10-Q

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022

or

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________to__________

Commission file number: 001-11001

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	86-2359749
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
401 Merritt 7
Norwalk, Connecticut	06851
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 614-5600

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	FYBR	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨

Smaller reporting company ¨ Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ¨ No x

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock as of May 2, 2022 was 244,963,000.

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Table of Contents

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Part I. Financial Information (Unaudited)
Item 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2022 (Successor), and December 31, 2021 (Predecessor)	2
Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 (Successor), and the three months ended March 31, 2021 (Predecessor)	3
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 (Successor), and the three months ended March 31, 2021 (Predecessor)	4
Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2022 (Successor), the three months ended March 31, 2021 (Predecessor)	5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2022 (Successor), the three months ended March 31, 2021 (Predecessor)	6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	36
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	52
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	53
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	54
Item 1A. Risk Factors	54
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	54
Item 6. Exhibits	55
Signature	56

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.Financial Statements

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

($ in millions and shares in thousands, except for per-share amounts)

	(Unaudited)
	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,300	$	2,127
Short-term investments		900		-
Accounts receivable, less allowances of $65 and $57, respectively		397		458
Prepaid expenses		60		73
Income taxes and other current assets		31		30
Total current assets		2,688		2,688
Property, plant and equipment, net		9,575		9,199
Other intangibles, net		4,147		4,227
Other assets		345		367
Total assets	$	16,755	$	16,481
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Long-term debt due within one year	$	15	$	15
Accounts payable		694		535
Advanced billings		202		197
Accrued other taxes		178		183
Accrued interest		153		76
Pension and other postretirement benefits		46		46
Other current liabilities		425		399
Total current liabilities		1,713		1,451
Deferred income taxes		412		387
Pension and other postretirement benefits		1,580		1,672
Other liabilities		415		403
Long-term debt		7,957		7,968
Total liabilities		12,077		11,881
Equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value (1,750,000 authorized shares, 244,476 and
244,416 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and
December 31, 2021, respectively)		2		2
Additional paid-in capital		4,139		4,124
Retained earnings		479		414
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax		58		60
Total equity		4,678		4,600
Total liabilities and equity	$	16,755	$	16,481

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

($ in millions and shares in thousands, except for per-share amounts)

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	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months		For the three months
	ended March 31,		ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676
Operating expenses:
Cost of service		553		620
Selling, general and administrative expenses		435		408
Depreciation and amortization		284		387
Restructuring costs and other charges		54		2
Total operating expenses		1,326		1,417
Operating income		121		259
Investment and other income, net		77		2
Reorganization items, net		-		(25)
Interest expense (See Note 8)		(103)		(89)
Income before income taxes		95		147
Income tax expense		30		87
Net income	$	65	$	60
Basic net earnings per share
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	0.27	$	0.57
Diluted net earnings per share
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	0.26	$	0.57
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		244,433		104,556
Total weighted average shares outstanding - diluted		245,251		104,896

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

($ in millions)

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	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months		For the three months
	ended March 31,		ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Net income	$	65	$	60
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(2)		11
Comprehensive income	$	63	$	71

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (DEFICIT)

($ in millions and shares in thousands)

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	For the three months ended March 31, 2022 (Successor)
								Accumulated
				Additional				Other
	Common Stock			Paid-In		Retained		Comprehensive		Total
	Shares	Amount		Capital		Earnings		Income		Equity
Balance at January 1, 2022	244,416	$	2	$	4,124	$	414	$	60	$	4,600
Stock plans	60		-		15		-		-		15
Net income	-		-		-		65		-		65
Other comprehensive
income (loss), net of tax	-		-		-		-		(2)		(2)
Balance at March 31, 2022	244,476	$	2	$	4,139	$	479	$	58	$	4,678

	For the three months ended March 31, 2021 (Predecessor)
								Accumulated
				Additional				Other		Treasury			Total
	Common Stock			Paid-In		Accumulated		Comprehensive		Common Stock			Equity
	Shares	Amount		Capital		Deficit		Income (Loss)		Shares	Amount		(Deficit)
Balance at January 1, 2021	106,025	$	27	$	4,817	$	(8,975)	$	(755)	(1,232)	$	(14)	$	(4,900)
Stock plans	-		-		-		-		-	(122)		(1)		(1)
Net income	-		-		-		60		-	-		-		60
Other comprehensive
income, net of tax	-		-		-		-		11	-		-		11
Balance at March 31, 2021	106,025	$	27	$	4,817	$	(8,915)	$	(744)	(1,354)	$	(15)	$	(4,830)

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

($ in millions)

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Cash flows provided from (used by) operating activities:
Net Income	$	65	$	60
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided ‎from (used by) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		284		387
Stock-based compensation expense		15		(1)
Lease Impairment		44		-
Other adjustments		(7)		1
Deferred income taxes		25		84
Change in accounts receivable		61		34
Change in accounts payable and other liabilities		26		48
Change in prepaid expenses, income taxes, and other assets		15		52
Net cash provided from operating activities		528		665
Cash flows provided from (used by) investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(447)		(384)
Proceeds on sale of assets		-		2
Purchase of short-term investments		(900)		-
Other		2		2
Net cash used by investing activities		(1,345)		(380)
Cash flows used by financing activities:
Long-term debt principal payments		(3)		-
Finance lease obligation payments		(5)		(5)
Other		(4)		(2)
Net cash used by financing activities		(12)		(7)
Increase (Decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		(829)		278
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at January 1,		2,178		1,887
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at March 31,	$	1,349	$	2,165
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	36	$	40
Income tax payments, net	$	2	$	-
Reorganization items, net	$	-	$	56

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

a) Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates:

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. and its subsidiaries are referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” “Frontier,” or the “Company” in this report. Our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary, in the opinion of Frontier’s management, to present fairly the results for the interim periods shown. Revenues, net income (loss), and cash flows for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year.

We operate in one reportable segment. Frontier provides both regulated and unregulated voice, data and video services to consumer, business, and wholesale customers and is typically the incumbent voice services provider in its service areas.

In 2021, we recategorized our previous operating expenses categories (“Network access expenses” and “Network related expense”) into one expense line: “Cost of service”. All historical periods presented have been updated to conform to the new categorization. For our interim financial statements as of and for the period ended March 31, 2022, we evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date that we filed this Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

The preparation of our interim financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, (ii) the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and (iii) the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Estimates and judgments are used when accounting for the application of fresh start accounting, allowance for credit losses, asset impairments, indefinite-lived intangibles, depreciation and amortization, income taxes, and pension and other postretirement benefits, among others.

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Emergence

On April 30, 2021, (the “Effective Date”), the Company emerged from bankruptcy. Accordingly, the consolidated financial information has been prepared in conformity with Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 852-10 (ASC 852), Reorganizations, for the Successor as a new entity with assets, liabilities, and a capital structure having carrying amounts not comparable with prior periods.

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Reorganization items incurred in the first quarter of 2021 as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases included $25 million in professional fees and other bankruptcy related costs presented separately in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The Company incurred significant costs associated with the reorganization, primarily legal and professional fees. Subsequent to the Petition Date, these costs were expensed as incurred and significantly affected our consolidated results of operations. From the Petition Date to the Effective date, these costs were included in Reorganization items, net on our consolidated statement of income. For the periods prior to the Petition date and following the Effective Date, these costs have been included in Restructuring costs and other charges on our consolidated statement of income. Refer to Note 9.

