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 Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation held on 
March 12, 1997, 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Certificate, has not been amended, modified or rescinded and is in full 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, 1996, 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 other acts and to execute and deliver any 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, 1997