Personnel MOVES
Frontier Communications, Stamford, Conn., has appointed Kevin Wallick the area general manager for Frontier's Mid-States markets. Wallick will operate out of the company's Burnsville office and serve a territory that includes Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.
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