UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): February 25, 2009

                       Frontier Communications Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

              001-11001                             06-0619596
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      (Commission File Number)           (IRS Employer Identification No.)


  3 High Ridge Park, Stamford, Connecticut                 06905
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  (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)

                                 (203) 614-5600
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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                   (Former name or former address, if changed
                              since last report.)

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Item 2.02      Results of Operations and Financial Condition
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               On February 25, 2009, the Company issued a press release.  A copy
          of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

               The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto
          shall  not  be  deemed  "filed"  for  purposes  of  Section  18 of the
          Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange  Act") or otherwise
          subject to the  liabilities  of that  section,  nor shall it be deemed
          incorporated  by reference in any filing under the  Securities  Act of
          1933 or the Exchange  Act,  except as expressly  set forth by specific
          reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits
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         (d)   Exhibits

               99.1 Press   Release  of  Frontier   Communications   Corporation
                    released February 25, 2009.






                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


Date:  February 25, 2009           By:  /s/ Robert J. Larson
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                                            Robert J. Larson
                                            Senior Vice President and
                                            Chief Accounting Officer