Navajo Communications facts for kids
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Headquarters | St. Michaels, Arizona, United States |
| Products | Local Telephone Service |
| Parent | Citizens/Frontier (Sale to Verizon pending) |
Navajo Communications Company, Inc. is a company that helps the Navajo people in Arizona stay connected. It's part of a bigger company called Frontier Communications and provides important phone services.
Navajo Communications Company, Inc. is a business that offers phone services. It helps people in the Navajo Nation in Arizona make calls and stay in touch. This company is a part of Frontier Communications, which is a large telecommunications company.
How Phone Service Began
Phone service for the Navajo people started a long time ago, in 1928. Back then, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) began setting up phone lines. They wanted to connect their own offices and facilities.
Over the years, the phone system changed hands several times:
- In 1969, the BIA sold the phone system to a company called Great Southwest Telephone Co.
- Then, in 1981, Great Southwest Telephone was bought by CP National.
- Later, in 1988, CP National became part of another company called Alltel.
- Finally, in 1994, Alltel sold its operations for the Navajo area to Citizens Communications. This company later changed its name to what we know today as Frontier Communications.
Navajo Communications Company, Inc. is a unique part of Frontier Communications. It is different from another company called Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains. That company also belongs to Frontier. It was formed in 1996 after Frontier bought phone service areas from other companies like Contel and GTE in Arizona.
