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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549
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                         Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
                                       on
                                    Form S-8
                                       to
                                    Form S-4
                             Registration Statement
                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933*
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                                   AT&T Corp.
         A New York                                   I.R.S. Employer
         Corporation                                  No. 13-4924710
            32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10013-2412
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                       Teleport Communications Group Inc.
                             1993 Stock Option Plan
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                                Agent for Service
                  Edward M. Dwyer, Vice President and Treasurer
            32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10013-2412
                                 (212) 387-5400
                                  -------------

                  Please send copies of all communications to:
             Marilyn J. Wasser, Vice President - Law and Secretary
            32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10013-2412
                                  ------------

     APPROXIMATE  DATE  OF  COMMENCEMENT  OF THE  PROPOSED  SALE  OF  SECURITIES
PURSUANT  TO  THE  PLAN:  Promptly  after  the  filing  of  this  Post-Effective
Amendment.


* Filed as a Post-Effective  Amendment on Form S-8 to such Form S-4 Registration
Statement  pursuant  to  the  procedure   described  herein.  See  "INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENT".

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                             INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

     AT&T Corp.  ("AT&T)  hereby amends its  Registration  Statement on Form S-4
(No. 333-49419) (the "Form S-4"), by filing this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1
on Form  S-8  (the  "Post-Effective  Amendment")  relating  to the sale of up to
5,796,923  shares of the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of AT&T ("AT&T
Common  Stock")  issuable upon the exercise of stock  options  granted under the
Teleport Communications Group Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

     On July 23, 1998,  TA Merger  Corp.,  a Delaware  corporation  and a wholly
owned subsidiary of AT&T, was merged into Teleport  Communications Group Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("TCG"). As a result of such merger (the "Merger"), TCG has
become a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T and each outstanding  share (other than
shares owned by AT&T, TCG or any direct or indirect  wholly owned  subsidiary of
AT&T or TCG) of common  stock,  par value  $.01 per share,  of TCG ("TCG  Common
Stock"),  has been converted into one (1) share of common stock, par value $1.00
per share,  of AT&T.  Pursuant to the Merger,  each  outstanding  option  issued
pursuant  to the Plan will no longer be  exercisable  for  shares of TCG  Common
Stock but, instead,  will constitute an option to acquire, on the same terms and
conditions as were applicable under such option,  shares of AT&T Common Stock in
lieu of shares of TCG.

     The  designation  of  the  Post-Effective  Amendment  as  Registration  No.
33-49419-01 denotes that the Post-Effective Amendment relates only to the shares
of AT&T Common Stock  issuable upon exercise of stock options under the Plan and
that  this is the first  Post-Effective  Amendment  to the Form S-4  filed  with
respect to shares covered by the Form S-4.

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                              CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

                                   AT&T Corp.

            Teleport Communications Group Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan


Item
 No.                             Item                         Page
- ----                             ----                         ----

 1.               Plan Information....................          *

 2.               Registrant Information and Employee
                  Plan Annual Information ............          *

 3.               Incorporation of Documents by
                  Reference ..........................          1

 4.               Description of Securities...........          1

 5.               Interests of Named Experts and
                  Counsel ............................          2

 6.               Indemnification of Directors and
                  Officers ...........................          2

 7.               Exemption from Registration Claimed.          3

 8.               Exhibits............................          3

 9.               Undertakings........................          3



* Omitted since answer is inapplicable.

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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The  following  documents  have been filed by AT&T Corp.  ("AT&T") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")(File No. 1-1105) and are incorporated
herein by reference:

         (1)      AT&T's  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  for  the  year   ended
                  December 31, 1997;

         (2)      AT&T's   Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10-Q  for  period  ended
                  March 31, 1998; and

         (3)      AT&T's Current Reports  on  Form 8-K  dated   January 8, 1998,
                  March 2, 1998 and June 23, 1998;

         (4)      The  description  of shares of AT&T common stock  contained in
                  the registration statement filed under the Securities Exchange
                  Act of  1934,  as  amended  ("Exchange  Act"),  including  any
                  amendment  or report  filed for the purpose of  updating  such
                  description.

