{{No footnotes, date=November 2019 GTE Midwest, Inc. was a GTE operating company formed in 1993 upon the split off of some GTE local telephone operations from GTE North. GTE Midwest served

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, and included the former operations of

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and

History

In 1995, GTE Midwest's Minnesota operations were transferred to Contel of Minnesota, Inc. Contel of Minnesota had always been a separate company from GTE Midwest. In 2000, GTE completed the sale of some of its Missouri lines to Spectra Communications Group, which was an investment of CenturyTel. Also occurring that year Bell Atlantic acquired GTE, renaming the merged company

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. Upon the completion of the merger,

operations of GTE Midwest were sold to Iowa Network Service, and

operations were sold to Citizens Utilities ( Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska). By the end of 2000, GTE Midwest only served

, and GTE Midwest began doing business as Verizon Midwest.

Dissolution

In 2002, Verizon sells its operations in

to CenturyTel, becoming CenturyTel of Missouri (remaining separate from Spectra Communications Group). On August 31, 2002, Verizon discontinued Verizon Midwest as an operating company, with all of its operations transferred to different operating companies within former GTE operating, or the operations being sold off.

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GTE Midwest, Inc. dba Verizon Midwest, Inc.
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