Contel was created in 1960.
Verizon.
Verizon was formed after the merger of GTE with Bell Atlantic in June 2000. The GTE companies retained by Verizon are known as Verizon West Division. Verizon still carries GTE trademark on their website.
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Communications company Verizon was formed by the merger Bell Atlantic and GTE. Their headquarters are located in New York City at 1095 Avenue of the Americas, NY 10036.
Its difficult to say who the actual founder of Verizon Wireless was. Perhaps it would be better to trace the roots of the company which leads on one branch all the way back to Alexander Graham Bell, and on another traces roots through mergers of several other electric companies including GTE and Sylvania. Check an interesting link on the subject below.
Verizon was formed on June 30, 2000 after the merger between Bell Atlantic corp and GTE corp. Both companies were well established at the time of the merger with revenues $33 billion and $25 billion respectively in 1999. So the answer to the question is technically June 30, 2000 but the landlines were already established by the two companies before the merger.
GTE was created in 1918.
GTE ended in 2000.
Fidelity National Finance announced the purchase of number-one-ranked Chicago Title Corp. in a $1.2 billion merger. With combined 1998 revenues of $3.4 billion, this merger created the largest title insurance company
GTE Midwest ended in 2002.
GTE Midwest was created in 1993.