Editing GTE (section)

==Operating companies==
Prior to the merger with Bell Atlantic, GTE owned the following operating companies in the US:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wutc.wa.gov/rms2.nsf/0/49FB7A16D255FC2988256ED80059A6C2/$file/UT-041293%2BInitial%2BFiling%2BVerizon%2B071904.pdf |title=Affiliated Interest Agreement – Advice No. 26. Verizon Northwest, Inc. Exhibit 1. |access-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607085124/http://wutc.wa.gov/rms2.nsf/0/49FB7A16D255FC2988256ED80059A6C2/$file/UT-041293%2BInitial%2BFiling%2BVerizon%2B071904.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Contel of Minnesota]], Inc.
*[[Contel of the South]], Inc. ([[Alabama]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]])
*[[GTE Alaska]] Incorporated
*[[GTE Arkansas]] Incorporated
*[[GTE California]] Incorporated ([[Arizona]], California, [[Nevada]])
*[[GTE Florida]] Incorporated
*[[Hawaiian Telcom|GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company]], Inc.
*[[GTE Midwest]] Incorporated ([[Iowa]], [[Missouri]], [[Nebraska]])
*[[GTE North]] Incorporated ([[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Wisconsin]])
*[[GTE Northwest]] Incorporated ([[Idaho]], [[Oregon]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]])
*[[GTE South]] Incorporated ([[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Wisconsin]])
*[[GTE Southwest]] Incorporated ([[Arkansas]], [[New Mexico]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Texas]])
*[[Frontier Communications West Coast|GTE West Coast]] Incorporated (California)

Following the merger of GTE and Bell Atlantic, some of these companies and/or access lines have been sold off to other companies, such as [[Alltel]], [[Alaska Telephone Exchange Acquisition Corporation|ATEAC]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2000/page-29760214.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711072119/http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2000/page-29760214.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2012|title=News Releases – Verizon News}}</ref> [[The Carlyle Group]], [[CenturyTel]], [[Citizens Communications|Citizens/Frontier Communications]], and [[Valor Telecom]].