     All  documents,  filed  subsequent  to the date hereof by AT&T with the SEC
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to
the  filing  of a  post-effective  amendment  hereto  which  indicates  that all
securities  offered hereby have been sold or which  de-registers  all securities
then remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein
and made a part hereof from their  respective  dates of filing (such  documents,
and  the  documents   enumerated  above,   being  hereinafter   referred  to  as
"Incorporated  Documents");  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that the documents  enumerated
above or subsequently  filed by AT&T pursuant to Sections  13(a),  13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering  made hereby is
in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of AT&T's  Annual Report on Form 10-K
covering such year shall not be  Incorporated  Documents or be  incorporated  by
reference  herein or be a part  hereof  from and after the filing of such Annual
Report on Form 10-K.

     Any  statement  contained  in an  Incorporated  Document  or  deemed  to be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for purposes  hereof to the extent that a statement  contained  herein or in any
other  subsequently  filed  Incorporated  Document  modifies or supersedes  such
statement.  Any such  statement so modified or  superseded  shall not be deemed,
except as so  modified or  superseded,  to  constitute  a part  hereof.  Item 4.
Description of Securities.

     Not Applicable.

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Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Pursuant to the statutes of the State of New York, a director or officer of
a corporation is entitled, under specified circumstances,  to indemnification by
the corporation against reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred
by him/her in connection  with the defense of a civil or criminal  proceeding to
which he/she has been made,  or  threatened to be made, a party by reason of the
fact that  he/she  was such  director  or  officer.  In  certain  circumstances,
indemnity is provided against  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement.
In general,  indemnification is available where the director or officer acted in
good faith, for a purpose he/she reasonably believed to be in the best interests
of the  corporation.  Specific  court  approval is  required in some cases.  The
foregoing  statement is subject to the detailed  provisions of Sections 715, 717
and 721-725 of the New York Business Corporation Law ("BCL").

     The AT&T By-laws  provide that AT&T is  authorized,  by (i) a resolution of
shareholders, (ii) a resolution of directors or (iii) an agreement providing for
such  indemnification,  to the fullest  extent  permitted by applicable  law, to
provide indemnification and to advance expenses to its directors and officers in
respect of claims,  actions,  suits or  proceedings  based upon,  arising  from,
relating to or by reason of the fact that any such director or officer serves or
served in such capacity with AT&T or at the request of AT&T in any capacity with
any other enterprise.

     AT&T has entered into contracts  with its officers and directors,  pursuant
to the provisions of BCL Section 721, by which it will be obligated to indemnify
such persons,  to the fullest  extent  permitted by the BCL,  against  expenses,
fees,  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement  in connection  with any
present or future  threatened,  pending or completed action,  suit or proceeding
based in any way upon or related to the fact that such  person was an officer or
director  of AT&T or, at the  request of AT&T,  an  officer,  director  or other
partner,  agent,  employee  or trustee of another  enterprise.  The  contractual
indemnification so provided will not extend to any situation where a judgment or
other final  adjudication  adverse to such person  establishes that his/her acts
were  committed  in bad  faith or were  the  result  of  active  and  deliberate
dishonesty  or that  there  inured to such  person a  financial  profit or other
advantage.

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     The  directors  and  officers  of AT&T are  covered by  insurance  policies
indemnifying against certain liabilities,  including certain liabilities arising
under the Securities  Act of 1933 ("1933 Act"),  which might be incurred by them
in such capacities.


Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         Exhibits  identified in  parentheses  below,  on file with the SEC, are
incorporated herein by reference as exhibits hereto.


         Exhibit
         Number
         -------

          4                Restated   Certificate   of   Incorporation   of  the
                           registrant  filed  January 10, 1989,  Certificate  of
                           Change to Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated
                           March 18, 1992,  Certificate of Amendment to Restated
                           Certificate  of  Incorporation  dated  June 1,  1992,
                           Certificate  of  Amendment  to  the   Certificate  of
                           Incorporation  dated April 20, 1994 and,  Certificate
                           of  Amendment  to the  Certificate  of  Incorporation
                           dated June 8, 1998

          23               Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP


     In accordance  with the  requirements  of Item 8(b),  the  registrant  will
submit or has  submitted  the Plan and any  amendments  thereto to the  Internal
Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes
required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (1) The undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes to file, during any
period in which  offers or sales are being made, a  post-effective  amendment to
this registration statement:

                     (i) To include any  prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the 1933 Act;

                    (ii) To  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts  or  events
arising after the  effective  date of this  registration  statement (or the most
recent  post-effective   amendment  thereof)  which,   individually  or  in  the
aggregate,  represent a fundamental  change in the information set forth in this
registration statement;

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                   (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration  statement or
any material change to such information in this registration statement;

Provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  1(i)  and  1(ii)  do  not  apply  if  the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant  pursuant to
Section  13 or  Section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act that  are  incorporated  by
reference in this registration statement.

         (2) The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose
of  determining  any  liability  under  the 1933 Act,  each such  post-effective
amendment  shall be deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the
securities  offered  herein,  and the offering of such  securities  at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (3) The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  to   remove  from
registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (4) The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the 1933 Act, each filing of the  registrant's
annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section  15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
in  this  registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a  new  registration
statement  relating to the securities  offered herein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof.

         (5) Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the 1933
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification  against such liabilities (other than
the  payment by the  registrant  of  expenses  incurred  or paid by a  director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement  or amendment  thereto to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on 
July 23, 1998.


                                  AT&T CORP.


                                 /s/    E. M. Dwyer
                                 --------------------------------
                                 By:     E. M. Dwyer
                                         Vice President and Treasurer


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  registration  statement or amendment  thereto has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Principal Executive Officer:                  #
                                              #
         C. Michael Armstrong     Chairman    #
                                of the Board  #
                                              #
                                              #
Principal Financial Officer:                  #
                                              #
                           Senior Executive   #
         D. E. Somers      Vice President and #
                           Chief Financial    #
                           Officer            #
                                              ###
                                              #
                                              # By Edward M. Dwyer
                                              #    (attorney-in-fact)*
Principal Accounting Officer:                 #
         M. B. Tart     Vice President        #
                        and Controller        # July 23, 1998
                                              #
Directors:                                    #
         C. Michael Armstrong                 #
         Kenneth T. Derr                      #
         M. Kathryn Eickhoff                  #
         Walter Y. Elisha                     #
         George M. C. Fisher                  #
         Donald V. Fites                      #
         Ralph S. Larsen                      #
         Donald F. McHenry                    #
         Michael I. Sovern                    #
         Thomas H. Wyman                      # *by power of attorney
         John D. Zeglis                       #

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


     Exhibits  identified  in  parentheses  below,  on file  with the  SEC,  are
incorporated herein by reference as exhibits hereto.

         Exhibit
         Number
         -------

            4              Restated   Certificate   of   Incorporation   of  the
                           registrant  filed  January 10, 1989,  Certificate  of
                           Change to Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated
                           March 18, 1992,  Certificate of Amendment to Restated
                           Certificate  of  Incorporation  dated  June 1,  1992,
                           Certificate  of  Amendment  to  the   Certificate  of
                           Incorporation  dated April 20, 1994 and,  Certificate
                           of  Amendment  to the  Certificate  of  Incorporation
                           dated June 8, 1998


           23              Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP



                                                                       EXHIBIT 4

                               AMERICAN TELEPHONE
                                  AND TELEGRAPH
                                     COMPANY




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                             RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF
                            INCORPORATION OF AMERICAN
                         TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
                             FILED JANUARY 10, 1989




                                   ----------




                       WITH AMENDMENTS DATED JUNE 8, 1989,
                         MARCH 18, 1992, JUNE 1, 1992,
                        APRIL 20, 1994 AND JUNE 8, 1998

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                    RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
                    AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
                        UNDER SECTION 807 OF THE BUSINESS
                                 CORPORATION LAW


     We,  the   undersigned,   being  a  Vice   President  and  the   Secretary,
respectively,  of American Telephone and Telegraph Company, do hereby certify as
follows:

         1. The  name of  the  corporation  is "American Telephone and Telegraph
Company."

         2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation was filed in the
office of the Secretary of State of New York on March 3, 1885.

         3. The text of the Certificate of  Incorporation  (1) is hereby amended
pursuant to authority  vested in the Board of Directors  by the  Certificate  of
Incorporation of the corporation,  as heretofore amended, and in accordance with
Section 502 of the Business  Corporation  Law to delete in its entirety  Article
EIGHTH thereof stating the number,  designation,  relative rights,  preferences,
and  limitations  pertaining  to four series of preferred  shares,  all of which
shares  have  been  redeemed  by the  corporation,  and  renumber  the  articles
subsequent thereto sequentially following Article SEVENTH; and (2) as so amended
and as  amended  heretofore  is hereby  restated  to read as herein set forth in
full:

