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Northern New England Spinco, Inc. Type Subsidiary of FairPoint Industry Telecommunications Founded 2007 Parent Verizon (2007-2008)
FairPoint (2008-present)Website www.fairpoint.com Northern New England Spinco, Inc. was a Verizon Communications subsidiary created in 2007. Its sole purpose of existence is to act as a reverse Morris trust holding company for Verizon's assets owned by Bell Atlantic Communications, NYNEX Long Distance, and Verizon New England located within Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. This company was spun off to Verizon stockholders on March 31, 2008 and was merged into FairPoint Communications the same day.
Northern New England Spinco consists of the following three companies:
- Northern New England Telephone Operations, a new local exchange carrier operating former Verizon New England lines in Maine and New Hampshire
- Telephone Operating Company of Vermont, a new local exchange carrier operating former Verizon New England lines in Vermont
- Enhanced Communications of Northern New England, long-distance operations formerly owned by Bell Atlantic Communications, NYNEX Long Distance, and Verizon Select Services
Spinoffs of American Telephone & Telegraph Company 1956: Bell Canada • Northern Electric
1984 divestiture: Ameritech • Bell Atlantic • Bell Communications Research • BellSouth • NYNEX • Pacific Telesis • Southwestern Bell • U S WEST
1996: Lucent Technologies • NCR
1997: AT&T Submarine System, sold to Tyco International
2001: AT&T Wireless Services
2003: AT&T Broadband
Second-Generation SpinoffsLucent Technologies: Advanced American Telephones (2000) • Avaya (2000) • QLT Consumer Lease Services (2000) • Agere Systems (2002)
MediaOne Group (f/k/a original U S WEST): U S WEST (1998)
Pacific Telesis: AirTouch (1994)
Regional Bell Operating Companies: Telcordia Technologies (1997)
SBC Communications: DonTech (2004)
Verizon Communications: Hawaiian Telcom (2005) • Idearc (2006) • Northern New England Spinco (2008) • Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings (2010)
Categories:- FairPoint
- Verizon Communications
- Companies established in 2007
- 2008 disestablishments
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