<s>
Frontier	O
Midstates	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
telephone	O
operating	O
company	O
of	O
Frontier	O
Communications	O
serving	O
Indiana	O
and	O
Michigan	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
owned	O
by	O
Contel	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
purchased	O
by	O
GTE	O
,	O
Verizon	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
sold	O
to	O
Frontier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
expanded	O
as	O
it	O
absorbed	O
the	O
operations	O
various	O
companies	O
in	O
Alabama	B-Application
and	O
Georgia	O
,	O
including	O
Alabama	B-Application
Telephone	O
Company	O
in	O
1975	O
,	O
Coosa	O
Valley	O
Telephone	O
Company	O
,	O
and	O
Tri-County	O
Telephone	O
Company	O
,	O
Incorporated	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
adopted	O
its	O
abbreviated	O
name	O
,	O
Contel	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
South	I-Architecture
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
1993	O
,	O
Contel	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
South	I-Architecture
and	O
Alltel	O
traded	O
service	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contel	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
South	I-Architecture
regions	O
in	O
Georgia	O
area	O
were	O
traded	O
for	O
Alltel	O
's	O
Indiana	O
and	O
Michigan	B-Device
service	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
GTE	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Bell	O
Atlantic	O
,	O
becoming	O
Verizon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contel	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
South	I-Architecture
began	O
doing	O
business	O
as	O
Verizon	B-Application
Mid-States	O
and	O
Verizon	B-Application
North	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Verizon	B-Application
sold	O
its	O
operations	O
in	O
Alabama	B-Application
,	O
including	O
those	O
from	O
Contel	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
South	I-Architecture
and	O
GTE	O
South	O
to	O
CenturyTel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
operations	O
became	O
CenturyTel	B-Application
of	O
Alabama	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
left	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
incorporated	O
in	O
Georgia	O
,	O
with	O
operations	O
in	O
Indiana	O
and	O
Michigan	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
remained	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
former	O
GTE	O
operating	O
companies	O
to	O
have	O
retained	O
its	O
original	O
name	O
since	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Verizon	B-Application
(	O
the	O
other	O
is	O
GTE	O
Southwest	O
)	O
;	O
it	O
also	O
remained	O
the	O
only	O
operating	O
company	O
using	O
the	O
Contel	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contel	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
South	I-Architecture
,	O
along	O
with	O
several	O
other	O
Verizon	B-Application
wireline	O
operating	O
companies	O
,	O
were	O
transferred	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
holding	O
company	O
New	O
Communications	O
ILEC	O
Holdings	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Frontier	O
Communications	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contel	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
South	I-Architecture
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
became	O
Frontier	O
Midstates	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
