Frontier Communications of the Southwest Inc. is a

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 ...

operating company providing local telephone services to former

Verizon California Frontier California, Inc. is a Frontier Communications-owned operating company providing telephone service in former Verizon regions. This included Southern California cities such as Long Beach, Seal Beach, Lakewood, Norwalk and Santa Monica ...

territory in

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California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

, and

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. The company was created as a subsidiary of New Communications ILEC Holdings by

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 2009 and sold on July 1, 2010 to Frontier. The predecessors of Frontier Communications of the Southwest were two rural telephone companies: Parker Valley Telephone of

Parker, Arizona Parker ( Mojave 'Amat Kuhwely, formerly 'Ahwe Nyava) is the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, United States, on the Colorado River in Parker Valley. The population was 3,083 at the 2010 census. History Founded in 1908, the town was named ...

and United Farmers Telephone of

Gardnerville, Nevada Gardnerville is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 6,211 at the time of th2020 Census U.S. Route 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. State Route 207, known as ...

. Contel acquired Parker Valley Telephone in 1964 United Farmers Telephone of Gardnerville merged with Interstate Telegraph in 1949. California Interstate Telephone acquired Interstate Telegraph in 1954. Contel acquired California Interstate Telephone in 1965. Both became part of Contel of California. Contel of California was merged into GTE California (later Verizon California) in 1993. The exchanges operated by Frontier Communications of the Southwest are: * California:

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, Coleville, Earp/ Big River, Havasu Landing,

Parker Dam Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River downstream of Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is high, of which are below the riverbed (the deep excavation was necessary in ...

, Blythe, and Palo Verde * Arizona: Cibola, Ehrenberg,

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, Parker,

, and Poston. * Nevada/California: Gardnerville, Gardnerville Ranchos, Glenbrook, Jacks Valley, Montgomery Pass, Smith Valley, Stateline, Sweetwater,

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, and

Yerington Yerington is a city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 3,048 at the 2010 census. It is the current county seat of Lyon County, with the first county seat having been established at Dayton on November 29, 1861. It is nam ...

.http://pucweb1.state.nv.us/PDF/AxImages/DOCKETS_2005_THRU_PRESENT/2009-6/29515.pdf

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