                  "We do hereby associate  ourselves together for the purpose of
         constructing, buying, owning, leasing, or otherwise obtaining, lines of
         electric  telegraph  partly  within and party  beyond the limits of the
         State of New York,  and of equipping,  using,  operating,  or otherwise
         maintaining,  the same;  and of becoming a body  politic and  corporate
         under and by virtue of the  provisions of an act of the  Legislature of
         the State of New York entitled `An Act to provide for the incorporation
         and regulation of telegraph  companies,' passed April 12, 1848, and the
         various acts amendatory thereof or supplemental  thereto; and of having
         and exercising all and every of the powers, privileges,  franchises and
         immunities  in and by said  acts  conferred.  And in  pursuance  of the
         requirements of the various acts aforesaid,  and for the purposes above
         set forth, we do hereby declare and certify as follows,

                  "FIRST.  The name assumed to  distinguish such association and
         to be used in its dealings, and by which it may sue and be sued, is the
         American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

                  "SECOND.  The general  route of the lines of telegraph of said
         association  will be from a point  or  points  in the  city of New York
         along all rail roads, bridges, highways and other practicable, suitable
         and convenient ways or courses, leading thence to the cities of Albany,
         Boston,  and the  intermediate  cities,  towns and places,  also from a
         point or points in and through the city of New York, and thence through
         and across  the  Hudson  and East  rivers and the bay and harbor of New
         York, to Jersey City, Long Island City and Brooklyn, and along all rail
         roads, bridges, highways and other practicable, suitable and convenient
         ways and courses to the cities of Philadelphia,  Baltimore, Washington,
         Richmond,  Charleston,  Mobile and New Orleans, and to all intermediate
         cities,  towns and places; and in like manner to the cities of Buffalo,
         Pittsburgh,  Cleveland, Cincinnati,  Louisville, Memphis, Indianapolis,
         Chicago,  Saint  Louis,  Kansas  City,  Keokuk,  Des  Moines,  Detroit,
         Milwaukee, Saint Paul, Minneapolis,  Omaha, Cheyenne, Denver, Salt Lake
         City, San Francisco and Portland, and to all intermediate cities, towns
         and places, and also along all rail roads, bridges,  highways and other
         practicable,  suitable  and  convenient  ways  and  courses  as  may be
         necessary or proper for the purpose of connecting

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         with  each  other one or more  points in said city of New York,  and in
         each of the  cities,  towns  and  places  hereinabove  specifically  or
         generally designated.

                  "And it is further  declared  and  certified  that the general
         route  of  the  lines  of  this  association,   in  addition  to  those
         hereinbefore  described or designated,  will connect one or more points
         in each and every city, town or place in the State of New York with one
         or more  points in each and  every  other  city,  town or place in said
         State, and in each and every other of the United States,  and in Canada
         and Mexico,  and each and every of said cities,  towns and places is to
         be  connected  with each and every  other  city,  town or place in said
         States and  Countries,  and also by cable and other  appropriate  means
         with the rest of the known world as may hereafter  become  necessary or
         desirable in conducting the business of this association.

                  "THIRD.  The aggregate number of shares  which the corporation
         is   authorized  to   issue  is  1,600,000,000  shares,  consisting  of
         1,500,000,000 common shares having a par value  of  $1  pre  share  and
         100,000,000 preferred shares having a par value of $1 per share.

                  "The  preferred  shares may be issued from time to time in one
         or more series.  All preferred  shares of all series shall rank equally
         and be identical in all respects  except that the Board of Directors is
         authorized to fix the number of shares in each series,  the designation
         thereof  and,  subject to the  provisions  of this Article  Third,  the
         relative  rights,  preferences  and  limitations of each series and the
         variations  in such  rights,  preferences  and  limitations  as between
         series  and  specifically  is  authorized  to fix with  respect to each
         series:

                  "(a) the  dividend rate on  the shares of such series and  the
         date or dates from which dividends shall be cumulative;

                  "(b) the times when, the prices at which,  and all other terms
         and conditions upon which, shares of such series shall be redeemable;

                  "(c) the  amounts  which the  holders of shares of such series
         shall be  entitled  to receive  upon the  liquidation,  dissolution  or
         winding up of the  corporation,  which  amounts may vary  depending  on
         whether  such  liquidation,  dissolution  or winding up is voluntary or
         involuntary and, if voluntary, may vary at different dates;

                  "(d) whether or not the shares of such series shall be subject
         to the operation of a purchase,  retirement or sinking fund and, if so,
         the extent to and manner n which such  purchase,  retirement or sinking
         fund shall be applied to the  purchase or  redemption  of the shares of
         such series for  retirement  or for other  corporate  purposes  and the
         terms and  provisions  relative  to the  operation  of the said fund or
         funds;

