Frontier Communications
Frontier Communications (known as Citizens Utilities Company until May 2000 and Citizens Communications Company until July 31, 2008) is an American telecommunications company. The company previously served primarily rural areas and smaller communities, but now also serves several large metropolitan markets. In April 2021, the company was renamed as Frontier Communications Parent.[5]
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![]() Frontier Communications former headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut | |
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Type | Public company |
Nasdaq: FYBR | |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Predecessor | Public Utilities Consolidated Corporation |
Founded | 1935[1] |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Nick Jeffery (CEO)[2] Scott Beasley (Executive Vice President & CFO)[3] |
Services | Local and long-distance telephone service, Internet access, wireless Internet access, digital phone, DISH satellite TV, fiber-optic Internet, fiber-optic television |
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Number of employees | 16,200 (2020)[4] |
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Website | frontier |
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.[6] Frontier has 3,069,000 broadband internet subscribers and 485,000 video subscribers.[4] The company filed for bankruptcy in April 2020.