formerly known as verizon north . for the company founded in 2006 that was split from frontier north see verizon north . frontier north inc. formerly called contel north inc. gte north incorporated verizon north inc. type subsidiary of frontier industry telecommunications founded 1992 products local telephone service parent contel 1992 1993 gte 1993 2000 verizon 2000 2010 frontier 2010 present website www.frontier.com frontier north inc. is a local telephone operating company owned by frontier communications . contents 1 history 1.1 gte acquisition of contel 1.2 acquisition by verizon 1.3 sale to frontier 2 see also 3 sources 4 references history edit frontier north was originally founded as contel north inc. incorporated in wisconsin in 1992 . gte acquisition of contel edit contel was acquired by gte in 1993 . following its acquisition by gte contel north was renamed gte north inc. . in 1993 iowa missouri minnesota and nebraska were split off from gte north into a new company called gte midwest inc. contel of illinois contel of indiana contel of pennsylvania and contel quaker state were all merged into gte north . acquisition by verizon edit in 2000 parent company gte merged with bell atlantic becoming verizon communications . at this point the company s name was legally changed to verizon north inc. sale to frontier edit in 2009 verizon communications created a company new communications ilec holdings to be sold to frontier communications . verizon north was included with the new company . frontier purchased the company in 2010 . verizon north s operations in pennsylvania were spun off into a separate company called verizon north retain since those operations were not included in the sale to frontier . 1 that company was merged into a new company named verizon north in 2010 . the sale became final july 1 2010 and the company s name was changed to frontier north inc. frontier north inc. is a current operating company serving illinois indiana michigan ohio and wisconsin . see also edit frontier midstates verizon north sources edit verizon north inc. references edit 1 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 this article about a telecommunications company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title frontier north & oldid 647215319 categories frontier communicationseconomy of the midwestern united statescompanies established in 1992telecommunications company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 15 february 2015 at 08 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view