8-K

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549




                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 27, 1998



                                 U S WEST, Inc.
                            (Formerly "USW-C, Inc.")
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



                                                                                  

               Delaware                                1-14087                              84-0953188
           (State or Other                     Commission File Number               IRS Employer Identification
    Jurisdiction of Incorporation)                                                            Number




                 1801 California Street, Denver, Colorado 80202
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)


                         Telephone Number (303) 672-2700
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)




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Item 5.       Other Events

     On October 27, 1998, U S WEST,  Inc.  issued a press release  entitled
"U S WEST  Reiterates  Earnings  Projections".  The release is filed as Exhibit
99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


Item 7.       Exhibits

Exhibit       Description


99       Press Release issued October 27, 1998 entitled "U S WEST Reiterates 
         Earnings Projections"



                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     U S WEST, Inc.
                                     (Formerly "USW-C, Inc.")

                                By:  /s/ Thomas O. McGimpsey
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                                     Thomas O. McGimpsey
                                     Assistant Secretary

Dated:        October 27, 1998

EX-99

EXHIBIT 99

[U S WEST Logo]

                               Investor Relations

                                                                     NEWS FLASH


October 27, 1998

                  - U S WEST REITERATES EARNINGS PROJECTIONS -

NEW YORK CITY - At an analyst  briefing  today,  U S WEST  President and CEO Sol
Trujillo said he expects the company's  performance  for the balance of the year
to  continue  to  have a  positive  impact  on  earnings.  Trujillo  said he was
comfortable with the upper end of the 4-6 percent EPS growth range for 1998.

In addition to the rapid expansion of its data and wireless offerings,  Trujillo
reaffirmed  the  company's  planned  rollout  of VDSL  (Very-high-speed  Digital
Subscriber  Line) video  services to the Phoenix metro area  beginning late this
year.  To date,  the company has received  franchises  to service  approximately
600,000   homes.    Unexpected   delays   in   gaining   franchises   caused   a
later-than-anticipated  start in  securing  standard  construction  permits  and
related  municipal  approvals.  To  reflect  this  impact  on  the  construction
timetable, the company revised its estimate of the number of homes it would pass
by year-end, 1998 to 100,000.

U S WEST  (NYSE:  USW)  provides a full range of  telecommunications  services -
including  wireline,  wireless PCS, data  networking,  directory and information
services - to more than 25 million  customers  nationally  and in 14 western and
midwestern states.  More information about U S WEST can be found on the Internet
at http://www.uswest.com.

Further information:  Larry Thede, 303-896-3550 or Rodney Miller, 303-896-3096.

[Safe Harbor Statement:  This document contains statements about expected future
events and financial results that are  forward-looking  and subject to risks and
uncertainties.  For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor
for forward-looking  statements  contained in the Private Securities  Litigation
Reform Act of 1995.  Factors  that could  cause  actual  results to differ  from
expectations include: (i) greater than anticipated competition from new entrants
into the local exchange, intraLATA toll, wireless, data and directories markets;
(ii)  changes in demand  for the  Company's  products  and  services,  including
optional custom calling features; (iii) higher than anticipated employee levels,
capital expenditures, and operating expenses (such as costs associated with year
2000  remediation);   (iv)  the  loss  of  significant  customers;  (v)  pending
regulatory actions in state jurisdictions; (vi) regulatory changes affecting the
telecommunications  industry, including changes that could have an impact on the
competitive environment in the local exchange market; (vii) a change in economic
conditions in the various markets served by the Company's  operations that could
adversely  affect the level of demand for  telephone,  wireless,  directories or
other  services  offered  by  the  Company;   (viii)  greater  than  anticipated
competitive  activity  requiring  new  pricing  for  services;  (ix) higher than
anticipated  start-up  costs  associated  with new business  opportunities;  (x)
increases in fraudulent activity with respect to wireless services;  (xi) delays
in the Company's  ability to begin offering  interLATA  long-distance  services;
(xii) consumer acceptance of broadband services,  including telephony, data, and
wireless   services;   or  (xiii)  delays  in  the  development  of  anticipated
technologies,  or the  failure  of such  technologies  to perform  according  to
expectations.]