Spectra Communications Group
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Spectra Communications Group, LLC is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink
that provides local telephone service in Missouri
.
The company was established in 1999 upon Spectra's purchase of 170 GTE Midwest
exchanges from GTE
. The company was formed by Atlanta, Georgia
-based Spectronics Corporation which became the first African-American owned company to control a US telecommunications company. CenturyTel had a significant investment in the telephone company, which it now owns.
The provides telephone service in all of the area codes in Missouri
with the exception of Area code 314
and Area code 636
.
CenturyLink
CenturyLink, Inc. is a United States telecommunications firm, headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. The company, founded as Central Telephone & Electronics Corporation in 1968, later changed its name to Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. in 1971, and then was called CenturyTel, Inc. from 1999 to 2010...
that provides local telephone service in Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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The company was established in 1999 upon Spectra's purchase of 170 GTE Midwest
GTE Midwest
GTE Midwest, Inc. was a GTE operating company formed in 1993 upon the split off of some GTE local telephone operations from GTE North. GTE Midwest served Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and included the former operations of Contel in Iowa and Missouri....
exchanges from GTE
GTE
GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System....
. The company was formed by Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
-based Spectronics Corporation which became the first African-American owned company to control a US telecommunications company. CenturyTel had a significant investment in the telephone company, which it now owns.
The provides telephone service in all of the area codes in Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
with the exception of Area code 314
Area code 314
The area code 314 serves the independent city of St. Louis, Missouri, and most suburbs located in neighboring St. Louis County.It is bordered by area code 618 across the Mississippi River in Illinois, and by area code 636 in Missouri, which acts as an envelope around the 314 area.-History:Area code...
and Area code 636
Area code 636
Area code 636 serves east-central Missouri, excluding the city of St. Louis and most of St. Louis County. 636 includes parts of the community of Chesterfield, and all of Union, De Soto, Troy, St. Charles, Jefferson, and Warren counties. Area code 314, now assigned to St. Louis and some suburbs,...
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