Windstream Kentucky East LLC is a

Windstream Windstream Holdings, Inc., trading as Windstream Communications is a provider of voice and data network communications to businesses across the United States. Under the Kinetic brand, it offers broadband, phone and digital streaming TV services to ...

operating company providing local telephone services to portions of

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

History

Windstream Kentucky East was established in 2001 as Kentucky ALLTEL, Inc. (as opposed to ALLTEL Kentucky, Inc., an existing company Alltel owned). The company was founded to take over

Verizon South Verizon South, Inc. is a Verizon operating company providing local telephone services to portions of Virginia and North Carolina in the United States. History Verizon South was originally established in 1947 as The Bluefield Telephone Corporation ...

operations that were formerly operated by

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 ...

and included were those originally operated by

Contel ConTel Corporation (Continental Telephone) was the third largest independent phone company in the United States prior to it being acquired by GTE in 1991. History Contel was founded in 1961 by Charles Wohlstetter, Philip J. Lucier, and one oth ...

. In 2002, the sale of Verizon's assets in Kentucky took place, with

Alltel Alltel was a landline, wireless service provider, wireless and general Telephone company, telecommunications services provider, primarily based in the United States. Before its wireless division was acquired by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, Alltel pr ...

becoming owner. In 2006, the company was renamed Windstream Kentucky East, Inc., following the sale of

's wireline assets to

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. Valor renamed itself

. In 2007, the company became a

limited liability company A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of ...

. As of 2012, the company has 676 employees and operates 508,000 lines in 94 exchanges.Kentucky Telephone Association, Regular Members
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References

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