Frontier Communications former headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut
Formerly
Citizens Utilities Company
Citizens Communications Company
Frontier Communications Corporation
Company type
Public
Traded as
Nasdaq: FYBR
S&P 400 component
Industry
Telecommunications
Predecessor
Public Utilities Consolidated Corporation
Founded
1935; 89 years ago (1935)[1]
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
,
U.S.
Area served
United States (25 states)
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
Revenue
US$6.41 billion (2021)
Operating income
US$2.216 billion (2021)
Net income
US$4.96 billion (2021)
Total assets
US$16.481 billion (2021)
Total equity
US$4.796 billion (2022)
Number of employees
15,074 (2022)
Subsidiaries
List of Frontier Communications operating companies
Website
www.frontier.com
Footnotes / references [4][5]
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. is an American telecommunications company.[6] Known as Citizens Utilities Company until 2000,[7]Citizens Communications Company until 2008,[8] and Frontier Communications Corporation until 2020,[6] as a communications provider[9] with a fiber-optic network[10] and cloud-based services,[11] Frontier offers broadband internet, digital television, and computer technical support to residential and business customers in 25 states.[12] In some areas it also offers home phone services.[13]
It was incorporated in 1935[14] and based in Dallas, Texas,[6] the company began focusing solely on telecommunications in 1999,[15] selling its natural gas assets and utility operations.[16] The company subsequently acquired companies such as Frontier Communications of Rochester[17] as well as assets from Verizon Communications[18] and AT&T.[19] After filing for bankruptcy in 2020[20] and emerging from restructuring in 2021,[10] Frontier went public again on May 4, 2021, on the NASDAQ.[6] The company had around 3 million broadband subscribers and 485,000 video subscribers in 2021[4] and currently has a fiber optic network of 5.2 million locations.[21]
^Hoover's. "Frontier Communications Corporation". Company profiles. Austin, Texas. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2011-03-28. Citizens was incorporated in 1935 to reorganize Public Utilities Consolidated Corp., a subsidiary of W.B. Foshay Co., which had been forced into receivership. Alt URL
^"Form 8-K Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers". sec.gov. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^"Officers & Directors". Frontier Communications. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ ab"Frontier Communications Corporation 2020 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". sec.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 2021.
^Frontier Delivers Record Operational Results as it Becomes a Fiber-First Company, Frontier, February 23, 2022, retrieved July 24, 2023
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