

GTE acquisition of Contel

Contel was acquired by GTE in 1993. Following its acquisition by

GTE GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System. The company operated from 1926, with roots tracing furth ...

, Contel North was renamed GTE North, Inc.. In 1993,

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, and

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were split off from GTE North into a new company called GTE Midwest, Inc. ConTel of Illinois, ConTel of Indiana, ConTel of Pennsylvania, and ConTel Quaker State were all merged into GTE North.

Acquisition by Verizon

In 2000, parent company

merged with Bell Atlantic, becoming

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. At this point the company's name was legally changed to Verizon North, Inc.

Sale to Frontier

In 2009,

created a company, New Communications ILEC Holdings, to be sold to

. Verizon North was included with the new company. Frontier purchased the company in 2010. Verizon North's operations in

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were spun off into a separate company called

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since those operations were not included in the sale to Frontier. That company was merged into a new company named

Verizon North Verizon North LLC is a Verizon operating company providing local telephone service to former GTE customers in Pennsylvania. History In 2010, when the original Verizon North, whose service region included Pennsylvania, was sold to Frontier Communic ...

in 2010. The sale became final July 1, 2010, and the company's name was changed to Frontier North, Inc. Frontier North, Inc. is a current operating company serving

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, and

Sources

Verizon North, Inc.

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