Fresh Start Accounting

Upon emergence from bankruptcy, we adopted fresh start accounting in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 852 – Reorganizations (ASC 852) and became a new entity for financial reporting purposes. As a result, the consolidated financial statements after the Effective Date are not comparable with the consolidated financial statements on or before that date as indicated by the “black line” division in the financial statements and footnote tables, which emphasizes the lack of comparability between amounts presented. References to “Successor” relate to our financial position and results of operations after the Effective Date. References to “Predecessor” refer to the financial position and results of operations of Old Frontier and its subsidiaries on or before the Effective Date.

During the Predecessor period, ASC 852 was applied in preparing the consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires the financial statements, for periods subsequent to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, to distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. ASC 852 requires certain additional reporting for financial statements prepared between the bankruptcy filing date and the date of emergence from bankruptcy, including: (i) Reclassification of pre-petition liabilities that are unsecured, under-secured or where it cannot be determined that the liabilities are fully secured, to a separate line item on the consolidated balance sheet called, "Liabilities subject to compromise"; and (ii) Segregation of “Reorganization items, net” as a separate line on the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, included within income from continuing operations.

Upon application of fresh start accounting, we allocated the reorganization value to our individual assets and liabilities, except for deferred income taxes, based on their estimated fair values in conformity with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. The amount of deferred taxes was determined in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. The Effective Date fair values of our assets and liabilities differed materially from their recorded values as reflected on the historical balance sheets.

b)Changes in Accounting Policies:

The accounting policy differences between Predecessor and Successor include:

Universal Service Fund and Other Surcharges - Frontier collects various taxes, Universal Service Fund (USF) surcharges (primarily federal USF), and certain other taxes, from its customers and subsequently remits them to governmental authorities. The Predecessor recorded USF and other taxes on a gross basis on the consolidated statement of income, included within “Revenue” and “Cost of service expense”. After emergence, the Successor records these USF and other taxes on a net basis.

Provision for Bad Debt – The Predecessor reported the provision for bad debt as a reduction of revenue. After emergence, the Successor reports bad debt expense as an operating expense included in “Selling, general, and administrative expenses”.

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Contract Acquisition Costs - During the Predecessor period, certain commissions to obtain new customers were deferred and amortized over four years, which represented the estimated customer contract period. As a result of fresh start accounting, that assumption was reevaluated and the period of benefit for our retail customers was determined to be less than one year. As such, these costs are now expensed as incurred.

Actuarial Losses on Defined Benefit Plans - Historically, actuarial gains (losses) were recognized as they occurred and included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” and were subject to amortization over the estimated average remaining service period of participants. As part of fresh start accounting, Frontier has made an accounting policy election to recognize these gains and losses immediately in the period they occur as Investment and other income (loss) on the consolidated statement of income.

Government Grants Revenue - Certain governmental grants that were historically presented on a net basis as part of capital expenditures, are now presented on a gross basis and included in ”Revenue” on the consolidated statement of income.

Administrative Expenses – Historically, the Predecessor capitalized certain administrative expenses, that following emergence, are expensed during the period incurred and included in “Selling, general, and administrative expense” on the consolidated statement of income.

c) Impact of COVID-19:

While overall the operational and financial impacts to Frontier of the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 31, 2022 have not been significant, we continue to closely monitor the evolution of the pandemic, including new COVID-19 variants, as well as the ongoing impact to our employees, our customers, our suppliers and our results of operations.

In an effort to reduce the economic impacts of COVID-19, the United States federal government has responded with multiple stimulus bills. In addition, some of the states we operate in have issued executive orders as a result of COVID-19 that further impact our business. State and federal governments and health authorities may continue to recommend or mandate measures that could impact our operations. We continue to closely track our customers’ payment activity as well as external factors which could materially impact payment trends.

Frontier’s response to COVID-19 has included comprehensive operational safety precautions for our employees and customers. To date, we have not experienced significant disruptions in our workforce due to COVID-19 related absences or legislative or regulatory changes.

Through March 31, 2022, we have not experienced any material disruptions in our supply chain. However, the challenges and continuing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic could result in further impacts to our business and operations, such as disruptions in our supply chain, inflation in pricing for key materials or labor, or other adverse changes. Some of our business partners have been impacted by COVID-related workforce absences and other disruptions which have affected our service levels and distribution of work. In particular, network electronics that require microchip processors have experienced supply chain constraints due to the global microchip shortage.

With more people working from home, we have experienced higher demands on our network and higher sales activity for our consumer broadband service offering. This sustained increase in network demand could lead to reduced network availability and potential outages, which may impair our ability to meet customer service level commitments, lead to higher costs, higher customer churn and potential increased regulatory actions. These potential changes, among others, could have a material financial impact to Frontier.

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d) Revenue Recognition:

Revenue for data & Internet services, voice services, video services, and switched and non-switched access services is recognized as services are provided to customers. Services that are billed in advance include monthly recurring network access services (including data services), special access services, and monthly recurring voice, video, and related charges. Revenue is recognized by measuring progress toward the complete satisfaction of the Company’s performance obligations. The unearned portion of these fees is deferred as a component of “Advanced billings” on our consolidated balance sheet and recognized as revenue over the period that the services are provided. Services that are billed in arrears include non-recurring network access services (including data services), switched access services, and non-recurring voice and video services. The earned but unbilled portion of these fees is recognized as revenue in our consolidated statements of income and accrued in “Accounts receivable” on our consolidated balance sheet in the period that services are provided. Excise taxes are recognized as a liability when billed.

Satisfaction of Performance Obligations

Frontier satisfies its obligations to customers by transferring goods and services in exchange for consideration received from the customer. The timing of Frontier’s satisfaction of the performance obligation may differ from the timing of the customer’s payment.

Bundled Service and Allocation of Discounts

When customers purchase more than one service, revenue for each is determined by allocating the total transaction price based upon the relative stand-alone selling price of each service. We frequently offer service discounts as an incentive to customers, which reduce the total transaction price. Any incentives which are considered cash equivalents (e.g. gift cards) that are granted will similarly result in a reduction of the total transaction price. Cash equivalent incentives are accounted for on a portfolio basis and are recognized in the month they are awarded to customers.

Customer Incentives

In the process of acquiring and/or retaining customers, we may issue a variety of incentives aside from service discounts or cash equivalent incentives. Those incentives that have stand-alone value (e.g. gift cards not considered cash equivalents or free goods/services) are considered separate performance obligations. While these incentives are free to the customer, a portion of the consideration received from the customer is ascribed to them based upon their relative stand-alone selling price. These types of incentives are accounted for on a portfolio basis with both revenue and expense recognized in the month they are awarded to the customer. The earned revenue associated with these incentives is reflected in “Other” revenue while the associated costs are reflected in “Cost of services”.

Upfront Fees

All non-refundable upfront fees assessed to our customers provide them with a material right to renew; therefore, they are deferred by creating a contract liability and amortized into “Data and Internet service” for fees charged to our wholesale customers and “Other revenue” for fees charged to all other customers over the average customer life using a portfolio approach.

Customer Acquisition Costs

Sales commission expenses are recognized as incurred. According to ASC 606, incremental costs in obtaining a contract with a customer are deferred and recorded as a contract asset if the period of benefit is expected to be greater than one year. For our retail customers, this period of benefit has been determined to be less than one year. As such, the Company applies the practical expedient that allows such costs to be expensed as incurred.

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Taxes, Surcharges and Subsidies

Frontier collects various taxes, Universal Service Fund (“USF”) surcharges (primarily federal USF), and certain other surcharges, from its customers and subsequently remits these taxes to governmental authorities. During the predecessor period, USF and other surcharges amounted to $55 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

In June 2015, Frontier accepted the FCC offer of support to price cap carriers under the Connect America Fund (“CAF”) Phase II program, which was intended to provide long-term support for broadband build commitments in high cost unserved or underserved areas. We recognized FCC’s CAF Phase II subsidies into revenue on a straight-line basis over the seven-year funding term which ended on December 31, 2021. We have accrued an amount for any potential shortfall in the household build commitment that we deem to be probable and reasonably estimated, and we do not expect that any potential penalties, if ultimately incurred, will be material in comparison to the established accrual.

e)Cash Equivalents:

We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash of $17 million is included in “Other current assets” as of both March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and $32 million and $34 million are included in “Other assets” on our consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

f) Short-Term Investments:

Given the long-term nature of our fiber build, we have invested cash into short-term investments to improve interest income, while preserving funding flexibility. We have classified these short-term deposits and other investments that have original maturities of greater than three months but less than one year as short-term investments.

As of March 31, 2022, short-term investments of $900 million are comprised of term deposits earning interest in excess of traditional bank deposit rates, maturing between June 16, 2022, and August 15, 2022 and placed with banks with A-1/P-1 or equivalent credit quality. These short-term investments are in scope of ASC 320, Investments - Debt Securities. The short-term investments original maturity is greater than 90 days but less than one year, and they are classified as held to maturity, recorded as current assets and are accounted for at amortized cost.

g)Definite and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets:

Intangible assets are initially recorded at estimated fair value. Frontier historically amortized its acquired customer lists and certain other finite-lived intangible assets over their estimated useful lives on an accelerated basis. Upon emergence from bankruptcy, customer relationship intangibles were established for business and wholesale customers. These intangibles are amortized on a straight-line basis over their assigned useful life of between 11 and 16 years. Additionally, trademark and tradename assets established upon emergence are amortized on a straight-line basis over 5 years. We review such intangible assets annually or more often if indicators of impairment arise to determine whether there is evidence that indicate an impairment condition may exist that would necessitate a change in useful life and a different amortization period.

h)Lease Accounting:

We determine if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. Right-of-use (ROU) assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating and Finance lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating and finance lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease

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incentives. Our lease terms used in accounting for leases may reflect options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. ROU assets for operating leases are recorded to “Other Assets”, and the related liabilities recorded to “Other current liabilities”, and “Other liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheets. Assets subject to finance leases are included in “Property, Plant & Equipment”, with corresponding liabilities recorded to “Other current liabilities”, and “Other liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheets. Upon emergence from bankruptcy, lease asset and liability balances were adjusted to fair value.

We assess potential impairments to our leases annually or more often if indicators of impairment arise to determine whether there is evidence that indicate an impairment condition may exist. During the first quarter of 2022, we made the decision to either not retain or market for sublease certain facilities leases, which triggered an impairment of $44 million for our finance and operating lease assets recorded as restructuring charges and other costs. See Note 9 for further details.

(2) Recent Accounting Literature:

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Reference Rate Reform

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting". This standard provides optional expedients, and allows for certain exceptions to existing GAAP, for contract modifications triggered by the expected market transition of certain benchmark interest rates to alternative reference rates. The standard applies to contracts and other arrangements that reference the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) or any other rates ending after December 31, 2022. Frontier is evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard, including optional expedients, on our consolidated financial statements.

Government Assistance

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, which requires business entities to disclose information about certain government assistance they receive. Such disclosure requirements include the nature of the transactions and the related accounting policy used, the line items on the balance sheet and income statement that are affected and the amounts applicable to each financial statement line item and significant terms and conditions of the transactions. ASU 2021-10 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021 (year ending December 31, 2022 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2021-10 will have on its disclosures.

(3) Revenue Recognition:

We categorize our products, services and other revenues into the following categories:

Data and Internet services include broadband services for consumer and business customers. We provide data transmission services to high volume business customers and other carriers with dedicated high capacity circuits (“nonswitched access”) including services to wireless providers (wireless backhaul);

Voice services include traditional local and long-distance wireline services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, as well as a number of unified messaging services offered to our consumer and business customers. Voice services also include the long-distance voice origination and termination services that we provide to our business customers and other carriers;

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Video services include revenues generated from services provided directly to consumer customers as linear terrestrial television services, through DISH® satellite TV service, and through partnerships with over-the-top (OTT) video providers. Video services also includes pay per view revenues, video on demand, equipment rentals, and video advertising. The Company has made the strategic decision to limit sales of new traditional TV services, focusing on our broadband products and OTT video options;

Other customer revenue includes switched access revenue, rents collected for colocation services, and revenue from other services and fees. Switched access revenue includes revenues derived from allowing other carriers to use our network to originate and/or terminate their local and long-distance voice traffic. These services are primarily billed on a minutes-of-use basis applying tariffed rates filed with the FCC or state agencies; and

Subsidy and other regulatory revenue includes revenues generated from cost subsidies from state and federal authorities, including the Connect America Fund Phase II.

The following tables provide a summary of revenues, by category:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021 (2)
Data and Internet services	$	836	$	842
Voice services		386		487
Video services		137		169
Other		83		95
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593
Subsidy and other revenue (3)		5		83
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676
	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021 (2)
Consumer	$	776	$	850
Commercial		666		743
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593
Subsidy and other revenue (3)		5		83
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676

⁽¹⁾Lease revenue included in Revenue from contracts with customers was $16 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

⁽²⁾Due to changes in methodology during the second quarter of 2021, historical periods have been updated to reflect the comparable amounts.

⁽³⁾Subsidy and other revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022, does not include revenue from CAF II as the program ended in 2021.

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The following is a summary of the changes in the contract assets and contract liabilities:

	Contract Assets				Contract Liabilities
($ in millions)	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Balance at December 31, 2021 (Successor)	$	-	$	-	$	27	$	11
Revenue recognized included
in opening contract balance		-		-		(9)		(3)
Credits granted, excluding amounts
recognized as revenue		-		-		9		5
Balance at March 31, 2022 (Successor)	$	-	$	-	$	27	$	13
	Contract Assets				Contract Liabilities
($ in millions)	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Balance at December 31, 2020 (Predecessor)	$	6	$	9	$	58	$	20
Revenue recognized included
in opening contract balance		(4)		-		(17)		(2)
Cash received, excluding amounts
recognized as revenue		-		-		17		1
Balance at March 31, 2021 (Predecessor)	$	2	$	9	$	58	$	19

The unsatisfied obligations for retail customers consist of amounts in advance billings, which are expected to be earned within the following monthly billing cycle. Unsatisfied obligations for wholesale customers are based on a point-in-time calculation and determined by the number of circuits provided and the contractual price. These wholesale customer obligations change from period to period based on new circuits added as well as circuits that are terminated.

