Frontier Communications
E1005395
Frontier Communications is a U.S.-based telecommunications company that provides internet, phone, and television services, primarily to residential and business customers in rural and suburban areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frontier Communications canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12763091 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frontier Communications Context triple: [Optimum, hasCompetitor, Frontier Communications]
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A.
SBC Communications
SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
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B.
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is a major American telecommunications and mass media company best known for operating the Spectrum brand of cable television, internet, and phone services.
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C.
Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink Communications is a U.S.-based cable television and broadband internet provider that served residential and business customers, particularly in smaller and mid-sized markets.
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D.
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
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E.
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a major American telecommunications company that provides cable television, internet, and phone services to residential and business customers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frontier Communications Target entity description: Frontier Communications is a U.S.-based telecommunications company that provides internet, phone, and television services, primarily to residential and business customers in rural and suburban areas.
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A.
SBC Communications
SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
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B.
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is a major American telecommunications and mass media company best known for operating the Spectrum brand of cable television, internet, and phone services.
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C.
Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink Communications is a U.S.-based cable television and broadband internet provider that served residential and business customers, particularly in smaller and mid-sized markets.
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D.
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
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E.
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a major American telecommunications company that provides cable television, internet, and phone services to residential and business customers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
ⓘ
telecommunications company ⓘ |
| acquiredFrom |
AT&T
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Verizon Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionType |
landline operations
ⓘ
wireline assets ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emergedFromBankruptcy | 2021 ⓘ |
| filedForChapter11 | 2020 ⓘ |
| focusStrategy | expansion of fiber broadband ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation | Norwalk, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName |
Citizens Communications Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Citizens Utilities Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Frontier Communications Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Frontier California Inc.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frontier North Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ Frontier West Virginia Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dallas, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
broadband internet
ⓘ
pay television ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ telephone services ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| marketPosition | one of the largest providers of rural broadband in the United States ⓘ |
| networkType |
copper network
ⓘ
fiber-optic network ⓘ |
| offers | bundled internet, phone, and TV packages ⓘ |
| ownsBrand | Frontier Fiber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterReorganization | Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Connect America Fund broadband programs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Citizens Utilities Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
business Ethernet services
ⓘ
cloud-based voice services ⓘ data networking services ⓘ long-distance telephone service ⓘ video-on-demand services ⓘ |
| regulator | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | incumbent local exchange carrier in many markets ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
rural areas
ⓘ
suburban areas ⓘ |
| serviceType |
VoIP service
ⓘ
broadband service ⓘ business communications services ⓘ fiber internet service ⓘ internet service ⓘ telephone service ⓘ television service ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
business customers
ⓘ
residential customers ⓘ |
| tradedAs | NASDAQ:FYBR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Frontier Communications Description of subject: Frontier Communications is a U.S.-based telecommunications company that provides internet, phone, and television services, primarily to residential and business customers in rural and suburban areas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.