Verizon Northwest Incorporated - GTE- Profile

Verizon Northwest Incorporated. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of GTE Corporation. The Company provides communication services, serving a territory consisting of six Local Access and Transport Areas (LATAs) located in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The Company provides two basic types of telecommunication services: Exchange telecommunication service: a transmission of telecommunications among customers located within a local calling area, the services also include switched local residential and business services, local private line voice and data services and Centrex services. Exchange access service which links a customer's premises and the transmission facilities of other telecommunications carriers, generally interLATA carriers. Local services accounted for 46% of 2001 revenues; network access services, 43%; local distance services, 3% and other services, 8%. Local services acctd for 46% of 2001 revenues; Network access services, 43%; Local distance services, 3% & Other services, 8%