C E R T I F I C A T E



    This is to certify that at a regular meeting of the Board of 
Directors of The Southern New England Telephone Company held on 
March 13, 1996, the following vote was adopted and, as of the date of this 
Certificate, has not been amended, modified or rescinded and is in full 
force and effect:

    "VOTED:  That the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial 
Officer are, or either one of them is, authorized to 
execute, personally or by attorney, in the name and on behalf of the 
Company, and to cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the 
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1995, in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, 
but with such changes, additions and revisions as the officer executing 
the same shall approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by 
such execution and thereafter to execute personally, and to cause to be 
filed, any amendments or supplements to such report, and to do any and 
all other acts and things, and to execute and deliver any and all other 
documents necessary or advisable in connection with the foregoing."


                                           Attest:


                                           /s/ Paula M. Anderson
                                               Paula M. Anderson
                                               Assistant Secretary
New Haven, Connecticut
March 20, 1996