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NYNEX Corporation -LSB- ˈnaɪnɛks -RSB- was a telephone company that served five New England states -LRB- Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island and Vermont -RRB- as well as most of New York state from 1984 through 1997 .. telephone company. telephone company. New England. New England. Maine. Maine. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Vermont. Vermont. New York. New York ( state ). Hampshire. Hampshire. Formed January 1 , 1984 , as a result of the Bell System Divestiture , NYNEX was a regional Bell operating company made up of former AT&T subsidiaries New York Telephone and New England Telephone .. New England. New England. New York. New York ( state ). Bell System. Bell System. Divestiture. Bell System Divestiture. regional Bell operating company. regional Bell operating company. AT&T. AT&T Corporation. subsidiaries. subsidiaries. New York Telephone. New York Telephone. New England Telephone. Verizon New England. Hence , the name NYNEX stood for New York / New England , with the X representing the unknown future -LRB- or `` the uneXpected '' -RRB- , but the X is also widely believed to mean eXchange .. New England. New England. New York. New York ( state ). It was also believed to maybe stand for ,. -LRB- N -RRB- ew -LRB- Y -RRB- ork -LRB- N -RRB- etwork. -LRB- EX -RRB- pansion .. merged with Bell Atlantic on August 14 , 1997 , in what was , at the time , the second largest merger in American corporate history .. Bell Atlantic. Bell Atlantic. Although Bell Atlantic was the surviving company , the merged company moved from Bell Atlantic 's headquarters in Philadelphia to NYNEX headquarters in New York City .. Bell Atlantic. Bell Atlantic. New York. New York ( state ). Philadelphia. Philadelphia. New York City. New York City. On June 30 , 2000 , Bell Atlantic acquired GTE to form Verizon Communications .. Bell Atlantic. Bell Atlantic. Verizon. Verizon. GTE. GTE. Verizon Communications. Verizon Communications. NYNEX also operated cable television and telephone services in the United Kingdom , with offices in Waterlooville -LRB- Hampshire -RRB- , Baguley -LRB- Manchester -RRB- , Shoreham-by-Sea -LRB- West Sussex -RRB- , Leatherhead -LRB- Surrey -RRB- and Antrim -LRB- Northern Ireland -RRB- .. cable television. cable television. Waterlooville. Waterlooville. Hampshire. Hampshire. Baguley. Baguley. Manchester. Manchester. Shoreham-by-Sea. Shoreham-by-Sea. West Sussex. West Sussex. Leatherhead. Leatherhead. Surrey. Surrey. Antrim. Antrim, County Antrim. Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland. In 1997 , the UK assets of NYNEX were merged with the Cable & Wireless subsidiary Mercury Communications and cable operators Videotron and Bell Cablemedia , and renamed as Cable & Wireless Communications .. Cable & Wireless. Cable & Wireless plc. Mercury Communications. Mercury Communications. Videotron. Videotron. Bell Cablemedia. Bell Cablemedia. Cable & Wireless 's cable assets were sold to NTL in 2000 .. Cable & Wireless. Cable & Wireless plc. NTL. NTL :Telewest. In 2006 , NTL merged with Telewest and later re-branded on Feb. 8 , 2007 as Virgin Media .. NTL. NTL :Telewest. Telewest. Telewest. Virgin Media. Virgin Media