As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November __, 1998 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration No. 33-51371 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------------- Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------------------- THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) A CONNECTICUT CORPORATION 06-0542646 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 310 ORANGE STREET NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06510 TELEPHONE NUMBER (203) 771-2110 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) --------------------------- MADELYN M. DEMATTEO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY 310 ORANGE STREET NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06510 TELEPHONE NUMBER (203) 771-2110 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) --------------------------- Please address a copy of all communications to: WAYNE WIRTZ, ESQ. SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC. 175 E. HOUSTON STREET, 12TH FLOOR SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205 --------------------------- ================================================================================ RECENT EVENTS: DEREGISTRATION The Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-51371) (the "Registration Statement") of The Southern New England Telephone Company ("SNET") pertaining to $540,000,000 debt securities of SNET to which this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates, was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 1993. In accordance with an undertaking made by SNET in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any debt securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, SNET hereby removes from registration the debt securities of SNET registered but unsold under the Registration Statement. ITEM 16. EXHIBITS. Exhibit Number (24)a Powers of Attorney for The Southern New England Telephone Company. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 9th day of November, 1998. THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY By: /s/ Donald R. Shassian ------------------------------------ Name: Donald R. Shassian Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed below by the following persons and in the capacities and on the date indicated. Principal Executive Officer: Tom E. Morgan* President and Chief Executive Officer and Director Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer: Donald R. Shassian* Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Directors: Daniel J. Miglio* Royce S. Caldwell* James D. Ellis* - -------------------- * By Power of Attorney *By /s/ Donald R. Shassian ---------------------------------------- Donald R. Shassian, as attorney-in-fact for Mr. Morgan, the Directors, and on his own behalf as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer November 9, 1998