                  "(e)  whether  or not the  shares  of  such  series  shall  be
         convertible  into or  exchangeable  for  shares of any  other  class or
         series  and,  if so,  the  price  or  prices  or the  rate or  rates of
         conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same;

                  "(f) the  restrictions,  if any, upon the payment of dividends
         or making of other  distributions  on, and upon the  purchase  or other
         acquisition of, common shares;

                  "(g)  the   restrictions,   if  any,   upon  the  creation  of
         indebtedness,  and the  restrictions,  if any,  upon  the  issue of any
         additional  shares  ranking on a parity  with or prior to the shares of
         such  series  in  addition  to the  restrictions  provided  for in this
         Article Third;

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                  "(h) the voting  powers,  if any, of the shares of such series
         in addition to the voting  powers  provided for in this Article  Third;
         and

                  "(i) such other rights,  preferences  and limitations as shall
         not be inconsistent with this Article Third.

"All shares of any particular  series shall rank equally and be identical in all
respects  except that  shares of any one series  issued at  different  times may
differ as to the date from which dividends shall be cumulative.

     "Dividends on preferred  shares of each series shall be cumulative from the
date or dates fixed with respect to such series and shall be paid or declared or
set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and for the current dividend
period  before any dividends  (other than  dividends  payable in common  shares)
shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on common  shares.  Whenever,
at any time, full cumulative dividends for all past dividend periods and for the
current  dividend  period  shall  have been paid or  declared  and set apart for
payment  on all then  outstanding  preferred  shares and all  requirements  with
respect to any  purchase,  retirement or sinking fund or funds for all series of
preferred  shares shall have been  complied  with,  the Board of  Directors  may
declare  dividends on the common  shares and the  preferred  shares shall not be
entitled to share therein.

     "Upon any liquidation,  dissolution or winding up of the  corporation,  the
holders of  preferred  shares of each  series  shall be  entitled to receive the
amounts to which such holders are entitled as fixed with respect to such series,
including all dividends  accumulated to the date of final  distribution,  before
any payment or distribution of assets of the corporation shall be made to or set
apart for the holders of common shares and after such  payments  shall have been
made in full to the holders of preferred  shares,  the holders of common  shares
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  any and  all  assets  remaining  to be paid or
distributed  to  shareholders  and the holders of preferred  shares shall not be
entitled to share  therein.  For the purposes of this  paragraph,  the voluntary
sale,  conveyance,  lease,  exchange or transfer of all or substantially all the
property  or  assets  of the  corporation  or a  consolidation  or merger of the
corporation with one or more other corporations  (whether or not the corporation
is the corporation  surviving such  consolidation or merger) shall not be deemed
to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary.

     "The aggregate  amount which all preferred  shares  outstanding at any time
shall be entitled to receive on involuntary liquidation,  dissolution or winding
up shall not exceed $8,000,000,000.

     "So long as any preferred shares are outstanding,  the corporation will not
(a) without the  affirmative  vote or consent of the holders of at least 66-2/3%
of all the preferred  shares at the time  outstanding,  (i) authorize  shares of
stock  ranking prior to the  preferred  shares,  or (ii) change any provision of
this Article Third so as to affect adversely the preferred  shares;  (b) without
the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of any series
of preferred  shares at the time  outstanding,  change any of the  provisions of
such series so as to affect adversely the shares of such series; (c) without the
affirmative  vote or  consent of the  holders of at least a majority  of all the
preferred shares at the time outstanding,  (i) increase the authorized number of
preferred shares or (ii) authorize shares of any other class of stock ranking on
a parity with the preferred shares.

<PAGE>

     "Whenever,  at any time or times,  dividends  payable on  preferred  shares
shall be in default in an  aggregate  amount  equivalent  to six full  quarterly
dividends on any series of preferred shares at the time outstanding,  the number
of directors then  constituting the Board of Directors of the corporation  shall
ipso facto be increased by two, and the outstanding  preferred  shares shall, in
addition to any other voting rights, have the exclusive right, voting separately
as a class  and  without  regard  to  series,  to  elect  two  directors  of the
corporation  to fill such  newly  created  directorships  and such  right  shall
continue until such time as all dividends accumulated on all preferred shares to
the latest dividend  payment date shall have been paid or declared and set apart
for payment.

