Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. is a telephone operating company of

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 ...

based in

Elk Grove, California Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento. It is part of the Sacramento– Arden-Arcade– Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 Census, the population ...

. It was established in 1993 to acquire 5,000 access lines from

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 ...

. In 1996, it acquired 20,000 access lines from Alltel in the Tuolumne and Golden State areas. In 2007, Citizens acquired Global Valley Networks, serving Capay Valley, Livingston, and

Patterson Patterson may refer to: People * Patterson (surname) Places ;Canada * Pattersons Corners, Ontario *Patterson Township, Ontario *Patterson, Calgary a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta. ;United States of America * Patterson, Arkansas *Patterson, C ...

. In 2013,

Frontier Communications West Coast Frontier Communications West Coast, Inc. was a local telephone operating company owned by Frontier Communications through Frontier Communications Northwest serving the area around Crescent City, in Del Norte County, California. It was founded ...

, a former GTE property serving Crescent City, was merged into Citizens.In the Matter of the Application of Frontier Communications Corporation, and Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. (U1024C), and Frontier Communications West Coast Inc. (U1020C) to Authorize the Merger of Front ier Communications West Coast Inc. (U1020C) into Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. (U1024C).
/ref> Its operations are separate from Frontier Communications of the Southwest, which serves former

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 ...

customers Frontier acquired in 2010.

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* {{Frontier Frontier Communications Communications in California Telecommunications companies of the United States Companies based in Sacramento County, California Elk Grove, California Telecommunications companies established in 1993 1993 establishments in California