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

Frontier Communications Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. is an American telecommunications company. Known as Citizens Utilities Company until 2000, Citizens Communications Company until 2008, and Frontier Communications Corporation until 2020, as a communications pr ...

based in

Elk Grove, California Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. Located just south of the state capital of Sacramento, it is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 176,124. A 2021 C ...

. 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 Capay Valley is a mostly rural valley northwest of Sacramento in Yolo County, California, United States. It lies east of Blue Ridge and west of the Capay Hills. Geography Cache Creek flows through the valley. California State Route 16 crosse ...

, Livingston, and Patterson. In 2013, Frontier Communications West Coast, 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. ( ), is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City. It is the world's second-largest telecommunications company by revenue and its mobile network is the largest wireless carrier in the ...

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