Verizon Communications (formerly GTE Corporation) (GTTC)
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On 6/30/2000,
Bell Atlantic Corporation (BNTR) and GTE
Corporation (GTTC) merged into one company, Verizon Communications
(VCTR).
Existing
Companies & Related COSAs
- Verizon California, Inc. GTGC, GTCA, COCA, CONV, COAZ
- Verizon Florida, Inc. GTFL
- Verizon Northwest, Inc. GTNW, GTID, GTOR, GTWA, GNCA, COWA
- Verizon South, Inc. GTSO, GTNC, GTSC, GTVA, GLIL, CONC, COSC, COVA (GTGA
traded to Alltel, and GTTN. GTWV property sold to Citizens in
1993, GTAL property sold to CenturyTel in 2002, and GTKY and
COKY sold to Alltel in 2002.)
- GTE Southwest, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Southwest GTSW, GTTX, COTX (GTAR,
GTNM, GTOK, CONM property sold in 2000)
- Verizon North, Inc. GTMW, GTIL, GTIN, GTMI, GTOH, GTPA, GTWI, GTGO, COIL, COIN, COPT, COPA, COQS
- Contel of the South, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Mid-States COSO, GLIN, GLMI,
(COGA traded to ALLTEL and COAL property sold to CenturyTel in
2002.)
Sold/Transferred Companies & Related COSAs
- GTE Alaska Inc. d/b/a Verizon Alaska GTAK
- GTE Arkansas, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Arkansas COAT, COAR, COSA
- Verizon Hawaii, Inc. GTHI (sold to The Carlyle Group in 2005 – see
Hawaiian Telcom Communnications HTHI)
- Micronesian GTMC (sold
to Pacific Telecommunications, Inc. in 2005)
- GTE Midwest Inc. d/b/a Verizon Midwest GTMD, GTMO, COMO, COCM, COEM (sold to CenturyTel in 2002) GTIA , COIA and COSI (sold
to Iowa Telecom in 2000) and GTNE (sold
to Citizens in 2000)
- Contel of Minnesota, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Minnesota COTM, COMN, GTMN
- Contel of California, Inc. d/b/a GTE California COCT (defunct), COCA (transferred to GTE - California), CONV (transferred to GTE - California), COAZ (transferred to GTE - California)
- Contel of Illinois, Inc. d/b/a GTE Illinois COIL (transferred
to GTE - North)
- Contel of Indiana, Inc. d/b/a GTE Indiana COIN (transferred
to GTE - North)
- Contel of Missouri, Inc. d/b/a GTE Missouri COMO (transferred
to GTE - Midwest)
- Contel of New York, Inc. d/b/a GTE New York CONY (sold to Citizens Telecom), COUP (transferred
to Citizens Telecom), CORH (transferred
to Citizens Telecom), COWC (transferred
to Citizens Telecom)
- Contel of Texas, Inc. d/b/a GTE Texas COTX (transferred
to GTE - Southwest)
- Contel of Virginia, Inc. d/b/a GTE Virginia COVA (transferred
to GTE - South)
- Contel of the West, Inc. d/b/a GTE West COWW (defunct), COWZ (transferred
to Citizens Telecom), CONM (transferred
to GTE - Southwest), COUT (transferred
to Citizens Telecom), COID (transferred
to GTE - Northwest, and then to Citizens Telecom)
- Other Contel Companies
- Telecommunications of Puerto Rico PRTC (sold
to American Movil on March 30, 2007)
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