NYNEX

NYNEX Corporation

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: NYN[1]
Industry	Telecommunication
Predecessor	American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Founded	1984; 40 years ago (1984)
Defunct	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Fate	Merged with Bell Atlantic (Now Verizon)
Successor	Bell Atlantic (Now Verizon)
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Products	Local telephone service Cellular telephone service
Subsidiaries	Verizon New England Verizon New York

NYNEX Corporation /ˈnaɪnɛks/ 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.