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On September 30, Citizens completed the acquisition of Alltel's lines in Tennessee, which became a part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Volunteer State. Citizens Mountain State Telephone later absorbed the former GTE operations and took on the Citizens Telecommunications name. The other, Mountain State Telephone, was in West Virginia and was renamed Citizens Mountain State Telephone. One of them was in Oregon and merged into Citizens' existing company there. On June 30, 1995, it acquired two operating companies from Alltel. Ĭitizens, in 1994, announced that it would acquire 117,000 telephone lines and cable franchises in eight states from Alltel for $292 million. These lines became a part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of California. In January 1995, the company acquired 5,000 access lines in California. Lines in Arizona, formerly part of Contel of the West, became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains, while lines in Montana became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Montana. In November that year, Citizens acquired 38,000 lines. In June 1994, it completed the acquisition of 270,000 lines, formerly part of Contel of New York, which became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York. GTE South lines in Tennessee became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee, while lines in West Virginia became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia. GTE Northwest lines in Idaho became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho.

Coghest Frontier of DGF City East/West & Contel of the West lines in Utah became part of Citizens Telecommunications of Utah. In December 1993, it acquired 190,000 lines in four states, Idaho, Tennessee, West Virginia and Utah. Telephone line acquisitions Ĭitizens Utilities began a rapid expansion in 1993, announcing an agreement to acquire 500,000 rural access lines from GTE. From the 1950s through the 1970s the company expanded nationwide. Thirty-year-old Richard Rosenthal was named president of the company in 1946, the youngest company president in the industry at that time. As the post- war years started, the company caught the interest of a New York investor.

Originally based in Minneapolis, Citizens Utilities Company was formed from remnants of Public Utilities Consolidated Corporation, owned by Wilbur B. 1.1.3 Global Crossing and Commonwealth transactions.1.1.1 Proposed acquisition of US West lines.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2020. Frontier has 3,069,000 broadband Internet subscribers and 485,000 video subscribers. In addition to local and long-distance telephone service, Frontier offers broadband Internet, digital television service, and computer technical support to residential and business customers in 29 states in the United States. In April 2021, the company was renamed as Frontier Communications Parent. The company previously served primarily rural areas and smaller communities, but now also serves several large metropolitan markets. Frontier Communications (known as Citizens Utilities Company until May 2000 and Citizens Communications Company until July 31, 2008) is an American telecommunications company.