Frontier Southwest

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

Not to be confused with Frontier Communications of the Southwest.
Frontier Southwest Incorporated
Frontier Communications of Texas
FormerlyState Telephone Company of Texas
Southwestern Associated Telephone Company
General Telephone Company of the Southwest
GTE Southwest Incorporated
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1926 (1926)
HeadquartersIrving, Texas, USA[1]
ProductsLocal Telephone Service
ParentGTE (1926–2000)
Verizon (2000–2016)
Frontier (2016-present)
WebsiteVerizon – Texas

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 Valor Telecom (later absorbed into Windstream Holdings).[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 was the only former GTE operating company that did not change 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

References
  1. http://www.manta.com/mb?search=GTE+Southwest
  2. GTE to Sell Some New Mexico, Texas Lines to Washington, D.C.-Based Firm. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. September 7, 1999. Ahles, Andrea. Accessed March 30, 2012
  3. "Verizon to sell wireline operations and towers worth over $15 BLN". Reuters. 5 February 2015.
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