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 ...
owns local telephone operating companies consisting of companies it has owned under its previous name Citizens Communications Company, companies it acquired from
Global Crossing
Global Crossing was a telecommunications company that provided computer networking services and operated a tier 1 carrier. It maintained a large backbone network and offered peering, virtual private networks, leased lines, audio and video con ...
, and companies it acquired from
Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications Inc., commonly known as Verizon, is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is headquartered at 1095 Avenue of the Americas i ...
which are grouped under its subsidiary
Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings
Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. is a company created by Verizon Communications in 2009.
History
The company, sold to Frontier Communications on July 1, 2010, serves as a holding company for former Bell System, Contel, and GTE teleph ...
. The companies operate in largely rural areas (with a few exceptions).
Listing by state
The following lists breaks down the companies in each state that Frontier provides service to. Each company has been acquired by Citizens Utilities, which later changed its name to Frontier, since the 1980s.
Alabama
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Frontier Communications of Alabama (
Global Crossing
Global Crossing was a telecommunications company that provided computer networking services and operated a tier 1 carrier. It maintained a large backbone network and offered peering, virtual private networks, leased lines, audio and video con ...
, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Lamar County (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of the South (Global Crossing, 2001)
Arizona
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains
Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains is a Frontier operating company providing local telephone services to portions of Arizona.
The company was formed by Citizens Communications following the acquisition of former Contel/ ...
(
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 ...
)
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Citizens Utilities Rural Company
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Frontier Communications of the Southwest (
Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc., commonly known as Verizon, is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is headquartered at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in ...
, 2010)
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Navajo Communications Company (
ALLTEL
Alltel Wireless was a wireless service provider, primarily based in the United States. Before acquisitions by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, it served 34 states and had approximately 13 million subscribers. As a regulatory condition of the acquisition ...
)
California
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications based in Elk Grove, California. It was established in 1993 to acquire 5,000 access lines from GTE. In 1996, it acquired 20,000 access ...
Inc. (GTE)
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Frontier California Inc. (Verizon, 2016)
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Frontier Communications of the Southwest (Verizon, 2010)
Florida
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Frontier Communications of the South (Global Crossing, 2001)
Georgia
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Frontier Communications of Fairmount (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Georgia (Global Crossing, 2001)
Illinois
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Illinois (GTE)
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Frontier Communications - Midland (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications - Prairie (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications - Schuyler (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of DePue (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Illinois (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Lakeside (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Mt. Pulaski (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Orion (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of the Carolinas (Verizon, 2010)
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Frontier North
Frontier North, Inc. is a local telephone operating company owned by Frontier Communications.
History
Frontier North was founded as Contel North, Inc., incorporated in Wisconsin in 1992.
GTE acquisition of Contel
Contel was acquired by GTE in 19 ...
(Verizon, 2010)
Indiana
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Frontier Communications of Indiana (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Thorntown (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Midstates
Frontier Midstates, Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications serving Indiana and Michigan. It was originally owned by Contel, and later purchased by GTE, Verizon, and then sold to Frontier.
History
The company was establis ...
(Verizon, 2010)
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Frontier North
Frontier North, Inc. is a local telephone operating company owned by Frontier Communications.
History
Frontier North was founded as Contel North, Inc., incorporated in Wisconsin in 1992.
GTE acquisition of Contel
Contel was acquired by GTE in 19 ...
(Verizon, 2010)
Iowa
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Frontier Communications of Iowa (Global Crossing, 2001)
Michigan
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Frontier Communications of Michigan (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Midstates
Frontier Midstates, Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications serving Indiana and Michigan. It was originally owned by Contel, and later purchased by GTE, Verizon, and then sold to Frontier.
History
The company was establis ...
(Verizon, 2010)
Minnesota
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota (GTE)
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Frontier Communications of Minnesota (Global Crossing, 2001)
Mississippi
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Frontier Communications of Mississippi (Global Crossing, 2001)
Nebraska
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska provides local telephone service in Nebraska and some rural communities in northern Kansas.
History
Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska was founded in 1999. It was created to take over f ...
(GTE)
Nevada
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada (ALLTEL)
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Frontier Communications of the Southwest (Verizon, 2010)
New Mexico
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Navajo Communications Company (ALLTEL)
New York
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York (GTE)
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Frontier Communications of AuSable Valley (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Seneca-Gorham (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Sylvan Lake (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Telephone of Rochester
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc., formerly Rochester Telephone Corporation, is a local telephone operating company of Frontier Communications providing telephone service to Rochester, New York, Rochester, NY. The company was founded in 1994.
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(Global Crossing, 2001)
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Ogden Telephone (acquired in 1997)
North Carolina
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Frontier Communications of the Carolinas (Verizon, 2010)
Ohio
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Frontier North
Frontier North, Inc. is a local telephone operating company owned by Frontier Communications.
History
Frontier North was founded as Contel North, Inc., incorporated in Wisconsin in 1992.
GTE acquisition of Contel
Contel was acquired by GTE in 19 ...
(Verizon, 2010)
Pennsylvania
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Commonwealth Telephone (acquired in 2005)
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Frontier Communications of Breezewood (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Canton (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Lakewood (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Oswayo River (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Pennsylvania (Global Crossing, 2001)
South Carolina
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Frontier Communications of the Carolinas (Verizon, 2010)
Tennessee
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee
Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection".
Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...
(GTE)
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Volunteer State (ALLTEL)
Utah
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Utah (GTE)
Virginia
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Frontier Communications of Virginia
Frontier Communications of Virginia, Inc. is an operating company created in 2009 to take over operations in Crows, Virginia and Hematite, Virginia (located in Alleghany County, Virginia, Alleghany County that had been served by C&P Telephone, Veri ...
(Verizon, 2010)
West Virginia
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Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia
Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia is the local exchange carrier of telephone service in some regions in West Virginia.
The company was founded in 1897 as the Short Line Telephone Company. In 1975, the company changed its name ...
(ALLTEL, 1995, includes GTE lines from 1993)
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Frontier West Virginia
Frontier West Virginia, Inc. is one of the original Bell Operating Companies and provides Plain old telephone service, local telephone service in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
History
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virgin ...
(Verizon, 2010)
Wisconsin
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Frontier Communications - St. Croix (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Mondovi (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Viroqua (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier Communications of Wisconsin (Global Crossing, 2001)
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Frontier North
Frontier North, Inc. is a local telephone operating company owned by Frontier Communications.
History
Frontier North was founded as Contel North, Inc., incorporated in Wisconsin in 1992.
GTE acquisition of Contel
Contel was acquired by GTE in 19 ...
(Verizon, 2010)
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Rhinelander Telephone (acquired in 1999)
See also
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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 ...
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Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings
Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. is a company created by Verizon Communications in 2009.
History
The company, sold to Frontier Communications on July 1, 2010, serves as a holding company for former Bell System, Contel, and GTE teleph ...
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Rochester Telephone (New York)
References
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