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Utility sales Ĭitizens sold its non-telephone divisions in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

In 2001, Qwest, which acquired US West in 2000, terminated the sale because Citizens refused to complete the transaction. The sale would not have included US West Dex directories in those territories. Proposed acquisition of US West lines Ĭitizens, in 1999, announced plans to acquire 530,000 rural access lines from US West, a Baby Bell, for $1.65 billion. Lines in Illinois became a part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Illinois. Some became part of Citizens of Montana while the rest joined with lines formerly part of Contel of Minnesota to become part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota. Lines in Nebraska were split from GTE Midwest to become a part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska. The sales were closed following the merger of GTE and Bell Atlantic to form Verizon. In 1999, Citizens announced that it planned to acquire 187,000 local access lines from GTE for $664 million in Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota. The company was renamed Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada.Ĭitizens acquired Ogden Telephone in 1997. On April 1 that year, it acquired Alltel Nevada, which included 23,000 telephone lines. On January 2, 1996, Citizens acquired 3,600 lines in Pennsylvania and 20,000 lines in California from Alltel.

On October 31, it completed the acquisition from Alltel of Navajo Communications, which operates lines for the Navajo community in Arizona, California, and New Mexico. On September 30, Citizens completed the acquisition of Alltel's lines in Tennessee, which became a part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Volunteer State. Citizens Mountain State Telephone later absorbed the former GTE operations and took on the Citizens Telecommunications name. The other, Mountain State Telephone, was in West Virginia and was renamed Citizens Mountain State Telephone. One of them was in Oregon and merged into Citizens' existing company there. On June 30, 1995, it acquired two operating companies from Alltel. Ĭitizens, in 1994, announced that it would acquire 117,000 telephone lines and cable franchises in eight states from Alltel for $292 million. These lines became a part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of California. In January 1995, the company acquired 5,000 access lines in California. Lines in Arizona, formerly part of Contel of the West, became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains, while lines in Montana became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Montana. In November that year, Citizens acquired 38,000 lines. In June 1994, it completed the acquisition of 270,000 lines, formerly part of Contel of New York, which became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York.

GTE South lines in Tennessee became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee, while lines in West Virginia became part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia. GTE Northwest lines in Idaho become part of Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho. Coghest Frontier of DGF City East/West & Contel of the West lines in Utah became part of Citizens Telecommunications of Utah. In December 1993, it acquired 190,000 lines in four states, Idaho, Tennessee, West Virginia and Utah. Telephone line acquisitions Ĭitizens Utilities began a rapid expansion in 1993, announcing an agreement to acquire 500,000 rural access lines from GTE. From the 1950s through the 1970s the company expanded nationwide. Thirty-year-old Richard Rosenthal was named president of the company in 1946, the youngest company president in the industry at that time. As the post- war years started, the company caught the interest of a New York investor. Originally based in Minneapolis, Citizens Utilities Company was formed from remnants of Public Utilities Consolidated Corporation, owned by Wilbur B.

1.1.3 Global Crossing and Commonwealth transactions.1.1.1 Proposed acquisition of US West lines.