The following table includes estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) at the end of the reporting period:

($ in millions)	Revenue from contracts with customers
2022 (remaining nine months)	$	601
2023		379
2024		221
2025		98
2026		55
Thereafter		84
Total	$	1,438

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(4) Accounts Receivable:

The components of accounts receivable, net are as follows:

($ in millions)	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Retail and wholesale	$	409	$	441
Other		53		74
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(65)		(57)
Accounts receivable, net	$	397	$	458

We maintain an allowance for credit losses based on the estimated ability to collect accounts receivable. The allowance for credit losses is increased by recording an expense for the provision for bad debts for retail customers, and through decreases to revenue at the time of billing for wholesale customers. The allowance is decreased when customer accounts are written off, or when customers are given credits.

The provision for bad debts was $7 million and $10 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

In accordance with ASC 326, Frontier performs its calculation to estimate expected credit losses, utilizing rates that are consistent with the Company’s write offs (net of recoveries) because such events affect the entity’s loss given default experience.

Activity in the allowance for credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was as follows:

($ in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	57
Provision for bad debt		7
Amounts charged to revenue		11
Write offs charged against the allowance		(9)
Other		(1)
Balance at March 31, 2022	$	65

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(5) Property, Plant and Equipment:

Property, plant and equipment, net is as follows:

($ in millions)	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Property, plant and equipment	$	10,282	$	9,707
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(707)		(508)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	9,575	$	9,199

Depreciation expense is principally based on the composite group method. Depreciation expense was as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Depreciation expense	$	204	$	308

As a result of applying fresh start accounting on the Effective Date, Frontier’s fixed assets were reduced from $13.0 billion to $8.5 billion.  For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the decrease in depreciation expense was principally a result of the reduced asset base following this fresh start fair value adjustment.

(6) Other Intangibles:

The components of other intangibles as of March 31, 2022 was follows:

	March 31, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
($ in millions)	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amount		Amortization		Amount
Intangibles:
Customer Relationships - Business	$	800	$	(67)	$	733	$	800	$	(48)	$	752
Customer Relationships - Wholesale		3,491		(200)		3,291		3,491		(146)		3,345
Trademarks & Tradenames		150		(27)		123		150		(20)		130
Total other intangibles	$	4,441	$	(294)	$	4,147	$	4,441	$	(214)	$	4,227

Amortization expense was as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Amortization expense	$	80	$	79

Following our emergence from bankruptcy, we amortize our intangible assets on a straight-line basis, over the assigned useful lives of 16 years for our wholesale customer relationships, 11 years for our business customer relationships, and 5 years for our trademarks and tradenames.

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For the Predecessor, amortization expense was primarily for our customer base acquired as a result of our acquisitions in 2010, 2014, and 2016 with each based on a useful life of 8 to 12 years and amortized on an accelerated method. Our trade name was an indefinite-lived intangible asset that was not subject to amortization.

(7) Fair Value of Financial Instruments:

The following table summarizes the carrying amounts and estimated fair values for total long-term debt at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. For the other financial instruments including cash, short-term investments, accounts receivable, restricted cash, accounts payable and other current liabilities, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to the relatively short maturities of those instruments.

The fair value of our total long-term debt is estimated based upon quoted market prices at the reporting date for those financial instruments.

	March 31, 2022				December 31, 2021
($ in millions)		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Total debt	$	7,774	$	7,543	$	7,777	$	7,996

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(8) Long-Term Debt:

Chapter 11 Restructuring

The filing of the Chapter 11 Cases constituted an event of default that accelerated substantially all then-outstanding obligations under Old Frontier’s debt agreements and notes as follows:

the amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of February 27, 2017 (as amended, the JPM Credit Agreement),

the 8.000% first lien secured notes due April 1, 2027 (the Original First Lien Notes),

the 8.500% second lien secured notes due April 1, 2026 (the Original Second Lien Notes),

the unsecured notes and debentures and the secured and unsecured debentures of the Company’s subsidiaries.

As of the Effective Date, amounts that were outstanding under the JPM Credit Agreement, the Original First Lien Notes, and the Original Second Lien Notes were repaid in full.

On the Effective Date, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, all of the obligations under Old Frontier’s unsecured senior note indentures were cancelled, and in connection with emergence, Frontier issued 244,401,000 shares of common stock that were transferred to holders of the allowed senior notes claims (as defined under the Plan).

Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 recorded on our Predecessor statements of income was lower than contractual interest of $338 million, because we ceased accruing interest on the Petition Date in accordance with the terms of the Plan and ASC Topic 852.

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The activity in our long-term debt is summarized as follows:

			For the three months ended ‎March 31, 2022
			Principal
	January 1,		Payments		New		March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		and Retirements		Borrowings		2022
Secured debt issued by Frontier	$	6,927	$	(3)	$	-	$	6,924
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries		100		-		-		100
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries		750		-		-		750
Principal outstanding	$	7,777	$	(3)	$	-	$	7,774
Less: Debt Issuance Costs		(13)						(13)
Less: Current Portion		(15)						(15)
Plus: Unamortized fair value adjustments (1)		219						211
Total Long-term debt	$	7,968					$	7,957

(1)Upon emergence, we adjusted the carrying value of our debt to fair value. The adjustment consisted of the elimination of the existing unamortized debt issuance costs and unamortized discounts and recording a balance of $236 million as a fair value adjustment. The fair value accounting adjustment is being amortized into interest expense using the effective interest method.

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Additional information regarding our secured and unsecured total long-term debt as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is as follows:

	March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
	Principal		Interest	Principal		Interest
($ in millions)	Outstanding		Rate	Outstanding		Rate
Secured debt issued by Frontier
Term loan due 10/8/2027	$	1,460	4.500% (Variable)	$	1,464	4.500% (Variable)
First lien notes due 10/15/2027		1,150	5.875%		1,150	5.875%
First lien notes due 5/1/2028		1,550	5.000%		1,550	5.000%
Second lien notes due 11/1/2029		750	5.875%		750	5.875%
Second lien notes due 5/1/2029		1,000	6.750%		1,000	6.750%
Second lien notes due 1/15/2030		1,000	6.000%		1,000	6.000%
IDRB due 5/1/2030		14	6.200%		13	6.200%
Secured debt issued by Frontier		6,924			6,927
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries
Debentures due 11/15/2031		100	8.500%		100	8.500%
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries		100			100
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries
Debentures due 5/15/2027		200	6.750%		200	6.750%
Debentures due 2/1/2028		300	6.860%		300	6.860%
Debentures due 2/15/2028		200	6.730%		200	6.730%
Debentures due 10/15/2029		50	8.400%		50	8.400%
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries		750			750
Principal outstanding	$	7,774	5.704% (1)	$	7,777	5.702% (1)

⁽¹⁾ Interest rate represents a weighted average of the stated interest rates of multiple issuances.

