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Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. is a holding company subsidiary owned by Frontier Communications. It serves as a holding company for former Bell System, Contel, and GTE incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) telephone operating companies that were owned by Verizon prior to July 1, 2010.2 It was founded in 2009.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. is a holding company subsidiary owned by Frontier Communications. It serves as a holding company for former Bell System, Contel, and GTE incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) telephone operating companies that were owned by Verizon prior to July 1, 2010.2
Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings is part of a group headed by Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.. 112 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
Built from subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
The company was formed by Verizon in 2009 to facilitate the planned sale of some local subsidiaries to Frontier, which was completed on July 1, 2010. The company was set up to allow for a Reverse Morris Trust merger, allowing Verizon to spin off the company to Frontier tax-free. Its primary purpose was to transfer Frontier ILEC Holdings as well as Verizon debt that Frontier was to assume.
From Wikipedia’s article on Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
The company was founded as New Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. to own the following companies transferred from Verizon and GTE:
Contel of the South
New Communications of the Carolinas (split from Verizon South)
New Communications of the Southwest (split from Verizon California)
Verizon North
Verizon Northwest
Verizon West Coast
Verizon West Virginia (originally part of the Bell System)
Once the purchase was completed, the relevant subsidiary company names were changed to reflect Frontier ownership.
From Wikipedia’s article on Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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