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EXHIBIT 3a(iii)
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
BELL ATLANTIC - DELAWARE, INC.
Bell Atlantic - Delaware, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation") does
hereby certify that the amendment to the Corporation's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation set forth in the following resolution, approved by the
Corporation's Board of Directors and Sole Stockholder, was duly adopted in
accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware:
RESOLVED, that the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation be amended by changing Article First thereof so that, as amended,
the Article shall be and read as follows:
"FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Verizon Delaware Inc."
This Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
shall be effective on August 1, 2000.
BELL ATLANTIC - DELAWARE, INC.
By: /s/ David A. Hill
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David A. Hill
Vice President and General Counsel
Dated: June 30, 2000
