GTE Operating Companies

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The GTE Operating Companies are separate telephone companies within Verizon that provide local telephone service to areas previously served by GTE. The GTE Operating Companies function much like the Bell Operating Companies and were arranged in the GTE corporate structure in the same fashion. The GTE operating companies are known for trading their telephone regions, and many of the GTE operating companies have seen a decrease in the number of states they provide service to since 1990.

The following GTE operating companies are currently in operation by Verizon:

• GTE California, Inc. d/b/a Verizon California, Inc.
• GTE Florida, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Florida, Inc.
• GTE North, Inc. d/b/a Verizon North, Inc.
• GTE Northwest, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Northwest, Inc.
• GTE South, Inc.d/b/a Verizon South, Inc.
• GTE Southwest, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Southwest, Inc.
• Contel of the South, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Mid-States, Inc.

The following are defunct GTE operating companies or those whose operations have been sold off:

• GTE Arkansas, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Arkansas, Inc. - sold to CenturyTel on June 30, 2000
• GTE Midwest, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Midwest, Inc. - discontinued in 2002
• GTE Hawaii, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Hawaii, Inc. - sold to The Carlyle Group in 2005, renamed Hawaiian Telcom
• GTE Alaska - sold to Alaska Power and Phone Company in 2000
• Contel of the West, Inc. d/b/a GTE West - discontinued in 1996