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 . contents 1 history 1.1 fragmentation 1.2 sale to frontier 2 sources 3 references history edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 edit fcc history gte southwest inc. dba verizon southwest references edit 1 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 2 v t e 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title frontier southwest & oldid 718013580 categories frontier communicationscompanies based in irving texascommunications in texaseconomy of the southwestern united statescompanies established in 1926 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 may 2016 at 01 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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