Editing Regional Bell Operating Company (section)

=== Frontier Communications ===
In 2010, Frontier Communications acquired [[Frontier West Virginia]], one of the original [[Bell Operating Companies]] formerly known as the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, in a larger deal including some former [[GTE]] companies with [[Verizon Communications]]. In December 2013, AT&T agreed to sell [[Southern New England Telephone|SNET]] to Frontier, with the sale closing in the second half of 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.courant.com/2013/12/17/att-selling-connecticut-operations-to-frontier/ |title=AT&T Selling Connecticut Operations To Frontier |first=Dan |last=Haar |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813122833/http://articles.courant.com/2013-12-17/business/hc-haar-snet-att-frontier-merger-20131217_1_frontier-communications-connecticut-operations-wireline |url-status=live }}</ref>
On April 1, 2016, Frontier Communications (FTR) completed the data conversions from the Verizon systems for the remaining three largest former GTE properties: California, Florida and Texas.
On May 1, 2020, Frontier Communications (FTR) completed the sale of its Northwest Regional companies of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington to Ziply Fiber in an effort to avoid Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This move did not solve Frontier Communications financial problems resulting in a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing on April 14, 2020. Frontier went public again on May 4, 2021, with FYBR as its trading symbol on NASDAQ, after changing its name to "Frontier Communications Parent".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FYBR/profile/ | title=Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (FYBR) Company Profile & Facts - Yahoo Finance }}</ref>