PUBLIC NOTICE

   Federal Communications Commission
   1919 M St., N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20554


 
DA 98-144

                                                                  
      
Released:  January 28, 1998

NOTICE OF FILING SCHEDULE FOR BELL ATLANTIC PERFORMANCE
MONITORING REPORTS

AAD File No. 98-24

Pursuant to the conditions in the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX Transfer
Order, Bell Atlantic Corporation ("Bell Atlantic") will provide
Performance Monitoring Reports ("PMR")regarding Bell Atlantic's
provision of:  (1) services to its retail customers in aggregate;
(2)services and facilities provided to any Bell Atlantic
affiliate purchasing interconnection; (3)services and facilities
provided to carriers purchasing interconnection in the aggregate;
and
(4) services and facilities provided to individual carriers
purchasing interconnection.  Bell Atlantic filed its first PMR on
November 12, 1997 in compliance with the Order, and will
file PMRs quarterly after that date.  The requirement to file
PMRs will sunset forty-eight months after the release of the Bell
Atlantic/NYNEX Transfer Order.

 The filing schedule for the Bell Atlantic PMRs is as follows: 
February 17, 1998;May 14, 1998; August 14, 1998; November 16,
1998; February 16, 1999; May 17, 1999;August 16, 1999; November
15, 1999; February 15, 2000; May 15, 2000; August 15, 2000;
November 15, 2000; February 15, 2001; May 15, 2001; August 15,
2001; and October 1,2001.  Because the reporting requirements in
the merger conditions will sunset on August 15,2001, the final
PMR filing is scheduled for October 1, 2001 in order to receive
the data collected through the planned sunset date.  For filings
with the Commission, Bell Atlantic will provide the PMRs in
electronic format.  Copies of the PMR filings are available in
the Accounting & Audits reading room, except for those portions
of the filings that are afforded confidential treatment pursuant
to 47 C.F.R.  0.459.  Interested parties may have to make
additional arrangements with Division staff to receive the PMRs
in the electronic format filed by Bell Atlantic.

 For further information, contact Anthony Dale, (202) 418-2260,
or Whitey Thayer, (202) 418-0822, at the Accounting & Audits
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission.

Action by the Chief, Accounting and Audits Division, Common
Carrier Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission.