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The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of United States v. AT&T, the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone & Telegraph Company. On January 8, 1982, AT&T Corp. settled the suit and agreed to divest its local exchange service operating companies. Effective January 1, 1984, AT&T Corp.'s local operations were split into seven independent Regional Bell Operating Companies known as Baby Bells.
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. is the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Wisconsin. It is owned by AT&T through AT&T Teleholdings, originally known as Ameritech.
Frontier Midstates, Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications serving Indiana and Michigan. It was originally owned by Contel, and later purchased by GTE, Verizon, and then sold to Frontier.
Embarq Missouri, Inc. is a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Missouri owned by CenturyLink.
Embarq Florida, Inc. was a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Florida owned by CenturyLink.
Embarq Minnesota, Inc. was the final name of a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Minnesota. Its final owner was CenturyLink.
CenturyTel of Ohio, Inc. is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Ohio, including Amherst, Lorain, and Vermillion.
CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall, LLC is one of the CenturyLink operating companies in Wisconsin. The company's cities include Peshtigo, Kendall, and Marinette.
CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. is a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Idaho and northern Nevada owned by CenturyLink.
CenturyTel of Colorado, Inc. is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Colorado, including Pagosa Springs. The company is separate from CenturyTel of Eagle and Qwest Corporation, the other telephone companies CenturyLink owns in Colorado.
CenturyTel of Claiborne, Inc. is a telephone operating company of CenturyLink providing local telephone services to communities in Tennessee, including New Tazewell and Sharps Chapel. The company was founded in 1960.
CenturyTel of Adamsville, Inc. is a telephone operating company of CenturyLink providing local telephone services to communities in Tennessee, including Adamsville and Yellow Creek. The company was founded in 1951.
CenturyTel of San Marcos, Inc. is a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Texas owned by CenturyLink.
Central Telephone Company is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Florida, Nevada, and North Carolina.
CenturyTel of South Arkansas, Inc. is a telephone operating company of CenturyLink providing local telephone services to Dodge City and Junction City in Arkansas and South Dodge City and South Junction City in Louisiana
Central Telephone Company of Texas is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Texas. The company serves communities in Texas such as Killeen, Copperas Cove, and Cranfills Gap.
CenturyTel of Chester, Inc. is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Chester, Iowa and areas of Minnesota directly north.
CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc. is one of the CenturyLink operating companies in Colorado. The company was formed in 1928 as The Eagle Valley Telephone Company and originally served Eagle, Rio Blanco, and Routt counties in Colorado.
