citizens telecommunications company of california inc. is a telephone operating company of frontier communications based in elk grove california . it was established in 1993 to acquire 5 000 access lines from gte . in 1996 it acquired 20 000 access lines from alltel in the tuolumne and golden state areas . 1 2 in 2007 citizens acquired global valley networks serving capay valley livingston and patterson . 3 in 2013 frontier communications west coast a former gte property serving crescent city was merged into citizens . 4 its operations are separate from frontier communications of the southwest which serves former verizon customers frontier acquired in 2010 . references edit writer bob walter bee staff 1996 01 03 . citizens expanding in state . sacramento bee the ca metro final ed . . pp. 3 . retrieved 2014 12 03 . citizens telecommunications company of california inc. service catalog turner melanie 2007 11 01 . citizens communications picks up three north state markets . sacramento business journal . retrieved 2015 05 13 . in the matter of the application of frontier communications corporation and citizens telecommunications company of california inc. u1024c and frontier communications west coast inc. u1020c to authorize the merger of front ier communications west coast inc. u1020c into citizens telecommunications company of california inc. u1024c . external links edit official website 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 citizens telecommunications company of california & oldid 667730764 categories frontier communicationscommunications in californiatelecommunications companies of the united statescompanies based in sacramento county californiaelk grove californiacompanies established in 19931993 establishments in california 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 20 june 2015 at 06 18 . 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