RNS No 6615q
BELL ATLANTIC
29th September 1998



Contact:
Susan Kraus
212-395-2355
susan.kraus@bellatlantic-com

David Frail
212-395-7726
david.frail@bellatiantic-COM


    Bell Atlantic Restructures Business Units For Emerging New 
                    Communications Marketplace


         Six Business Groups Increase Autonomy and Accountability;
     Babbio, Cullen, Salerno Join Seidenberg in Office of the Chairman

NEW YORK -- Bell Atlantic is restructuring its business units to strengthen its
position in key markets and enhance its ability to serve customers quickly and
innovatively as regulatory barriers are lowered and a new communications
marketplace emerges.

The restructuring announced today is accompanied by the formation of a new
Office of the Chairman.

"New opporturuties and new customer requirements have to be met in new ways,"
said Bell Atlantic Vice Chairman, President and CEO Ivan Seidenberg.  "With the
advent of product bundling and IP-based networks, we need to structure our
business units to foster a more entrepreneurial mindset and stimulate innovation
so we can anticipate and meet customer needs.  In our new high-growth markets,
responsiveness will be the competitive difference."

Under the new structure, six business groups will directly control the resources
necessary to serve specific market segments.  Group presidents will have the
latitude to seize opportunities and develop service offerings that they believe
best meet their customers' requirements.  With their greater ownership role
comes full accountability for financial performance.

The six business units and their presidents are:

-   Enterprise Business Group - Bruce S. Gordon, currently group president -
    Retail Services. 
-   General Business Group - Regina H. Novotny, currently  vice president -
    Pennsylvania/Delaware Customer Services.  
-   Consumer Group - Frederick D. D'Alessio, currently president - Consumer
    Sales and Service.
-   Network Services Group - Paul A. Lacouture, currently vice president -
    Network Planning and Engineering. 
-   Directory Group - Matthew J. Stover, currently group president - Information
    Services.  Wireless Group 
-   Dennis F. Strigl, currently president and CEO - Global Wireless.

The presidents will report to Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr., currently president and
CEO - Network and chairman - Global Wireless, and Jarnes G. Cullen, currently
president and CEO - Telecom.  Babbio and Cullen will each have the title of
president and chief operating officer, reporting to Seidenberg.

Babbio, Cullen and Frederic V. Salerno, senior executive vice president and
chief financial officer, will join Seidenberg in a new Office of the Chairman.
Salerno will also add oversight of Bell Atlantic's portfolio of international
wireline investments to his responsibilities.

The members of the Office of the Chairman will have oversight of total
business operations, the transition to the new business group structure and the
GTE merger process.  They will also be responsible for identifying and
developing new growth opportunities, including additional merger and acquisition
activity.

The changes are expected to be completed by Dec. 1.

Bell Atlantic is at the forefront of the new communications and information
industry. With more than 41 million telephone access lines and more than seven
million wireless customers worldwide, Bell Atlantic companies are premier
providers of advanced wireline voice and data services, market leaders in
wireless services and the world's largest publishers of directory information.
Bell Atlantic companies are also among the world's largest investors in
high-growth global communications markets, with operations and investments in 23
countries.


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