Credit Facilities and Term Loans

Credit Agreements

In connection with emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases, on the Effective Date, Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect subsidiary of the Company (the “Borrower” or the “New Frontier Issuer”, as the case may be) entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JPM, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as revolver agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) to amend and restate Old Frontier’s DIP to Exit Term Credit Agreement to, among other things, incorporate the DIP Revolving Facility from the DIP to Exit Revolving Credit Agreement, which incorporation resulted in the termination of the DIP to Exit Revolving Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the DIP Term Loan Facility was converted into an exit term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1,468 million after giving effect to the New Incremental Commitment (the “Term Loan Facility”) and the DIP Revolving Facility converted into an exit revolving facility in the aggregate principal amount of $625 million (the “Revolving Facility”) and became subject to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. For further details regarding Old Frontier’s DIP financing arrangements, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Term Loan Facility

The Term Loan Facility’s maturity date is October 8, 2027. At the Borrower’s election, the determination of interest rates for the Term Loan Facility is based on margins over the alternate base rate or over LIBOR. The interest rate margin with respect to any LIBOR loan under the Term Loan Facility is 3.75% for LIBOR loans or 2.75% with respect to any alternate base rate loan, with a 0.75% LIBOR floor.

Subject to certain exceptions and thresholds, the security package under the Term Loan Facility includes pledges of the equity interests in certain of our subsidiaries, which as of the issue date is limited to certain specified pledged entities and substantially all personal property of Frontier Video Services Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Frontier Video”), which same assets also secure the First Lien Notes (as defined below). The Term Loan Facility is guaranteed by the same subsidiaries that guarantee the First Lien Notes.

The Term Loan Facility includes customary negative covenants for loan agreements of this type, including covenants limiting the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries’ (other than certain covenants therein which are limited to subsidiary guarantors) ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and acquisitions, pay dividends and distributions and make payments in respect of certain material payment subordinated indebtedness, in each case subject to customary exceptions for loan agreements of this type.

The Term Loan Facility also includes certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default, including, but not limited to, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, certain events under ERISA, upon the conversion date, unstayed judgments in favor of a third-party involving an aggregate liability in excess of a certain threshold, change of control, upon the conversion date, specified governmental actions having a material adverse effect or condemnation or damage to a material portion of the collateral.

Revolving Facility

The $625 million Revolving Facility will be available on a revolving basis until April 30, 2025.

At Frontier’s election, the determination of interest rates for the Revolving Facility is based on margins over the alternate base rate or over LIBOR. The interest rate margin with respect to any LIBOR loan under the Exit Revolving Facility is 3.50% or 2.50% with respect to any alternate base rate loans, with a 0% LIBOR floor.

Subject to customary exceptions and thresholds, the security package under the Revolving Facility includes pledges of the equity interests in certain of our subsidiaries, which as of the issue date is limited to certain specified pledged entities and substantially all personal property of Frontier Video, which same assets also secure the First Lien Notes. The Revolving Facility is guaranteed by the same subsidiaries that guarantee the First Lien Notes. After giving effect to $133 million of letters of credit previously outstanding, the Borrower has $492 million of available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Facility.

The Revolving Facility includes customary negative covenants for loan agreements of this type, including covenants limiting the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries’ (other than certain covenants therein which are limited to subsidiary guarantors) ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and acquisitions, pay dividends and distributions and make payments in respect of certain material payment subordinated indebtedness, in each case subject to customary exceptions for loan agreements of this type.

The Revolving Facility also includes certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default, including, but not limited to, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, certain events under ERISA, change of control or damage to a material portion of the collateral.

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On October 13, 2021, the Issuer entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its senior secured credit facility. The Amendment, among other things, modifies the financial covenant from a maximum first lien leverage ratio covenant of 2.75:1.00 to a maximum first lien leverage ratio covenant of 3.00:1.00.

Senior Secured Notes

Second Lien Notes due 2030

On October 13, 2021, New Frontier Issuer issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Second Lien Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Second Lien Notes due 2030”) in an offering pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to fund capital investments and operating costs arising from the Company’s fiber build and expansion of its fiber customer base, and for general corporate purposes.

The Second Lien Notes due 2030 were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of October 13, 2021 (the “Second Lien 2030 Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and as collateral agent.

Second Lien Notes due May 2029

In connection with the DIP financing, on November 25, 2020, Old Frontier issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.750% Second Lien Secured Notes due May 1, 2029 (the “Second Lien Notes due May 2029”).

The Second Lien Notes due May 2029 were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 25, 2020 (the “Second Lien May 2029 Indenture”), by and among Old Frontier, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and as collateral agent.

On the Effective Date, in accordance with the Second Lien May 2029 Indenture and the Plan, New Frontier Issuer entered into a supplemental indenture with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and assumed the obligations under the Second Lien Notes due May 2029 and the Second Lien May 2029 Indenture.

Second Lien Notes due November 2029 or “Takeback Notes”

On April 30, 2021, New Frontier Issuer issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Second Lien Secured Notes due November 2029 (the “Second Lien Notes due November 2029” or the “Takeback Notes”) pursuant to an indenture, dated as of April 30, 2021 (the “Takeback Notes Indenture”), by and among New Frontier Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and as collateral agent. At Old Frontier’s direction, the Takeback Notes were issued to holders of claims arising under, derived from, based on, or related to the unsecured notes issued by Old Frontier in partial satisfaction of such claims.

The Second Lien Notes due 2030, the Second Lien Notes due May 2029 and the Takeback Notes are collectively referred to as the Second Lien Notes. The Second Lien 2030 Indenture, the Second Lien May 2029 Indenture and the Takeback Notes Indenture are collectively referred to as the Second Lien Notes Indentures. The Second Lien Notes and the First Lien Notes (as defined below) are referred to herein collectively as the “Notes”.

The Second Lien Notes are secured by a second-priority lien, subject to permitted liens, by all the assets that secure New Frontier Issuer’s obligations under the Term Loan Facility, the Revolving Facility and the First Lien Notes (as defined below).

The Second Lien Notes Indentures contain customary negative covenants, subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications, including, without limitation, covenants related to incurring additional debt and

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issuing preferred stock; incurring or creating liens; redeeming and/or prepaying certain debt; paying dividends on stock or repurchasing stock; making certain investments; engaging in specified sales of assets; entering into transactions with affiliates; and engaging in consolidation, mergers and acquisitions. Certain of these covenants will be suspended during such time, if any, that the Second Lien Notes have investment grade ratings by at least two of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch. The Second Lien Notes Indentures also provides for customary events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the Second Lien Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

First Lien Notes

In connection with the DIP financing, (a) on October 8, 2020, Old Frontier issued $1,150 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% First Lien Secured Notes due October 15, 2027 (the “First Lien Notes due 2027”) and (b) on November 25, 2020, Old Frontier issued $1,550 million aggregate principal amount of 5.000% First Lien Secured Notes due May 1, 2028 (the “First Lien Notes due 2028” and, together with the First Lien Notes due 2027, the “First Lien Notes”).

