Citizens Telecommunications Company of California

{{Short description|Californian telephone operating company}}

Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications based in Elk Grove, California. It was established in 1993 to acquire 5,000 access lines from GTE. In 1996, it acquired 20,000 access lines from Alltel in the Tuolumne and Golden State areas.{{Cite news | edition = METRO FINAL | pages = –3 | last = Writer | first = Bob Walter Bee Staff | title = CITIZENS EXPANDING IN STATE | work = Sacramento Bee, The (CA) | accessdate = 2014-12-03 | date = 1996-01-03 | url = http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB045BBEA8CEDFD?p=NewsBank }}[http://carrier.frontiercorp.com/crtf/tariffs/u/38/CA/local/Catalog.pdf Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. Service Catalog] In 2007, Citizens acquired Global Valley Networks, serving Capay Valley, Livingston, and Patterson.{{Cite news| last = Turner| first = Melanie| title = Citizens Communications picks up three north-state markets| work = Sacramento Business Journal| accessdate = 2015-05-13| date = 2007-11-01| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2007/10/29/daily38.html}} In 2013, Frontier Communications West Coast, a former GTE property serving Crescent City, was merged into Citizens.[http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M065/K401/65401108.PDF In the Matter of the Application of Frontier Communications Corporation, and Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. (U1024C), and Frontier Communications West Coast Inc. (U1020C) to Authorize the Merger of Front ier Communications West Coast Inc. (U1020C) into Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Inc. (U1024C).]

Its operations are separate from Frontier Communications of the Southwest, which serves former Verizon customers Frontier acquired in 2010.