Frontier Telephone

Frontier Communications Corporation

Formerly called	Citizens Utilities Company Citizens Communications Company
Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: FTR S&P 400 Component
Industry	Telecommunications
Genre	1
Predecessor	Public Utilities Consolidated Corporation
Founded	1935
Headquarters	Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Key people	Dan McCarthy, President and CEO
Products	4
Services	Local and long-distance telephone service, Internet access, wireless Internet access, digital phone, DISH satellite TV, fiber-optic Internet, fiber-optic television
Revenue	US$4,761.576 million (2013) US$5,011.853 million (2012)
Operating income	US$980.721 million (2013) US$987.168 million (2012)
Net income	US$112.835 million (2013) US$136.636 million (2012)
Total assets	US$16,635.484 million (2013) US$17,733.631 million (2012)
Total equity	US$4,055.481 million (2013) US$4,119.271 million (2012)
Number of employees	18,600 (2015)
Subsidiaries	Citizens Cable Company Citizens Capital Ventures Corporation Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings Frontier Subsidiary Telco LLC Frontier Telephone of Rochester Southern New England Telephone SNET America
Website	www.frontier.com

Frontier Communications Corporation is a telecommunications company in the United States. It was known as Citizens Utilities Company until May 2000 and Citizens Communications Company until July 31, 2008. The company previously served primarily rural areas and smaller communities, but now also serves several large metropolitan markets.

Frontier is the fourth largest provider of digital subscriber line (based on coverage area) in the United States. In addition to local and long-distance telephone service, Frontier offers broadband Internet, digital television service, and computer technical support to residential and business customers in 29 states in the United States.

Originally based in Minneapolis, Citizens Utilities Company was formed from remnants of Public Utilities Consolidated Corporation in 1935. As the post-war years started, the company caught the interest of New York investors. 30-year-old Richard Rosenthal was named president of the company in 1946, the youngest company president in the industry at that time. From the 1950s through the 1970s the company expanded nationwide.

Citizens Utilities began a rapid expansion in 1993, announcing an agreement to acquire 500,000 rural access lines from GTE. In December 1993, it acquired 190,000 lines tates. Coghest Frontier of DGF City East/West, Contel of the West lines in Utah became part of Citizens Telecommunications of Utah. GTE Northwest lines in Idaho become part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho. GTE South lines in Tennessee became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee, while lines in West Virginia became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia.

In June 1994, it completed the acquisition of 270,000 lines, formerly part of Contel of New York, which became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York. In November that year, Citizens acquired 38,000 lines. Lines in Arizona, formerly part of Contel of the West, became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains, while lines in Montana became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Montana.