The First Lien Notes due 2027 were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of October 8, 2020 (the “2027 First Lien Indenture”), by and among Old Frontier, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as collateral agent, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. The First Lien Notes due 2028 were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 25, 2020 (the “2028 First Lien Indenture” and, together with the 2027 First Lien Indenture, the “First Lien Indentures”), by and among Old Frontier, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as collateral agent and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

On the Effective Date, in accordance with the Indentures and the Plan, New Frontier Issuer entered into supplemental indentures to the First Lien Indentures with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and assumed the obligations under each series of the First Lien Notes and each of the First Lien Indentures.

The First Lien Notes are secured on a first-priority basis and pari passu with its senior secured credit facilities, subject to permitted liens and certain exceptions, by all the assets that secure Frontier’s obligations under the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Facility.

The First Lien Indentures contain customary negative covenants, subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications, including, without limitation, covenants related to incurring additional debt and issuing preferred stock; incurring or creating liens; redeeming and/or prepaying certain debt; paying dividends on our stock or repurchasing stock; making certain investments; engaging in specified sales of assets; entering into transactions with affiliates; and engaging in consolidation, mergers and acquisitions. Certain of these covenants will be suspended during such time, if any, that the First Lien Notes have investment grade ratings by at least two of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch. The First Lien Notes Indentures also provides for customary events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the First Lien Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

(9) Restructuring Costs and Other Charges:

Restructuring and other charges consists of severance and employee costs related to workforce reductions. It also includes professional fees related to our Chapter 11 Cases that were incurred after the emergence date as well as professional fees related to our restructuring and transformation that were incurred prior to the Petition Date.

During the three month period ended March 31, 2022, we incurred $54 million in restructuring charges and other costs consisting of $44 million of lease impairment costs from the strategic exit of certain facilities, $6 million of severance and employee costs resulting from workforce reductions, and $4 million of costs related to other restructuring activities.

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As part of the Company's cost reduction strategy, certain real estate leases will not be retained, or will be marketed for sublease. The Company evaluated the related right-of-use assets and other lease related assets for impairment under ASC 360. In connection with this analysis, the Company reassessed its leased real estate asset groups and estimated the fair value of the office space to be subleased under current market conditions. Where the carrying values of individual asset groups exceeded their fair values, an impairment charge was recognized for the difference.

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, we incurred $6 million in expenses consisting of severance and employee costs resulting from workforce reductions.

The following is a summary of the changes in the liabilities established for restructuring and other related programs:

($ in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	$	7
Severance expense		6
Other costs		4
Cash payments during the period		(9)
Balance at March 31, 2022	$	8

(10) Investment and Other Income:

The following is a summary of the components of Investment and Other Income:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Interest and dividend income	$	2	$	-
Pension benefit		25		4
OPEB costs		(3)		(3)
OPEB remeasurement		54		-
All other, net		(1)		1
Total investment and other income, net	$	77	$	2

In the first quarter of 2022, Frontier amended the medical coverage for certain postretirement benefit plans, which resulted in a $54 million remeasurement gain. Refer to Note 15 for further details.

Pension and OPEB benefit (costs) consists of interest income (loss), expected return on plan assets, amortization of prior service costs (credit) and recognition of actuarial gain (loss).

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(11) Stock Plans:

Upon emergence, all outstanding stock-based compensation plans of Old Frontier were terminated and, in accordance with the Plan, the form of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. 2021 Management Incentive Plan (the “2021 Incentive Plan”) was approved and adopted by the Board. The Incentive Plan permits stock-based awards to be made to employees, directors, or consultants of the Company or its affiliates, as determined by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of the Board. Under the 2021 Incentive Plan, 15,600,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance. As of March 31, 2022, unvested awards relating to approximately 2,500,000 shares were outstanding under the Emergence LTI Program.

Restricted Stock

The following summary presents information regarding unvested restricted stock under the 2021 Incentive Plan:

2021 Incentive Plan
		Weighted
		Average
	Number of	Grant Date		Aggregate
	Shares	Fair Value		Fair Value
	(in thousands)	(per share)		(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	2,483	$	28.67	$	72
Restricted stock granted	760	$	26.04	$	21
Restricted stock vested	(86)	$	25.73	$	(2)
Restricted stock forfeited	(50)	$	26.04
Balance at March 31, 2022	3,107	$	25.85	$	86

For purposes of determining compensation expense, the fair value of each restricted stock grant is estimated based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant. The non-vested restricted stock units granted in 2021 generally vest, and are expensed, on a ratable basis over three years from the grant date of the award. Total remaining unrecognized compensation cost associated with unvested restricted stock awards that is deferred at March 31, 2022 was $68 million and the weighted average vesting period over which this cost is expected to be recognized is approximately 2 years.

None of the restricted stock awards may be sold, assigned, pledged, or otherwise transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily, by the employees until the restrictions lapse, subject to limited exceptions. The restrictions are time-based. Compensation expense, recognized in “Selling, general and administrative expenses”, of $9 million for the three month-period ended March 31, 2022, has been recorded in connection with restricted stock.

Performance Stock Units

Under the 2021 Incentive Plan, a target number of performance units are awarded to each participant with respect to the three-year Measurement Period. The performance metrics under the 2021 and 2022 PSU grants consist of targets for (1) Adjusted Fiber EBITDA, (2) Fiber Locations Constructed and (3) Expansion Fiber Penetration. In addition, there is an overall relative total shareholder return (“TSR”) modifier, which is based on Frontier’s total return to stockholders over the Measurement Period relative to the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index. Each performance metric is weighted 33.3%, and targets for each metric are set for each of the three years during the Measurement Period. Achievement of the metrics will be measured separately, and the number of awards earned will be determined based on actual performance relative to the targets of each performance metric, plus the effect of the TSR modifier. Achievement is measured on a cumulative basis for each performance metric individually at the end of the three-year Measurement Period. The payout of the 2021 PSUs can range from 0% to a maximum award payout of 300% of the target units. The payout of the 2022 PSUs can range from 0% to a maximum award payout of 200% of the target units. PSUs awards, to the extent earned, will be paid out in the

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form of common stock shortly following the end of the Measurement Period.

The number of shares of common stock or units earned at the end of the Measurement Period may be more or less than the number of target performance shares or units granted as a result of performance. An executive must maintain a satisfactory performance rating during the Measurement Period and must be employed by Frontier upon determination in order for the award to vest. The Compensation and Human Capital Committee will determine the number of shares earned for the Measurement Period in the first quarter of the year following the end of the Measurement Period.

Under ASC 718, Stock Based Compensation Expense, we establish a grant date and determine the fair value once the targets are finalized. All targets for the 2021 awards have been set and the fair value of the grants will be amortized over the vesting period. For the 2022 PSU awards, the targets related to two of the three performance metrics have not been established. As a result, as of March 31, 2022, we have recognized associated expense with respect to 1/3 of the aggregate outstanding 2022 PSU awards.

The following summary presents information regarding performance shares as of March 31, 2022 and changes during the three months then ended with regard to performance shares awarded under the 2021 Incentive Plan:

2021 Incentive Plan
			Weighted
			Average
	Number of		Grant Date	Aggregate
	Shares		Fair Value	Fair Value
	(in thousands)		(per share)	(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	3,144	$	25.62	$	92
Target performance shares awarded, net	240	$	25.97	$	7
Target performance shares earned	-	$	-	$	-
Target performance shares forfeited	(9)	$	25.61
Balance at March 31, 2022	3,375	$	25.64	$	93

For purposes of determining compensation expense, the fair value of each performance share grant is estimated based on the closing price of a share of our common stock on the date of the grant, adjusted to reflect the fair value of the relative TSR modifier. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recognized net compensation expense, reflected in “Selling, general and administrative expenses,” of $6 million related PSU awards.

