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Central Telephone Company of Virginia

Telephone company in Virginia, United States

Central Telephone Company of Virginia is a telephone company owned by Brightspeed that provides a local telephone service within the commonwealth of Virginia, USA.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1971Founded1

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Central Telephone Company of Virginia is a telephone company owned by Brightspeed that provides a local telephone service within the commonwealth of Virginia, USA.2

The story

The company was founded in 1971 under the ownership of Centel. The latter company was acquired by Sprint in 1992. The company remained in Sprint hands until 2006 when its local telephone operations were spun off as Embarq. In 2009, Embarq was acquired by CenturyTel, becoming CenturyLink in 2010.

Sale

On August 3, 2021, Lumen announced its sale of its local telephone assets in 20 states to Apollo Global Management, including Virginia. The sale closed on October 3, 2022, with the new company taking the name Brightspeed.

From Wikipedia’s article on Central Telephone Company of Virginia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • plain old telephone service

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Timeline

  1. 1971Founded Founded1

Sources

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