General Telephone & Electronics Corporation

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
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