     "No holder of preferred shares of any series, irrespective of any voting or
other  rights  of  shares  of such  series,  shall  have,  as such  holder,  any
preemptive  right  to  purchase  any  other  shares  of the  corporation  or any
securities  convertible  into or  entitling  the holder to  purchase  such other
shares.

     "If in any case the amounts  payable  with respect to any  requirements  to
retire  preferred  shares  are not paid in full in the case of all  series  with
respect to which such requirements  exist, the number of shares to be retired in
each series shall be in  proportion  to the  respective  amounts  which would be
payable on account of such  requirements  if all  amounts  payable  were paid in
full.

         "FOURTH.  The  number of  directors shall be  as provided  for  in  the
By-Laws.

         "FIFTH.  The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.

         "SIXTH.  The office  of  the corporation is located  in  the Borough of
Manhattan, City and County of New York, State of New York.

         "SEVENTH. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated
as agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be served. The post
office  address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process
served upon him as agent of the corporation is American  Telephone and Telegraph
Company, 550 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

         "EIGHTH.  No holder of  common  shares shall have, as such  holder, any
preemptive right to purchase any shares or other securities of the corporation.

         "NINTH.  No director shall be personally  liable to the  Corporation or
any of its  shareholders  for  damages  for any  breach  of duty as a  director;
provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit (i)
the liability of a director if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to
him or her  establishes  that his or her acts or omissions  were in bad faith or
involved intentional  misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that he or she
personally  gained in fact a financial  profit or other advantage to which he or
she was not legally entitled or that his or her acts violated Section 719 of the
New York Business  Corporation  Law; or (ii) the liability of a director for any
act or omission prior to the adoption of this Article NINTH by the  shareholders
of the Corporation.

         4.  The  manner  in  which  this  restatement  of  the  Certificate  of
Incorporation  was  authorized  was by a resolution of the Board of Directors of
the corporation.

<PAGE>

In Witness  Whereof,  we have signed and verified this Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation  of  American  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  this 9th day of
January 1989.



                                  /s/      S. L. Prendergast
                                  ---------------------------------
                                  By:      S. L. Prendergast
                                           Corporate Vice President
                                             and Treasurer


                                  /s/      R. E. Scannell
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  By:      R. E. Scannell
                                           Corporate Vice President - Law
                                             and Secretary

<PAGE>

State of New York                  ) 
                                   ) ss.:
County of New York                 )

     R. E. Scannell, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the Corporate
Vice President - Law and Secretary of American  Telephone and Telegraph Company,
that he signed the foregoing  Certificate  as Corporate Vice President - Law and
Secretary of such corporation,  that he knows the contents thereof, and that the
statements therein contained are true.



                                  /s/      R. E. Scannell
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  By:      R. E. Scannell
                                           Corporate Vice President - Law
                                             and Secretary


Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of January 1989.

            Janet M. Kirpan
             Notary Public

            Janet M. Kirpan
   Notary Public, State of New York
            No. 31-4624682
    Qualified in New York County
  Commission expires March 30, 1990

<PAGE>


                    CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION OF THE RESTATED
                         CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
                    AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
                            UNDER SECTION 105 OF THE
                            BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

     We,  the  undersigned,   Robert  E.  Scannell  and  B.  Ward  White,  being
respectively  the Corporate Vice President - Law and Secretary and the Assistant
Secretary  of  American  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company  for the  purpose of
correcting  the date  appearing  in the  citation  to `An Act to provide for the
incorporation  and  regulation  of telegraph  companies,'  passed April 12, 1848
(stated correctly as 1948) which appears on the face of the Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of American  Telephone and Telegraph  Company under Section 807
of the Business Corporation Law hereby certify:

         1. The  name  of  the  corporation  is American Telephone and Telegraph
Company.

         2. The Restated  Certificate of Incorporation of American Telephone and
Telegraph Company under Section 807 of the Business Corporation Law was filed by
the Department of State on January 10, 1989.

         3. The last paragraph of the first page of the certificate is corrected
to read as follows:

         "We  do  hereby  associate   ourselves  together  for  the  purpose  of
         constructing, buying, owning, leasing, or otherwise obtaining, lines of
         electric  telegraph  partly  within and partly beyond the limits of the
         State of New York,  and of equipping,  using,  operating,  or otherwise
         maintaining,  the same;  and of becoming a body  politic and  corporate
         under and by virtue of the  provisions of an act of the  Legislature of
         the State of New York entitled `An Act to provide for the incorporation
         and regulation of telegraph  companies.' passed April 12, 1848, and the
         various acts amendatory thereof or supplemental  thereto; and of having
         and exercising all and every of the powers, privileges,  franchises and
         immunities  in and by said  acts  conferred.  And in  pursuance  of the
         requirements of the various acts aforesaid,  and for the purposes above
         set forth, we do hereby declare and certify as follows,

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we have signed and verified this  certificate  on the
31st day of May,  1989 and we affirm  the  statements  contained  herein as true
under penalties of perjury.


