Acquisitions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Acquisitions [Abstract]

Purchase Price Allocation

($ in millions)
Current assets	$	388
Property, plant & equipment		6,315
Goodwill		2,341
Other intangibles - primarily customer list		2,189
Current liabilities		(488)
Long-term debt		(544)
Other liabilities		(330)
Total net assets acquired	$	9,871

Unaudited Pro Forma Information

	(Unaudited)
	For the three months ended			For the nine months ended September 30,
($ in millions, except per share amounts)	September 30, 2015			2016			2015
Revenue		$	2,797		$	7,846		$	8,346
Operating income		$	396		$	1,129		$	1,129
Net loss attributable to Frontier common shareholders		$	(32)		$	(164)		$	(152)
Basic and diluted net loss attributable to
Frontier common shareholders per share		$	(0.03)		$	(0.14)		$	(0.13)

Schedule Of Acquisition and Integration Costs

	For the three months ended September 30,				For the nine months ended September 30,
($ in millions)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Acquisition costs:
Verizon Acquisition	$	-	$	2	$	23	$	37
Connecticut Acquisition		-		-		-		1
		-		2		23		38
Integration costs:
Verizon Acquisition		122		44		364		75
Connecticut Acquisition		-		12		-		37
		122		56		364		112
Total acquisition and
integration costs	$	122	$	58	$	387	$	150