In 1993, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, and Nebraska were split off from GTE North into a new company called GTE Midwest, Inc. ConTel of Illinois, ConTel of Indiana, ConTel of Pennsylvania, and ConTel Quaker State were all merged into GTE North.
In 2000, parent company GTE merged with Bell Atlantic,[2] becoming Verizon Communications.
[3] At this point the company's name was legally changed to Verizon North, Inc.
Verizon North's operations in Pennsylvania were spun off into a separate company called Verizon North Retain since those operations were not included in the sale to Frontier.
The sale became final July 1, 2010, and the company's name was changed to Frontier North, Inc. Frontier North, Inc. is a current operating company serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.