NYNEX
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NYNEX Corporation (NYNEX is pronounced Nine-x) is a defunct telephone company which served five New England states (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) and New York. NYNEX was formed January 1 1984 as a result of the Bell System Divestiture. NYNEX was a Regional Bell operating company made up of former AT&T subsidiaries New York Telephone Company and New England Telephone. Hence, the name NYNEX stood for New York/New England/eXchange (undefinable future). NYNEX was acquired by Bell Atlantic Corporation on August 14 1997, upon which it took the Bell Atlantic name. On June 30 2000, Bell Atlantic merged with GTE to form Verizon Communications.
NYNEX is now known as Verizon's "Northeast Bureau".
Nynex also operated cable television in the United Kingdom, with offices in Waterlooville, Hampshire, England. The network became part of NTL.