when did frontier take over verizon in california
July 1, 2010
title: Verizon Communications text: also shed its telephone directory business in 2006. In May 2009, the company spun off wirelines in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin into a company that then merged with Frontier Communications in a deal valued at $8.6 billion. In 2016, Verizon sold its wireline operations in Texas, Florida, and California to Frontier. On January 27, 2011, Verizon acquired Terremark, an information technology services company for $1.4 billion. Ivan Seidenberg retired as Verizon's CEO on August 1, 2011. Lowell McAdam succeeded him. In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public title: Frontier California text: in Arizona, Nevada, and some of California (mostly in areas near state borders), including some former Contel of California regions, were sold to Frontier Communications, becoming Frontier Communications of the Southwest. Verizon California remains an operating company providing telephone services to original GTE regions. On February 5, 2015, Verizon Communications announced a sale of its remaining wired telecom operations in California, Florida, and Texas to Frontier Communications. Verizon California is included in the sale. The transaction closed in the first half of 2016. Verizon California transitioned to Frontier Communications on April 1, 2016. Frontier California Frontier California, Inc. is a title: Frontier Communications text: goal was 85 percent in three years. Previous companies like FairPoint Communications and Hawaiian Telcom went bankrupt after incurring a large amount of debt as a result of similar landline deals with Verizon Communications. On February 5, 2015, Frontier announced a definitive agreement with Verizon under which Frontier would acquire Verizon's wireline, broadband and FiOS operations that provide services to residential, commercial and wholesale customers in California, Texas and Florida. This includes 3.7 million phone, 2.2 million broadband and 1.2 million FiOs video connections. The network being acquired is the product of substantial capital investments and is 54 percent FiOS-enabled. title: Frontier Communications text: 2011 trading day. In May 2009, Frontier announced the signing of an $8.6 billion agreement with Verizon Communications to acquire Verizon's 4.8 million landlines leased to residential and small business customers. The deal meant Frontier would acquire all wireline assets in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin, placed into a holding company called New Communications ILEC Holdings. Also included were several of Verizon's exchanges in California, including those bordering Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon. In all states other than West Virginia, this takeover primarily involved rural exchanges that were formerly title: Frontier Florida text: was later renamed GTE Florida, Incorporated. In 2000, GTE Florida was renamed "Verizon Florida", upon GTE's buyout by Bell Atlantic. On April 1, 2016, Verizon Florida became "Frontier Florida" after Frontier Communications purchased all of Verizon wireline assets in Florida. It serves the Central Florida and Tampa Bay regions. On February 5, 2015, Verizon Communications announced a sale of its wired telecom operations in California, Florida, and Texas to Frontier Communications. Verizon Florida is included in the sale. The transaction will close on March 31, 2016. Verizon Florida transitioned to Frontier Communications on April 1, 2016. http://www.tampapix.com/brorein.htm Frontier Florida Frontier