Verizon New England

Verizon New England, Inc.

Trade name	Verizon Massachusetts Verizon Rhode Island
Formerly	New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (1883–2000)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1883; 142 years ago (1883)
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts , US
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 (1997–2000) Verizon (2000–present)

Verizon New England, Inc. is a Bell Operating Company that once covered most of New England but now only serves most of Massachusetts and all of Rhode Island.^[1][2] It was formerly the 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 original coverage area included Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont as well as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Verizon has sold off service in the northern three states, which as of 2020 were served by Consolidated Communications.

After the Bell System divestiture from AT&T, 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.