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(12) Income Taxes:

The following is a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes computed at the federal statutory rate to income taxes computed at the effective rate:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income
tax expense	6.7		8.7
Changes in certain deferred tax balances	-		60.9
Interest expense deduction	-		(36.7)
Restructuring cost	-		5.1
Tax reserve adjustment	0.5		-
Tax Credit	(1.1)		-
Sec.162(m) - nondeductible Executive Compensation	4.5		-
All other, net	-		0.2
Effective tax rate	31.6	%	59.2	%

Frontier considered positive and negative evidence in regard to evaluating certain deferred tax assets during the first quarter of 2022, including the development of recent years of pre-tax book losses. On the basis of this evaluation, a valuation allowance of $134 million ($106 million net of federal benefit) was recorded as of March 31, 2022.

As described more fully in Note 1, the Company emerged from bankruptcy on April 30, 2021, and consummated a taxable disposition of substantially all of the assets and/or subsidiary stock of the Company and utilized substantially all of the Company’s Net Operating Losses (“NOLs”).

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(13) Net Earnings Per Share:

The reconciliation of the net earnings per share calculation is as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)	2022		2021
Net income used for basic and diluted earnings
per share:
Total basic net income
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	65	$	60
Effect of loss related to dilutive stock units		-		-
Total diluted net income
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	65	$	60
Basic earnings per share:
Total weighted average shares and unvested restricted stock
awards outstanding - basic		244,433		104,786
Less: Weighted average unvested restricted stock awards		-		(230)
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		244,433		104,556
Basic net earnings per share
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	0.27	$	0.57
Diluted earnings per share:
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		244,433		104,556
Effect of dilutive stock units		-		340
Effect of dilutive restricted stock awards		818		-
Total weighted average shares outstanding - diluted		245,251		104,896
Diluted net earnings per share
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	0.26	$	0.57

In calculating diluted net income per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2022, the effect of all performance stock units is excluded from the computation as their respective performance metrics have not been satisfied as of March 31, 2022.

Stock Units

At March 31, 2021, the dilutive common stock equivalents consisted of stock units issued under the Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred Fee Equity Plan (Deferred Fee Plan), the Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Incentive Plan (Directors’ Equity Plan), the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.

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(14) Comprehensive Income (Loss):

Comprehensive income (loss) consists of net income (loss) and other gains and losses affecting equity (deficit) and pension/postretirement benefit (OPEB) liabilities that, under GAAP, are excluded from net loss.

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, and changes are as follows:

	Pension		OPEB
($ in millions)	Costs		Costs		Total
Balance at January 1, 2022 (Successor) (1)	$	-	$	60	$	60
Other comprehensive income (loss)
before reclassifications		-		1		1
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
comprehensive loss to net loss		-		(3)		(3)
Net current-period other comprehensive
income (loss)		-		(2)		(2)
Balance at March 31, 2022 (Successor) (1)	$	-	$	58	$	58
	Pension		OPEB
($ in millions)	Costs		Costs		Total
Balance at January 1, 2021 (Predecessor) (1)	$	(699)	$	(56)	$	(755)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
before reclassifications		-		-		-
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
comprehensive loss to net income		14		(3)		11
Net current-period other comprehensive
income (loss)		14		(3)		11
Balance at March 31, 2021 (Predecessor) (1)	$	(685)	$	(59)	$	(744)

⁽¹⁾ Pension and OPEB amounts are net of tax of $15 million and $234 million as of January 1, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $15 million and $230 million as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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The significant items reclassified from components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	Amount Reclassified from
	Accumulated Other
	Comprehensive Loss (1)
($ in millions)					Affected Line Item in
	For the three months ended		For the three months ended		the Statement Where
Details about Accumulated Other	March 31,		March 31,		Net Income (Loss)
Comprehensive Loss Components	2022		2021		is Presented
Amortization of Pension Cost Items
Actuarial gains (losses)	$	-	$	(18)
One-time loss on disposal		-		-
		-		(18)	Income (Loss) before income taxes
Tax impact		-		4	Income tax benefit
	$	-	$	(14)	Net income (loss)
Amortization of OPEB Cost Items
Prior-service costs	$	3	$	7
Actuarial gains (losses)		-		(3)
		3		4	Income (Loss) before income taxes
Tax impact		-		(1)	Income tax benefit
	$	3	$	3	Net income (loss)

⁽¹⁾ These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and OPEB costs (See Note 15 - Retirement Plans for additional details).

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(15) Retirement Plans:

Frontier recognizes actuarial gains (losses) for our pension and postretirement plans in the period they occur. The components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component for our plans as well as any actuarial gains or losses are included in “Investment and other income (loss)” on the consolidated statement of income.

The following tables provide the components of total pension benefit cost:

	Successor		Predecessor
	Pension Benefits
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Components of total pension benefit cost
Service cost	$	21	$	24
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		24		23
Expected return on plan assets		(49)		(45)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-		18
Total pension benefit cost	$	(4)	$	20
	Successor		Predecessor
	Postretirement Benefits
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost
Service cost	$	4	$	5
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		6		7
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)		(3)		(7)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-		3
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost	$	7	$	8

The components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component are included in “Investment and other income” on the consolidated statement of income.

The value of our pension plan assets decreased $184 million from $2,655 million at December 31, 2021 to $2,471 million at March 31, 2022. This decrease primarily resulted from changes in the market value of investments of $183 million including plan expenses, benefit payments to participants of $33 million, partially offset by contributions of $32 million.

In the first quarter of 2022, Frontier amended the medical coverage for certain postretirement benefit plans, which necessitated a remeasurement of its other postretirement benefit (OPEB) obligations. This remeasurement resulted in the recognition of a net actuarial gain of $54 million, which was driven primarily from a higher assumed discount rate relative to December 31, 2021. Upon emergence from bankruptcy, Frontier revised its accounting policy to recognize actuarial gains and losses in the period in which they occur. As such, this gain was recorded in investment and other income, net on our consolidated statements of income.

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During both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, we capitalized $6 million of pension and OPEB expense into the cost of our capital expenditures, as the costs relate to our engineering and plant construction activities.

(16) Commitments and Contingencies:

Although from time to time we make short-term purchasing commitments to vendors with respect to capital expenditures, we generally do not enter into firm, written contracts for such activities. In connection with the accelerated fiber build, we have prioritized diversifying our vendor base and finalizing agreements with vendors for relevant labor and materials. Some of these agreements will have initial two-year terms with an option to extend for two years through 2025.

Frontier accepted the FCC’s CAF Phase II offer in 25 states, which provided $313 million in annual support through 2021, to make available 10 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps upstream broadband service to households across some of the 25 states where we operate.

