Answer: nynex

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NYNEX

Half of a 1997 telecom merger

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Big Apple Bell

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Communications giant

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Baby Bell phone co.
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A Verizon forerunner
NYNEXOld Baby Bell based in the Big Apple
NYNEXFormer Baby Bell
NYNEXPart of a big 1997 merger
NYNEX1997 Bell Atlantic acquisition
NYNEXTelecom co.
NYNEXA Verizon predecessor
NYNEXOld telecommunications name
NYNEXPart of a 1997 telecommunications merger
NYNEXCompany that merged with Bell Atlantic
NYNEXFormer Baby Bell from the northeast
NYNEXBig Apple "Baby Bell"
NYNEXOnetime northeastern Baby Bell
NYNEXOne of the original Baby Bells