                                  AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY



                                  /s/      Robert E. Scannell
                                  --------------------------------------
                                  By:      Robert E. Scannell
                                           Corporate Vice President - Law
                                             and Secretary


                                  /s/      B. Ward White
                                  ----------------------------
                                  By:      B. Ward White
                                           Assistant Secretary

<PAGE>

                      CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF THE RESTATED
                         CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
                    AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
                           UNDER SECTION 805-A OF THE
                            BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

         1. The  name  of  the corporation  is "American Telephone and Telegraph
Company."

         2. The  Certificate  of  Incorporation  was filed in the  office of the
Secretary of State of the State of New York on March 3, 1885.

         3. The change in the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  effected  by this
Certificate of Change is as follows:

                  To change the post office  address to which the  Secretary  of
         State of the State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against
         the corporation served upon said Secretary of State.

         4. To  accomplish  the  foregoing  change,   Article  SEVENTH  of   the
Certificate of Incorporation, relating to service of process, is hereby stricken
out in its entirety,  and the following new Article  SEVENTH is  substituted  in
lieu thereof:

                  "SEVENTH.  The  Secretary of State of the State of New York is
         designated as agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may
         be served.  The post  office  address to which the  Secretary  of State
         shall  mail a copy of any  process  served  upon  him as  agent  of the
         corporation is American Telephone and Telegraph  Company,  32 Avenue of
         the Americas, New York, New York, 10013.

         5. The manner in which this Certificate of Change was authorized was by
resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  we have signed and verified this Certificate of Change
of American Telephone and Telegraph Company this 16th day of March 1992.



                                  /s/      S. L. Prendergast
                                  ---------------------------------
                                  By:      S. L. Prendergast
                                           Corporate Vice President
                                             and Treasurer


                                  /s/      R. E. Scannell
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  By:      R. E. Scannell
                                           Vice President - Law and Secretary

<PAGE>

State of New York                  )
                                   ) ss.:
County of New York                 )

     R. E.  Scannell,  being duly  sworn,  deposes  and says that he is the Vice
President - Law and Secretary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company,  that
he signed the  foregoing  Certificate  as Vice  President - Law and Secretary of
such corporation,  that he knows the contents  thereof,  and that the statements
therein contained are true.



                                  /s/      R. E. Scannell
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  By:      R. E. Scannell
                                           Vice President - Law and Secretary


Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of March 1992.

            Janet M. Kirpan
             Notary Public

            Janet M. Kirpan
    Notary Public, State of New York
            No. 31-4624682
     Qualified in New York County
   Commission expires March 30, 1994

<PAGE>

                    CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE RESTATED
                         CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
                    AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
                            UNDER SECTION 805 OF THE
                            BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

     We, the undersigned, being a Vice President and Secretary, respectively, of
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, do hereby certify as follows:

         1. The  name  of  the  corporation is "American Telephone and Telegraph
Company."

         2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation was filed in the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York on March 3, 1885.

         3. Said  Certificate  of  Incorporation  is  amended  to  increase  the
authorized  number of  common  shares of the  capital  stock of the  corporation
having a par value of $1 from 1,500,000,000 to 2,000,000,000 shares.

         4. To effect the  foregoing,  the first  paragraph of Article  THIRD of
said  Certificate of  Incorporation,  relating to the aggregate number of shares
the corporation is authorized to issue,  the par value thereof,  and the classes
into which the shares are divided is hereby  stricken out in its  entirety,  and
the  following  new first  paragraph  of Article  THIRD is  substituted  in lieu
thereof:

                  "THIRD.   The aggregate number of shares which the corporation
         is   authorized  to   issue  is 2,100,000,000  shares,  consisting   of
         2,000,000,000 common  shares  having  a  par value of $1  per share and
         100,000,000 preferred shares having a par value of $1 per share.

         5. The manner in which the foregoing  amendment of said  Certificate of
Incorporation  was  authorized  was by vote of the  holders of a majority of all
outstanding  shares of the corporation  entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of
shareholders, subsequent to the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors.

