type private subsidiary of windstream industry telecommunications founded 1948 products local telephone service parent alltel until 2006 windstream 2006 present website windstream.com windstream north carolina llc is a telephone company operating in the state of north carolina . history edit windstream north carolina was established in 1948 as the thermal belt telephone company . it was founded to establish telephone service in polk county north carolina . 1 in 1974 thermal belt telephone absorbed the operations of eastern rowan telephone mid carolina telephone and mooresville telephone . following the merger thermal belt telephone became mid carolina telephone company . it also absorbed the old town telephone system and north carolina telephone in 1977 . in 1984 the company became alltel carolina inc. the name was later changed to remove the hyphen . in 2006 the company was sold to valor telecom which changed its name to windstream . it is a separate company from windstream concord telephone which was acquired by windstream in 2007 . references edit articles of incorporation october 8 1948 thermal belt telephone company north carolina secretary of state retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title windstream north carolina & oldid 743509959 categories windstream communicationstelecommunications companies of the united statescommunications in north carolinacompanies based in north carolinaamerican companies established in 1948telecommunications companies established in 19481948 establishments in north carolina 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 10 october 2016 at 00 13 . 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