Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 25, 1994                   TAG: 9402250097
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

BELL ATLANTIC REALLY?

Bell Atlantic Corp. held a news teleconference Thursday, using a special 800 number for reporters to call to question company officials about the collapse of a proposed merger with Tele-Communications Inc.

But some who called got a busy signal. Others heard a recorded message advising them either to stay on the line for an operator, who never materialized, or to punch a special access code, which was never given.

Eventually the problem was fixed. But in the middle of the teleconference, James Cullen, president of Bell Atlantic, was disconnected.

- Associated Press