General Telephone & Electronics Corporation
GPTKB entity
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:company
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:GTE
|
| gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:defunct |
2000
|
| gptkbp:foundedYear |
1934
|
| gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:S._Don_Weller
|
| gptkbp:headquartersLocation |
gptkb:Stamford,_Connecticut,_United_States
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
General Telephone & Electronics Corporation
|
| gptkbp:industry |
electronics
telecommunications |
| gptkbp:mergedInto |
gptkb:Verizon_Communications
2000 |
| gptkbp:notableAcquisition |
gptkb:Sylvania_Electric_Products
gptkb:Automatic_Electric_Company gptkb:Lenkurt_Electric_Company Contel (Continental Telephone) |
| gptkbp:notableEmployee |
gptkb:Charles_L._Brown
gptkb:Donald_C._Power |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
divestiture of GTE Sylvania lighting division
sale of GTE Airfone sale of GTE Alaska to CenturyTel sale of GTE California to Citizens Communications sale of GTE Canadian operations to BCE sale of GTE East to Citizens Communications sale of GTE Florida to Citizens Communications sale of GTE Government Systems to General Dynamics sale of GTE Hawaiian Tel to The Carlyle Group sale of GTE Internetworking to Cisco Systems sale of GTE Midwest to Citizens Communications sale of GTE North to Citizens Communications sale of GTE South to Citizens Communications sale of GTE Southwest to Citizens Communications sale of GTE Virginia to Citizens Communications sale of GTE West to Citizens Communications sale of GTE Wireless to Alltel merger with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon Communications sale of GTE Pennsylvania to Citizens Communications |
| gptkbp:notableProduct |
industrial equipment
automatic telephone exchanges |
| gptkbp:numberOfEmployees |
approximately 100,000 (at peak)
|
| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Associated_Telephone_Utilities_Company
|
| gptkbp:stockExchange |
gptkb:NYSE
|
| gptkbp:stockSymbol |
gptkb:GTE
|
| gptkbp:subsidiary |
gptkb:Sylvania_Electric_Products
gptkb:GTE_Florida gptkb:GTE_Hawaiian_Tel gptkb:GTE_Mobilnet gptkb:GTE_Alaska gptkb:GTE_Automatic_Electric gptkb:GTE_California gptkb:GTE_North gptkb:GTE_Southwest gptkb:GTE_Sprint |
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Verizon_Communications
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:GTE
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
|