news release

                                                                   Exhibit 99.1

                                                                       Contact:
                                                               David Whitehouse
                                                                   203.614.5708
For Immediate Release



Frontier Communications Corporation Declares Third-Quarter Dividend

Stamford, Conn. - July 30, 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 September
30,  2009 to  holders  of  record of common  stock at the close of  business  on
September 9, 2009.

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