Bell System
American telephone service monopoly
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| 2024 | Verizon agrees to purchase Frontier Communications, with the merger expected to close in the first quarter of 2026. |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Bell changes its trade name to Altafiber. |
| 2017 | FairPoint is acquired by Consolidated Communications. |
| 2014 | Frontier acquires the former SNET operations from AT&T. |
| 2011 | Qwest is acquired by CenturyLink (later renamed Lumen Technologies in 2020). |
| 2010 | Verizon sells its West Virginia Bell operating company and former GTE operations to Frontier Communications. |
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