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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 New Communications ILEC Holdings by Verizon in 2009 and sold on July 1, 2010 to Frontier.
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Predecessor | Verizon California |
Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | Elk Grove, California, US |
Area served | Arizona, California, Nevada |
Products | Local Telephone Service |
Website | www.frontier.com |
The predecessors of Frontier Communications of the Southwest were two rural telephone companies: Parker Valley Telephone of Parker, Arizona and United Farmers Telephone of Gardnerville, Nevada. Contel acquired Parker Valley Telephone in 1964[1] United Farmers Telephone of Gardnerville merged with Interstate Telegraph in 1949.[2] California Interstate Telephone acquired Interstate Telegraph in 1954.[3] Contel acquired California Interstate Telephone in 1965.[4] 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:
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