Bell Atlantic Mobile Completes Acquisition of Frontier Cellular

Bell Atlantic Mobile Completes Acquisition of Frontier Cellular

Deal Represents Addition of 450,000-plus Customers

December 2, 1999

BEDMINSTER, NJ and ROCHESTER, NY -- Bell Atlantic Mobile
(NYSE: BEL) today announced the completion of its acquisition of the
former Frontier Cellular properties, further expanding the company's
contiguous East Coast footprint.

Frontier Cellular will become Bell Atlantic Mobile's Upstate New York
region, covering Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton and
Utica/Rome metropolitan areas, four rural service areas in New York
State, and two rural service areas in Pennsylvania. Following a transition
period, the Upstate region will begin doing business as Bell Atlantic
Mobile.

"By joining the Bell Atlantic Mobile family, Frontier Cellular
customers -- consumers and business users alike -- will benefit from being
part of one of the largest wireless carriers in the country," said
Denny Strigl, president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Mobile. "We also
welcome all the dedicated employees who have joined the Bell Atlantic
Mobile family."

Tracy Nolan, current president of Frontier Cellular, will continue to lead
the Upstate New York operations after the transition is complete. In
addition, the headquarters for the Upstate New York service territory will
remain in Rochester.

"Both Bell Atlantic Mobile and Frontier Cellular share a
commitment to deliver the highest quality service and products to
customers. We are excited to combine our local knowledge of the upstate
market with the additional resources of a national company in an effort to
grow this business and better serve our customers," said Nolan.

According to Nolan, customers will see very few changes in their current
relationship. "While the name will change, the same team of
dedicated professionals will continue to service Upstate New York. This
team is working very hard to make this transition seamless to our
customers."

The acquisition represents an addition of more than 450,000 customers,
approximately 36,000 square miles of service territory and 5.1 million
POPs.

Prior to the acquisition, Frontier Cellular was a joint venture between Bell
Atlantic Mobile and Frontier Corporation, which recently completed its
merger with Global Crossing.

Next year, Bell Atlantic Mobile will be part of the largest wireless
business in the U.S. following the completion of a new national wireless
company combining its wireless properties with that of GTE Wireless and
Vodafone AirTouch Plc. The new wireless company will serve
approximately 20 million customers nationwide and will cover more than
90 percent of the U.S. population and 212 million net POPs.

About Bell Atlantic Mobile
Bell Atlantic Mobile owns and operates the largest wireless network in the
East and systems in the Southwest, covering 180,000 square miles, and the
largest chain of retail outlets devoted exclusively to wireless voice, data
and paging. Based in Bedminster, NJ, Bell Atlantic Mobile has 6.9
million customers and 8,000 employees from Maine to Georgia and in
parts of Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas. Through its

"Wireless at Work..." community service program, the
company uses its technology to help individuals and communities improve
security and emergency communications. Bell Atlantic Mobile's parent,
Bell Atlantic Corporation (NYSE: BEL) is one of the world's largest
wireless communications companies, with domestic operations in 25 states
and international investments in Mexico, Europe and the Pacific Rim. For
more information on Bell Atlantic Mobile visit: www.bellatlantic.com/worldwide.

About Frontier Cellular
Frontier Cellular, which covers more than 36,000 square miles and
provides wireless service to customers in Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse,
Binghamton, Utica/Rome, Watertown, Elmira and the Adirondacks,
comprises Bell Atlantic Mobile's Upstate New York Region. For more
information, visit their Web site at www.frontiercellular.com.

About Frontier Corp
Frontier Corp, a Global Crossings company, is one of the leading
providers of integrated communications services -- including Internet, IP
and data applications, long distance, local telephone and wireless -- to
business customers nationwide. Global Crossings self-healing North
America Crossing provides customers with faster transmission speeds,
greater bandwidth capacity and unrivaled reliability.