RNS No 5274b
BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION
28 June 1999

                        BELL ATLANTIC DECLARES
                           QUARTERLY DIVIDEND


NEW YORK - The Board of Directors of Bell Atlantic Corp. (NYSE: BEL) today
declared a quarterly dividend of $.385 per outstanding share, unchanged from the
previous quarter.  The dividend is payable on August 2, 1999 to shareowners of
record at the close of business on July 9, 1999.  Bell Atlantic has
approximately 1.1 million registered shareowners and 1.55 billion shares of
common stock outstanding.

Bell Atlantic is at the forefront of the new communications and information
industry.  With 43 million telephone access lines and nine 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 amoung the world's largest investors in high-growth global
communications markets, with operations and investments in 23 countries.



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