Frontier Telephone of Rochester

Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.
Formerly called	Rochester Telephone Corporation
Type	Private (Subsidiary of Frontier)
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Rochester, NY, United States
Products	Local Telephone Service
Parent	Frontier (1994-1999) Global Crossing (1999-2001) Citizens/Frontier (2001-present)
Website	www.frontier.com

Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc., formerly Rochester Telephone Corporation, is a local telephone operating company of Frontier Communications providing telephone service to Rochester, NY. The company was founded in 1994.

History

Frontier Telephone headquarters in Rochester, New York

In 1995, the original Rochester Telephone Corporation renamed itself Frontier Corporation^[1] in order to sound less “local” in the newly competitive landscape. Frontier transferred its Rochester local telephone lines to the "new" Rochester Telephone Corporation. Frontier's investment in fiber long lines proved attractive in the exploding global communications market in the late 1990s when RTC was acquired in 1999 by Global Crossing,^[2]^[3] a Bermuda-based communications network enterprise.

Citizens Communications acquired Global's local exchange properties, including the Frontier brand, in 2000.^[4] Global Crossing filed for Chapter 11 protection at the beginning of 2002, with its remaining assets being sold to China Netcom's subsidiary Asia Netcom.

Under the Frontier brand, Citizens Communications provides telephone, television and Internet services in 24 states. The company changed its name on July 31, 2008, to Frontier Communications Corporation.^[5]

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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