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RNS No 9940p
BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION
24th March 1998
                           
          Bell Atlantic Declares $.77 Quarterly Dividend

The board of directors of Bell Atlantic Corp. (NYSE:BEL) today declared a
quarterly dividend of $.77 per outstanding common share.  The dividend,
unchanged from the previous quarter, is 4.0 percent higher than the dividend in
the same quarter a year ago.

The dividend will be payable May 1, 1998, to shareowners of record at close of
business on April 10, 1998.

Bell Atlantic increased its dividend twice in last year. The first increase,
from $.72 per share to $.74 per share, was declared in March 1997.  The second,
from $.74 per share to $.77 per share, was declared in the third quarter of 1997
following the merger of Bell Atlantic and NYNEX.

Bell Atlantic has approximately 1.2 million registered shareowners and
approximately 776.7 million shares of common stock outstanding.


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