thumb|Corporate HQ, 1095 Avenue of the Americas NYNEX Corporation () was an American telephone company that served five states of New England (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) as well as most of the state of New York from January 1, 1984, to August 14, 1997.
thumb|Corporate HQ, 1095 Avenue of the Americas NYNEX Corporation () was an American telephone company that served five states of New England (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) as well as most of the state of New York from January 1, 1984, to August 14, 1997.
==History== Formed on January 1, 1984, as the result of the breakup of the Bell System, NYNEX was a Regional Bell Operating Company which was made up of former subsidiaries of AT&T, these being New York Telephone and New England Telephone. The name NYNEX was an acronym for New York New England Exchange. Delbert C. Staley, chairman of the New York Telephone Company, was named as the new company's first chairman before NYNEX officially went into business. He was replaced by William C. Ferguson, president and chief operating officer of the New York Telephone Company, when the new company launched.
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