Frontier Southwest

Not to be confused with Frontier Communications of the Southwest.

Frontier Southwest Incorporated
Trading name	Frontier Communications of Texas
Formerly called	State Telephone Company of Texas Southwestern Associated Telephone Company General Telephone Company of the Southwest GTE Southwest Incorporated
Type	Private (Subsidiary of Frontier)
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1926
Headquarters	Irving, Texas, USA^[1]
Products	Local Telephone Service
Parent	GTE (until 2000) Verizon (2000–2016) Frontier (2016-present)
Website	Verizon – Texas

Frontier Southwest Incorporated is a Frontier Communications operating company in Texas. At its peak, Frontier Southwest served Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

History

Its original name upon founding was State Telephone Company of Texas. It later changed its name to Southwestern Associated Telephone Company, and General Telephone Company of the Southwest.

In 1996, Contel of New Mexico and Contel of Texas were merged into GTE Southwest.

Fragmentation

In 1999, GTE announced that it was going to sell 1.3 million access lines. GTE agreed to sell 400,000 lines in New Mexico and lines in rural areas of Texas to a company called dba Communications.^[2]

In 2000, Bell Atlantic purchased GTE and renamed itself Verizon. Shortly thereafter, the pending sale of GTE Southwest's operations to Valor Telecom was completed. GTE Southwest's Arkansas operations in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma were sold to CenturyTel to become CenturyTel of Northwest Arkansas (GTE's operations in Arkansas were completely sold off). GTE Southwest retained its name and operations in more populated areas of Texas.

GTE Southwest is the only former GTE operating company that has not changed its official legal name under Verizon ownership.

Sale to Frontier

On February 5, 2015, Verizon Communications announced a sale of its wired telecom operations in California, Florida, and Texas to Frontier Communications. GTE Southwest is included in the sale. The transaction is closed in the first half of 2016.^[3]

Following the sale, GTE Southwest was renamed Frontier Southwest Incorporated and began doing business under the name Frontier Communications of Texas.

Sources

FCC History: GTE Southwest, Inc. dba Verizon Southwest

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 California 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 Florida Frontier Midstates Frontier North Frontier Southwest 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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