Frontier Communications Northwest

Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc.
Type	Private (subsidiary of Frontier)
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1964
Headquarters	Everett, Washington, U.S.
Area served	Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Products	Local Telephone Service
Parent	GTE (1964–2000) Verizon (2000–2010) Frontier (2010–present)
Website	www.frontier.com

Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc. is a local telephone operating company owned by Frontier Communications.

History

Frontier Communications Northwest was founded in 1964 as the General Telephone Company of the Northwest, Inc. and later became GTE Northwest, Incorporated.

GTE Northwest originally served Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.

In 1993, GTE acquired Continental Telephone (ConTel); as a result, ConTel operations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were merged into GTE Northwest. In 1994, GTE sold ConTel of Idaho to Citizens Communications (which later became Frontier Communications). In 1995, GTE sold operations in Montana to Citizens Communications, and absorbed ConTel of Oregon into GTE's existing Oregon operations.

In 2000, Bell Atlantic acquired GTE, forming Verizon. As a result, GTE Northwest was renamed "Verizon Northwest, Inc." It continued to provide local telephone service to former GTE regions and some ConTel regions in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.

Sale to Frontier

Verizon Northwest, along with several other Verizon wireline operating companies, were acquired by Frontier Communications on July 1, 2010.^[1] The company's name was changed to Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc. In a way, this reunites former GTE Northwest regions in Idaho & Montana (such as ConTel of Idaho) with the same parent.

Golf tournament

The company was the title sponsor of the GTE Northwest Classic, a professional golf tournament on the Senior PGA Tour from 1986 through 1995. The first edition was at Sahalee Country Club (now in Sammamish) and the remaining nine at Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore.

References

↑ http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDc0NDl8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1 Frontier Press Release

Sources

Verizon Northwest, Inc.

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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