Verizon, Frontier in $8.6B Deal for Wirelines - NYTimes.com

The agreement gives Frontier 4.8 million access lines to residential and small business customers and narrows Verizon's focus on faster-growing wireless, broadband and Internet services. The deal will triple Frontier's size and make it the nation's largest communications provider focused on providing voice, broadband and video services to rural and smaller city markets.The sale includes all of Verizon's wireline assets in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin as well as some assets in California.

Verizon, Frontier in $8.6B Deal for Wirelines - NYTimes.com