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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 ...
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 conf ...
, 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 in ...
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 telep ...
. 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 A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(
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 conf ...
, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Lamar County A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of the South A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(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) *
Citizens Utilities Rural Company Citizens Utilities Rural Company, Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications serving customers in Mohave County, Arizona. It was established in 1962. It is separate from Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountai ...
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Frontier Communications of the Southwest Frontier Communications of the Southwest Inc. is a Frontier Communications operating company providing local telephone services to former Verizon California territory in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company was created as a subsidiary of ...
(
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) *
Navajo Communications Company Navajo Communications Company, Inc. is the operating company of Frontier Communications that provides telephone services in Arizona to the Navajo people. Telephone service to the Navajo began in 1928 when the Bureau of Indian Affairs began build ...
(
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 acce ...
Inc. (GTE) * Frontier California Inc. (Verizon, 2016) *
Frontier Communications of the Southwest Frontier Communications of the Southwest Inc. is a Frontier Communications operating company providing local telephone services to former Verizon California territory in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company was created as a subsidiary of ...
(Verizon, 2010)


Florida

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Frontier Communications of the South A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001)


Georgia

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Frontier Communications of Fairmount A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Georgia A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001)


Illinois

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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Illinois 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) *
Frontier Communications - Midland A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications - Prairie A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications - Schuyler A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of DePue A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) * Frontier Communications of Illinois (Global Crossing, 2001) * Frontier Communications of Lakeside (Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Mt. Pulaski A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Orion A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of the Carolinas Frontier Communications of the Carolinas LLC is an operating company created in 2009 when some assets of Verizon South were split off and sold to Frontier Communications. The company provides local telephone service to former Verizon (formerly G ...
(Verizon, 2010) * Frontier North (Verizon, 2010)


Indiana

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Frontier Communications of Indiana A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) * Frontier Communications of Thorntown (Global Crossing, 2001) * Frontier Midstates (Verizon, 2010) * Frontier North (Verizon, 2010)


Iowa

* Frontier Communications of Iowa (Global Crossing, 2001)


Michigan

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Frontier Communications of Michigan A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) * Frontier Midstates (Verizon, 2010)


Minnesota

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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota 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) *
Frontier Communications of Minnesota A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001)


Mississippi

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Frontier Communications of Mississippi A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(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 ...
(GTE)


Nevada

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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada 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 ...
(ALLTEL) *
Frontier Communications of the Southwest Frontier Communications of the Southwest Inc. is a Frontier Communications operating company providing local telephone services to former Verizon California territory in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company was created as a subsidiary of ...
(Verizon, 2010)


New Mexico

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Navajo Communications Company Navajo Communications Company, Inc. is the operating company of Frontier Communications that provides telephone services in Arizona to the Navajo people. Telephone service to the Navajo began in 1928 when the Bureau of Indian Affairs began build ...
(ALLTEL)


New York

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Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York 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) *
Frontier Communications of AuSable Valley A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Seneca-Gorham A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Sylvan Lake A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) * Frontier Telephone of Rochester (Global Crossing, 2001) *
Ogden Telephone Ogden Telephone Company is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications. It provides service to Spencerport, New York Spencerport is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Rochester. The population count w ...
(acquired in 1997)


North Carolina

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Frontier Communications of the Carolinas Frontier Communications of the Carolinas LLC is an operating company created in 2009 when some assets of Verizon South were split off and sold to Frontier Communications. The company provides local telephone service to former Verizon (formerly G ...
(Verizon, 2010)


Ohio

* Frontier North (Verizon, 2010)


Pennsylvania

* Commonwealth Telephone (acquired in 2005) *
Frontier Communications of Breezewood Frontier Communications of Breezewood, LLC is a Frontier Communications operating company providing local telephone services to Breezewood, Pennsylvania. It also provides telephone service to Needmore, New Grenada, and Warfordsburg. The compan ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Canton A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Lakewood A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Oswayo River A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Pennsylvania A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001)


South Carolina

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Frontier Communications of the Carolinas Frontier Communications of the Carolinas LLC is an operating company created in 2009 when some assets of Verizon South were split off and sold to Frontier Communications. The company provides local telephone service to former Verizon (formerly G ...
(Verizon, 2010)


Tennessee

* Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee (GTE) *
Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Volunteer State 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 ...
(ALLTEL)


Utah

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Citizens Telecommunications Company of Utah 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)


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 that had been served by Verizon Virginia (formerly The Chesapeake and ...
(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) *
Frontier West Virginia Frontier West Virginia, Inc. is one of the original Bell Operating Companies and provides local telephone service in the U.S. state of West Virginia. History The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, originally part of the ...
(Verizon, 2010)


Wisconsin

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Frontier Communications - St. Croix A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Mondovi Frontier Communications of Mondovi LLC is a telephone operating of Frontier Communications providing local telephone services to Mondovi, Wisconsin Mondovi is a city along the Buffalo River in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. The pop ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Viroqua A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) *
Frontier Communications of Wisconsin A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...
(Global Crossing, 2001) * Frontier North (Verizon, 2010) *
Rhinelander Telephone Rhinelander can refer to a person from Rhineland, Germany. Rhinelander can also refer to: Places * Rhinelander, Wisconsin, a city in the United States :* Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport, an airport that serves Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA :* ...
(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 telep ...
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Rochester Telephone (New York) Rochester Telephone Corporation was a company that provided local telephone service to Rochester, New York. The company was founded in 1920 as a merger of Rochester Telephonic Exchange and Rochester Telephone Company. In 1995 the company became Fr ...


References

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