Frontier Midstates

Frontier Midstates, Inc.
Formerly called	Continental Telephone Company of the South Contel of the South, Inc.
Type	Private (Subsidiary of Frontier)
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1956
Area served	Indiana, Michigan
Key people	Don Banowetz, President
Products	Local Telephone Service
Parent	Contel (until 1993) GTE (1993-2000) Verizon (2000-2010) Frontier (2010–present)

Frontier Midstates, Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications serving Indiana and Michigan. It was originally owned by Contel, and later purchased by GTE, Verizon, and then sold to Frontier.

History

The company was established in 1956 to provide telephone service in Georgia.^[1] As a subsidiary of Contel, it adopted the name Continental Telephone Company of the South. It expanded as it absorbed the operations various companies in Alabama and Georgia, including Alabama Telephone Company in 1975, Coosa Valley Telephone Company, and Tri-County Telephone Company, Incorporated in 1978.^[2] The company adopted its abbreviated name, Contel of the South, Inc., in 1988.

Acquisition by GTE

Contel was acquired by GTE in 1991 and the operating company began doing business as GTE Systems of the South. It was not associated with GTE South, a separate operating company.

On October 31, 1993, Contel of the South and Alltel traded service regions. Contel of the South regions in Georgia area were traded for Alltel's Indiana and Michigan service regions.

Acquisition by Verizon

In 2000, GTE was purchased by Bell Atlantic, becoming Verizon. Contel of the South began doing business as Verizon Mid-States and Verizon North Systems.

In 2002, Verizon sold its operations in Alabama, including those from Contel of the South and GTE South to CenturyTel. Those operations became CenturyTel of Alabama. This left the company, incorporated in Georgia, with operations in Indiana and Michigan.

The company remained one of two former GTE operating companies to have retained its original name since acquisition by Verizon (the other is GTE Southwest); it also remained the only operating company using the Contel name.

Sale to Frontier

Contel of the South, along with several other Verizon wireline operating companies, were transferred to a new holding company New Communications ILEC Holdings, which was acquired by Frontier Communications on July 1, 2010.^[3] Contel of the South, Inc., at that point, became Frontier Midstates, Inc.^[4]

Sources

FCC History: Contel of the South, Inc. dba Verizon Mid-States

References

Frontier Communications Corporation

Operating companies	Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho Citizens Telecommunications Company of Illinois Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota Citizens Telecommunications Company of Montana Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada Citizens Telecommunications Company of Oregon Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Volunteer State Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains Citizens Telecommunications of Utah Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia Citizens Utilities Rural Frontier Communications Northwest Frontier Communications of Breezewood Frontier Communications of Mondovi Frontier Communications of the Carolinas Frontier Communications of the Southwest Frontier Communications of Virginia Frontier Midstates Frontier North Frontier Telephone of Rochester Frontier West Virginia Navajo Communications Ogden Telephone Rhinelander Telephone Southern New England Telephone

Long distance/Internet services	Frontier Communications of America Frontier Communications Online and Long Distance SNET America

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