Verizon New England

Verizon New England, Inc. is a Bell Operating Company that serves most of Massachusetts and all of Rhode Island. It was formerly New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, more commonly known as New England Telephone, which for seven decades served most of the New England area of the United States as a part of the original AT&T. New England Telephone's coverage area included Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont as well as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but Verizon sold off service in the northern three states, which as of 2020 are served by Consolidated Communications.

Verizon New England, Inc.

Trade name	Verizon Massachusetts Verizon Rhode Island
Formerly	New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (1883–2000)
Company type	Subsidiary of Verizon
Industry	Telecommunications
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts , USA
Area served	Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Key people	Donna Cupelo (Region President) Jay Rooney (Director of Central Office Operations)
Products	POTS, DSL, FiOS (FTTP)
Parent	American Bell (1883–1899) AT&T (1899–1983) NYNEX (1984–1997) Bell Atlantic/Verizon (1997–present)
Website	Verizon Massachusetts Verizon Rhode Island

After the Bell System divestiture, New England Telephone merged with New York Telephone to form NYNEX in 1984. NYNEX was acquired by Bell Atlantic in 1997. In 2000, Bell Atlantic bought GTE and changed its own name to Verizon. New England Telephone was then renamed Verizon New England.