Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. is a company created by Verizon Communications

Verizon Communications

Verizon Communications Inc. is a global broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

 in 2009. The company, sold to Frontier Communications on July 1, 2010, serves as a holding company for former Bell System

Bell System

The Bell System was the American Bell Telephone Company and then, subsequently, AT&T led system which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984, at various times as a monopoly. In 1984, the company was broken up into separate companies, by a U.S...

, Contel

Contel

ConTel Corporation was the third largest independent phone company in the United States prior to the 1996 telecom deregulation. It was acquired by GTE in 1991.-Early 20th Century:...

, and GTE

GTE

GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System....

 telephone operating companies that were owned by Verizon prior to July 1, 2010.

The company was founded as New Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. to own the following companies transferred from Verizon and GTE

GTE

GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System....

:

• Contel of the South
  Contel of the South
  Frontier Midstates, Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications serving Indiana and Michigan. It was originally owned by Contel, and later purchased by GTE, Verizon, and Frontier.-History:...
  
  
• New Communications of the Carolinas
  Frontier Communications of the Carolinas
  Frontier Communications of the Carolinas, Inc. is an operating company created in 2009 when some assets of Verizon South were split off and sold to Frontier Communications. The company provides local telephone service to former Verizon customers in portions of southern Wisconsin, Illinois, South...
  
   (split from Verizon South
  Verizon South
  Verizon South, Inc. is a Verizon operating company providing local telephone services to portions of Virginia and North Carolina in the United States.-History:...
  
  )
• New Communications of the Southwest
  Frontier Communications of the Southwest
  Frontier Communications of the Southwest, Inc. is a Frontier Communications operating company providing local telephone services to former Verizon California territory in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company was created as a subsidiary of New Communications ILEC Holdings by Verizon in 2009...
  
   (split from Verizon California)
• Verizon North
  Verizon North
  Verizon North LLC is a Verizon operating company providing local telephone service to former GTE customers in Pennsylvania.-History:In 2010, when the original Verizon North was sold to Frontier Communications, whose service region included Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Verizon Northwest
• Verizon West Coast
• Verizon West Virginia
  Frontier West Virginia
  Frontier West Virginia, Inc. is one of the original Bell Operating Companies and provides local telephone service in West Virginia.-History:...
  
   (originally part of Bell System
  Bell System
  The Bell System was the American Bell Telephone Company and then, subsequently, AT&T led system which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984, at various times as a monopoly. In 1984, the company was broken up into separate companies, by a U.S...
  
  )

Once the purchase was completed, the company names were changed to reflect Frontier ownership.