Frontier Communications West Coast Explained

Frontier Communications West Coast, Inc.
Foundation:	1928
Defunct:	2013
Industry:	Telecommunications
Products:	Local Telephone Service
Successor:	Citizens Telecommunications Company of California
Fate:	Merged

Frontier Communications West Coast, Inc. was a local telephone operating company owned by Frontier Communications through Frontier Communications Northwest serving the area around Crescent City, in Del Norte County, California.^[1]

It was founded in 1928 as the New West Coast Telephone Company. It later changed its name to West Coast Telephone Company of California, Inc., and was most recently known as Verizon West Coast, Inc. until 2010.

Upon its sale to Frontier Communications, the company gained its last name, Frontier Communications West Coast, Inc.

It was merged into Citizens Telecommunications Company of California in 2013.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100727011720/http://wutc.wa.gov/rms2.nsf/177d98baa5918c7388256a550064a61e/5f6cff42529e2356882575c8007b94e5!OpenDocument . 2010-07-27 . dead .
2. http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M065/K401/65401108.PDF In the Matter of the Application of Frontier Communications Corporation, and Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. (U1024C), and Frontier Communications West Coast Inc. (U1020C) to Authorize the Merger of Front ier Communications West Coast Inc. (U1020C) into Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. (U1024C).