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): August 4, 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 August 4, 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 August 4, 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:  August 4, 2009             By:  /s/ Robert J. Larson
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                                           Robert J. Larson
                                           Senior Vice President and
                                           Chief Accounting Officer