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<TYPE>EX-99.2
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<FILENAME>pr1stqtr09divid.txt
<DESCRIPTION>1ST QTR DIVIDEND PRESS RELEASE
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                                                          Exhibit 99.2


                                                          news release


                                                              Contact:
                                                      David Whitehouse
                                                          203.614.5708
For Immediate Release


Frontier Communications Corporation Declares First-Quarter Dividend

Stamford,  Conn.  -  February  6,  2009 -  Frontier  Communications  Corporation
(NYSE:FTR)  announced  today that its Board of Directors  has declared a regular
quarterly cash dividend  payment of $0.25 per share of common stock,  payable on
March 31, 2009 to holders of record of common  stock at the close of business on
March 9, 2009.

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