NYNEX Workshop Program Is Valuable Tool For Members of NYNEX Business Link(sm) Plan

May 6, 1997

CONTACT: John Bonomo, 212 395-0500

NYNEX Workshop Program Is Valuable Tool For Members of NYNEX
Business Link(sm) Plan

Noted Management Consultant Tom Peters to Kick Off Series

NEW YORK -- Hundreds of thousands of New York businesses already know the
many benefits of membership in the NYNEX Business Link(sm) Plan.

They're about to get one more.

NYNEX plans to introduce a business workshop series focusing on practical
advice and inventive solutions to problems and situations that small- and medium-sized
business owners face every day. New York businesses will be able to take advantage
of the series by redeeming bonus credits they have collected as members of the NYNEX
Business Link Plan.

To launch the series, Tom Peters, one of the most celebrated business speakers
in the world, will hold a one-day seminar on May 8 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan.
Peters, who has sold more than 15 million books on business improvement, will discuss
"The Pursuit of WOW!," his latest book on how businesses can reinvent themselves
for success.

"The NYNEX Business Link Plan is wildly successful with businesses in
New York," said Brian Lane, NYNEX vice president of Core Marketing. "The
plan not only provides companies with discount calling, but also offers businesses
a whole program of information, products and tips to make their operations run more
efficiently and profitably. This planned workshop series -- and especially the first
presentation with Tom Peters -- is proof positive of the importance of being a NYNEX
Business Link member.

"The Tom Peters seminar is one of the ways NYNEX Business Link provides
tangible value to our business customers. Our intention is to offer events and activities
that will allow businesses to put their Business Link equity to work in actively
developing their companies' knowledge base, employee skill levels, and networking
with their peers," he said.

Lane noted that future NYNEX Business Link events will include seminars with
recognized business speakers and focus on topics such as motivation, improving sales,
successful case studies and networking. He said that future seminars will be held
throughout the Northeast, NYNEX's service territory.

Introduced in late 1995, NYNEX's New York Business Link Plan provides New
York businesses with discounts on their directly dialed regional calls. The plan
is open to all businesses in the NYNEX's New York service territory with total monthly
NYNEX charges of more than $85, and offers volume discounts based on every dollar
spent with NYNEX. The plan also includes additional discounts at six month intervals
that are designed to reward customers' length of time with the plan. Members in the
plan also accumulate bonus credits that can be used toward the purchase of NYNEX
products and services and other business tools such as computer software, personnel
services and more.

To enroll in the NYNEX Business Link Plan or to find about the business workshop
series, New York businesses should call 1-800-LINK-888.

NYNEX is a global communications and media corporation that provides a full
range of services in the northeastern United States and high-growth markets around
the world, including the United Kingdom, Thailand, Gibraltar, Greece, Indonesia,
the Philippines, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The corporation is a leader
in telecommunications, wireless communications, directory publishing and video entertainment
and information services. NYNEX is also managing sponsor of FLAG -- Fiberoptic Link
Around the Globe -- the world's longest undersea fiber optic communications cable.

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