Frontier Communications of the Southwest

Not to be confused with Frontier Southwest.

Frontier Communications of the Southwest Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Telecommunications
Predecessor	Verizon California
Founded	2009 (2009)
Headquarters	Elk Grove, California, US
Area served	Arizona, California, Nevada
Products	Local Telephone Service
Website	www.frontier.com

Frontier Communications of the Southwest Inc. is a Frontier Communications operating company providing local telephone services to former Verizon California territory in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The company was created as a subsidiary of New Communications ILEC Holdings by Verizon in 2009 and sold on July 1, 2010 to Frontier.

The predecessors of Frontier Communications of the Southwest were two rural telephone companies. One was Parker Valley Telephone of Parker, Arizona. Contel acquired Parker Valley Telephone in 1964

Another predecessor was United Farmers Telephone of Gardnerville, Nevada. United Farmers Telephone merged with Interstate Telegraph in 1949. California Interstate Telephone acquired Interstate Telegraph in 1954. Contel acquired California Interstate Telephone in 1965.

Both Parker Valley Telephone and United Farmers Telephone became part of Contel of California. Contel of California was merged into GTE California (later Verizon California) in 1993.

The exchanges operated by Frontier Communications of the Southwest are:

• California: Alpine, Coleville, Earp/Big River, Havasu Landing, Parker Dam, Blythe, and Palo Verde
• Arizona: Cibola, Ehrenberg, Bouse, Parker, Parker Dam, and Poston.
• Nevada/California: Gardnerville, Gardnerville Ranchos, Glenbrook, Jacks Valley, Montgomery Pass, Smith Valley, Stateline, Sweetwater, Topaz Lake, and Yerington.