Consolidated Communications of Northern New England
FairPoint (2008-2017) Consolidated (2017-present) | |
|---|---|
| Subsidiaries | Consolidated Communications of Vermont |
| Website | http://www.fairpoint.com/ |
Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, LLC is a
History
Northern New England Telephone Operations was created as a subsidiary of Verizon New England named Northern New England Telephone Operations, Inc. to operate exchanges that Verizon was preparing to sell to FairPoint Communications in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Sale to FairPoint
In 2008, the company was spun off from Verizon and merged into FairPoint, with all Northern New England Spinco subsidiaries becoming direct holdings of FairPoint.
Following the sale, Northern New England Telephone Operations was converted to a limited liability company. The company's operations in
NNETO is separate from Northern Telephone Company of Maine, a FairPoint subsidiary which consists of some former Contel lines sold off by GTE in 1994.
Effective January 28, 2019, the company was renamed Consolidated Communications of Northern New England Company, LLC following the purchase of FairPoint by Consolidated Communications.
See also
References
- ^ Proposed Findings of Fact of Verizon
- ^ FCC Grants Approval for Sale of Verizon Subsidiaries to Fairpoint[permanent dead link] Rural Spectrum Scanner. Retrieved 2012-06-05.