<PAGE>

     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we have  signed and  verified  this  Certificate  of
Amendment  of said  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of  American  Telephone  and
Telegraph Company this 13th day of May, 1992.



                                  /s/      S. L. Prendergast
                                  -------------------------------------
                                  By:      S. L. Prendergast
                                           Vice President and Treasurer


                                  /s/      R. E. Scannell
                                  -------------------------------------------
                                  By:      R. E. Scannell
                                           Vice President - Law and Secretary

<PAGE>

          Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation
                                       of
                    American Telephone and Telegraph Company

                Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law




     We, the  undersigned,  being a Vice  President  and an Assistant  Secretary
respectively,  of American Telephone and Telegraph Company, do hereby certify as
follows:

         FIRST:  The name of the corporation is American Telephone and Telegraph
Company.

         SECOND:  The Certificate of Incorporation of  the corporation was filed
by the Department of State on March 3, 1885.

         THIRD:  The Certificate of Incorporation  of the corporation  is hereby
amended by changing the name of the corporation to AT&T Corp.

         FOURTH:  To  accomplish  the foregoing  amendment, Article FIRST of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation is amended to read as follows:

                  "FIRST.  The name of the corporation is AT&T Corp."

         FIFTH:  The manner in which the foregoing amendment of said Certificate
of Incorporation of the corporation was authorized was by vote of the holders of
a majority of all outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote thereon
at a meeting of  shareholders,  subsequent to the unanimous vote of the Board of
Directors.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  we have subscribed this document on April 20, 1994 and
do hereby affirm, under the penalties of perjury,  that the statements contained
therein have been examined by us and are true and correct.


                                  /s/      Jim G. Kilpatric
                                  ------------------------------------
                                  By:      Jim G. Kilpatric
                                           Senior Vice President - Law


                                  /s/      Robert A. Maynes
                                  ----------------------------
                                  By:      Robert A. Maynes
                                           Assistant Secretary

<PAGE>

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                       OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                   AT&T CORP.
                            UNDER SECTION 805 OF THE
                            BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW


         We, the  undersigned,  being a Vice President and Assistant  Secretary,
respectively, of AT&T Corp., do hereby certify as follows:

         1. The name of the  corporation  is AT&T Corp. The name under which the
Corporation was formed is American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

         2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation was filed in the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York on March 3, 1885.

         3. Said  Certificate  of  Incorporation  is  amended  to  increase  the
authorized  number of  common  shares of the  capital  stock of the  corporation
having a par value of $1 from 2,000,000,000 shares to 6,000,000,000 shares.

         4. To effect the  foregoing,  the first  paragraph of Article  THIRD of
said  Certificate of  Incorporation,  relating to the aggregate number of shares
the corporation is authorized to issue,  the par value thereof,  and the classes
into which the shares are divided is hereby  stricken out in its  entirety,  and
the  following  new first  paragraph  of Article  THIRD is  substituted  in lieu
thereof:

                           "THIRD.  The aggregate number of shares which the
                  corporation  is authorized to issue is  6,100,000,000  shares,
                  consisting of  6,000,000,000  common shares having a par value
                  of $1 per share and 100,000,000  preferred shares having a par
                  value of $1 per share.

         5. The manner in which the foregoing  amendment of said  Certificate of
Incorporation  was  authorized  was by vote of the  holders of a majority of all
outstanding  shares of the corporation  entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of
shareholders, subsequent to the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors.

<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we have signed this  Certificate of Amendment of said
Certificate  of  Incorporation  of AT&T Corp.  this 22th day of May, 1998 and we
affirm the statements contained therein as true under penalties of perjury.


                                  /s/   Marilyn J. Wasser
                                  --------------------------------------
                                  By:   M. J. Wasser
                                        Vice President-Law and Secretary



                                  /s/   Robert A. Maynes
                                  -------------------------
                                  By:   R. A. Maynes
                                        Assistant Secretary




                                                                      Exhibit 23





                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                                    --------



We consent to the  incorporation by reference in this  Post-Effective  Amendment
No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 (No.  333-49419)of  AT&T Corp.  (the "Company") of
our reports dated January 26, 1998, on our audits of the consolidated  financial
statements and consolidated  financial statement schedule of the Company and its
subsidiaries  as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for the years ended December
31, 1997, 1996 and 1995, which reports are included or incorporated by reference
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 26, 1998.




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