SNET America
Frontier Communications | |
Company type | Holding of Frontier |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 1993 |
Headquarters | USA |
Parent | SNET (1993-1998) SBC/AT&T (1998-2014) Frontier (2014-Present) |
Website | www.att.com |
SNET America, Inc. is a long distance telephone company owned by Frontier Communications that serves Connecticut with customers in other states. It competes to provide long distance service for SNET customers. SNET America was formed by Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. to compete with other long distance carriers within Connecticut. SNET America does business as Frontier Communications. It is not affiliated with Frontier Communications Online and Long Distance or Citizens Communications of America, the other core long distance units of Frontier.
On December 17, 2013, AT&T announced plans to sell SNET America and its companion incumbent local exchange carrier Southern New England Telephone to Frontier Communications for $2 billion.[1]
The sale to Frontier took closed on October 25, 2014.
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