Also known as General Telephone and Electronics, General Telephone & Electronics Corporation
GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System. The company operated from 1926, with roots tracing further back than that, until 2000, when it was acquired by Bell Atlantic, which then changed its name to Verizon.
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- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1934
- Location
- Stamford, United States
- Also known as
- GTE, GTE Corporation, General Telephone & Electronics, General Telephone & Electronics Corporation, General Telephone and Electronics Corporation
- Status
- Inactive
Described at
Verizon is a global technology company delivering the promise of the digital world to millions of customers every day. The company operates America’s most reliable wireless network and the nation’s premier all-fiber network . It provides products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies . Visit Verizon's website to review corporate and financial information, get the latest news and explore Verizon’s history. GTE Corp. merged with Bell Atlantic Corp. to become Verizon Communications Inc. on June 30, 2000. Prior to the merger, GTE had been the largest independent telephone company in the U.S. It provided local and wireless service in 29 states, as well as nationwide long distance and internet services for residential and business customers. Headquartered in Stamford, CT, the company was the first among its peers to offer one-stop shopping for local, long distance and Internet access services. Outside the United States, the company served customers on five continents. The Bell Atlantic-GTE transaction – valued at more than $52 billion at the time of the announcement in July 1998 – combined Bell Atlantic’s sophisticated network with GTE’s national footprint to create new a leader in the communications industry. After receiving regulatory approval for the merger, Verizon began operations in mid-2000.
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- Official website
- www.gte.com
- Image
- GTE manhole cover - Hillsboro, Oregon.JPG
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2000-00-00
- inception
- 1918-00-00
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- History
- General Telephone
- 1980s
- 1990s
- Merger with Bell Atlantic
- Operating companies
- References
- External links
GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System. The company operated from 1926, with roots tracing further back than that, until 2000, when it was acquired by Bell Atlantic, which then changed its name to Verizon.
The Wisconsin-based Associated Telephone Utilities Company was founded in 1926; it went bankrupt in 1933 during the Great Depression, and was reorganized as General Telephone in 1934. In 1991, it acquired the third-largest independent phone company at that time, Continental Telephone (ConTel). It owned Automatic Electric, a telephone equipment supplier similar in many ways to Western Electric, and Sylvania Electric Products, the only non-communications-oriented company under GTE ownership. GTE provided local telephone service to many areas of the U.S. through operating companies, much as American Telephone & Telegraph provided local telephone service through its 22 Bell Operating Companies.