Northern New England Spinco

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Northern New England Spinco, Inc.
Former Type	Subsidiary of Verizon
Fate	Acquired
Successor	FairPoint Communications
Founded	2007
Defunct	2008
Location
Industry	Telecommunications
Former Parent	Verizon (2007-2008)

Northern New England Spinco, Inc. was a Verizon Communications subsidiary created in 2007. Its sole purpose of existence was to be a holding company for Verizon's assets owned by Bell Atlantic Communications, NYNEX Long Distance, and Verizon New England located within Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. This company was spun-off to Verizon stockholders on March 31, 2008 and was merged into FairPoint Communications the same day.

Northern New England Spinco included the following two companies:

• Northern New England Telephone Operations, a new local exchange carrier, operated former Verizon New England lines
• Enhanced Communications of Northern New England, assets formerly owned by Bell Atlantic Communications, NYNEX Long Distance, Verizon Select Services

v • d • e Spinoffs of American Telephone & Telegraph 1956: Bell Canada • Northern Electric 1984 divestiture: Ameritech • Bell Atlantic • Bell Communications Research • BellSouth • NYNEX • Pacific Telesis • Southwestern Bell • U S WEST 1996: Lucent Technologies • NCR 1997: AT&T Submarine System, sold to Tyco International 2001: AT&T Broadband • AT&T Wireless Second-Generation Spinoffs AT&T Consumer Lease Services • Advanced American Telephones • Agere Systems • AirTouch • Avaya • Dex Media • Idearc • MediaOne Group • Northern New England Spinco • R. H. Donnelley Publishing & Advertising of Illinois • Telcordia Technologies • Teradata