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EXHIBIT 3a(i)
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 805 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, Ivan G. Seidenberg and Phillip M. Huston, Jr., being
respectively, the Chairman of the Board and Secretary of New England Telephone
and Telegraph Company hereby certify:
1. The name of the Corporation is New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company.
2. The Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation was filed with
the Department of State on the 19th day of October, 1883.
3.
4. (a) The Certificate of Incorporation is amended to change the name of
the corporation.
5.
(b) To effect the foregoing, Article 1 is amended to read as follows:
Article 1: The name of the corporation is Verizon New England
Inc.
4. The amendment was authorized by the written consent of the Sole
Shareholder subsequent to a vote of the Board of Directors.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed this certificate on the 5th day of
July, 2000 and we affirm the statements contained therein as true under
penalties of perjury
NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
By: /s/ Ivan G. Seidenberg
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Ivan G. Seidenberg
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer
By: /s/ Phillip M. Huston, Jr.
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Phillip M. Huston, Jr.
Secretary
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
UNDER SECTION 805 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW
Legal Department
Bell Atlantic Corporation
1095 Avenue of the Americas, 38th Floor
New York, New York 10036
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