Exhibit 99.1

                                                      Frontier Communications
                                                            3 High Ridge Park
                                                           Stamford, CT 06905
                                                                 203.614.5600
                                                             www.frontier.com
Contact:
David Whitehouse
203-614-5708


                  Frontier Communications Corporation Announces
                   Successful Completion of Debt Tender Offer

     STAMFORD,  Conn.,  Oct.  16,  2009 -- Frontier  Communications  Corporation
(NYSE:  FTR) today announced that it has  successfully  completed its previously
announced debt tender offer and has applied the full "Maximum Payment Amount" of
$700 million  toward the repurchase of its  outstanding  9.250% Senior Notes due
2011 (the "2011 Notes") and 6.250% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "2013 Notes").  As
a result,  Frontier  today  accepted for purchase for cash  approximately  $0.37
million  aggregate  principal  amount of the 2011  Notes and  approximately  $83
million  aggregate  principal  amount of the 2013 Notes.  The notes accepted for
purchase  today are in  addition to the  approximately  $564  million  aggregate
principal  amount of 2011 Notes  accepted  for  purchase  pursuant to the tender
offer on October 1, 2009.  Approximately $76 million aggregate  principal amount
of 2011 Notes and approximately $617 million aggregate  principal amount of 2013
Notes remain outstanding following the tender offer.

     A total of approximately  $419 million  aggregate  principal amount of 2013
Notes were validly  tendered.  As a result of the  acceptance  priority given to
tenders of 2011 Notes and the $700 million  Maximum Payment Amount for all notes
tendered,  Frontier  accepted  for  purchase  all 2011 Notes  tendered  and also
accepted for purchase 2013 Notes  tendered on a pro rata basis as provided under
the terms of the  tender  offer.  The  proration  factor  for the 2013 Notes was
0.1990789.

     Frontier  financed the purchase of the tendered  notes with the proceeds of
its recent offering of $600 million aggregate  principal amount of 8.125% Senior
Notes due 2018, plus cash on hand.

     Frontier's  maturities through 2013 now consist of approximately $7 million
maturing in 2010, $280 million  maturing in 2011, $180 million maturing in 2012,
and $746 million maturing in 2013.

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