Communications conglomerate

• Onetime rival of AT&T
• It merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon
• Pioneer cell phone co.
• Communications corp
• Bell Atlantic + __ = Verizon
• Verizon forerunner
• It merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon
• Telecommunications giant
• Former phone co

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GTE Corporation , formerly General Telephone & Electric Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System . The company operated from 1926, with roots tracing further back than ...