The deployment deadline was December 31, 2021, and final review and audit of households is not complete. To the extent it is determined we did not enable the required number of households with 10 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps upstream broadband service or we were unable to satisfy other FCC CAF Phase II requirements, Frontier will be required to return a portion of the funds previously received and may be subject to certain other requirements and obligations. We have accrued an amount for any potential shortfall in the household build commitment that we deem to be probable and reasonably estimated, and we do not expect that any potential penalties, if ultimately incurred, will be material in comparison to the established accrual. 

On January 30, 2020, the FCC adopted an order establishing the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. The FCC held the RDOF Phase I auction from October 29, 2020 through November 25, 2020 and announced the results on December 7, 2020. Frontier was awarded approximately $371 million over ten years to build gigabit capable broadband over a fiber-to-the-premises network to approximately 127,000 locations in eight states (California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia). Frontier submitted its Long Form application to the FCC on January 29, 2021 and on March 10, 2022 received preliminary authorization of its RDOF award. Frontier anticipates final authorization in the 2nd quarter and that it will begin receiving funding in the first half of 2022. Frontier will be required to complete the buildout to these locations within six years after funding starts, with interim target milestones over this period. On March 15, 2022, Frontier issued letters of credit to the RDOF program as a condition for the annual award amounts. After the FCC updates its maps with more granular broadband availability information, the FCC plans to hold a second auction (RDOF Phase II) for any remaining locations with the remaining funding, up to approximately $11.2 billion.

On April 30, 2018, an amended consolidated class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on behalf of certain purported stockholders against Frontier, certain of its current and former directors and officers and the underwriters of certain Frontier securities offerings and in connection with certain disclosures relating to the CTF transaction. The complaint was brought on behalf of all persons who (1) acquired Frontier common stock between February 6, 2015 and February 28, 2018, inclusive, and/or (2) acquired Frontier common stock or Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. On March 8, 2019, the District Court granted in its entirety Frontier’s motion to dismiss the complaint and on March 24, 2020, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend. Plaintiffs appealed and prior to oral argument, the parties reached an agreement in principle to resolve the matter. The settlement, which has preliminary court approval, will be covered by insurance and will have no material financial impact on the Company.

On May 19, 2021, the FTC, joined by the attorneys general of Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, and two California District Attorneys, filed a complaint against Frontier in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California alleging that Frontier violated federal and state laws by knowingly

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misrepresenting in its advertisements the Internet speeds it was capable of delivering to DSL customers. On October 4, 2021, the court granted in part and denied in part Frontier’s motion dismiss by dismissing the non-California state claims, but permitting the FTC’s and California’s claims to proceed in the litigation. Frontier has entered into a settlement with the FTC and California, which would require Frontier to make a financial payment of approximately $9 million in costs and civil penalties, along with certain modifications to its DSL advertising and other practices. The settlement must be approved by the court. An accrual has been established as of March 31, 2022 for the financial impact of this settlement, which is not material to these financial statements.

In addition, we are party to various legal proceedings (including individual actions, class and putative class actions, and governmental investigations) arising in the normal course of our business covering a wide range of matters and types of claims including, but not limited to, general contract disputes, billing disputes, rights of access, taxes and surcharges, consumer protection, advertising, sales and the provision of services, intellectual property, including, trademark, copyright, and patent infringement, employment, regulatory, tort, claims of competitors and disputes with other carriers. Litigation is subject to uncertainty and the outcome of individual matters is not predictable. However, we believe that the ultimate resolution of all such matters, after considering insurance coverage or other indemnities to which we are entitled, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

In October 2013, the California Attorney General’s Office notified certain Verizon companies, including one of the subsidiaries that we acquired in the CTF Acquisition, of potential violations of California state hazardous waste statutes primarily arising from the disposal of electronic components, batteries and aerosol cans at certain California facilities. We are cooperating with this investigation. We have accrued an amount for potential penalties that we deem to be probable and reasonably estimated, and we do not expect that any potential penalties, if ultimately incurred, will be material in comparison to the established accrual.

We accrue an expense for pending litigation when we determine that an unfavorable outcome is probable, and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Legal defense costs are expensed as incurred. None of our existing accruals for pending matters, after considering insurance coverage, is material. We monitor our pending litigation for the purpose of adjusting our accruals and revising our disclosures accordingly, when required. Litigation is, however, subject to uncertainty, and the outcome of any particular matter is not predictable. We will vigorously defend our interests in pending litigation, and as of this date, we believe that the ultimate resolution of all such matters, after considering insurance coverage or other indemnities to which we are entitled, will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or our cash flows.

We conduct certain of our operations in leased premises and also lease certain equipment and other assets pursuant to operating leases. The lease arrangements have terms ranging from 1 to 99 years and several contain rent escalation clauses providing for increases in monthly rent at specific intervals. When rent escalation clauses exist, we record annual rental expense based on the total expected rent payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Certain leases also have renewal options. Renewal options that are reasonably assured are included in determining the lease term.

We are party to contracts with several unrelated long-distance carriers. The contracts provide fees based on traffic they carry for us subject to minimum monthly fees.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements" related to future events. Forward-looking statements address our expectations or beliefs concerning future events, including, without limitation, our future operating and financial performance, our ability to comply with the covenants in the agreements governing our indebtedness and other matters. These statements are made on the basis of management’s views and assumptions, as of the time the statements are made, regarding future events and performance and contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “see,” “may,” “will,” “would,” or “target.” Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. We do not intend, nor do we undertake any duty, to update any forward-looking statements.

A wide range of factors could materially affect future developments and performance, including but not limited to:

our significant indebtedness, our ability to incur substantially more debt in the future, and covenants in the agreements governing our current indebtedness that may reduce our operating and financial flexibility;

declines in Adjusted EBITDA relative to historical levels that we are unable to offset;

our ability to successfully implement strategic initiatives, including our fiber buildout and other initiatives to enhance revenue and realize productivity improvements;

our ability to secure necessary construction resources, materials and permits for our fiber buildout initiative in a timely and cost-effective manner;

potential disruptions in our supply chain and the effects of inflation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the global microchip shortage, or otherwise, which could adversely impact our business and hinder our fiber expansion plans;

our ability to effectively manage our operations, operating expenses, capital expenditures, debt service requirement and cash paid for income taxes and liquidity;

competition from cable, wireless and wireline carriers, satellite, fiber “overbuilders” and over the top companies, and the risk that we will not respond on a timely or profitable basis;

our ability to successfully adjust to changes in the communications industry, including the effects of technological changes and competition on our capital expenditures, products and service offerings;

risks related to disruption in our networks, infrastructure and information technology that result in customer loss and/or incurrence of additional expenses;

the impact of potential information technology or data security breaches or other cyber-attacks or other disruptions;

our ability to retain or attract new customers and to maintain relationships with customers, including wholesale customers;

our reliance on a limited number of key supplies and vendors;

declines in revenue from our voice services, switched and nonswitched access and video and data services that we cannot stabilize or offset with increases in revenue from other products and services;

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our ability to secure, continue to use or renew intellectual property and other licenses used in our business;

our ability to hire or retain key personnel;

our ability to dispose of certain assets or asset groups or to make acquisition of certain assets on terms that are attractive to us, or at all;

the effects of changes in the availability of federal and state universal service funding or other subsidies to us and our competitors and our ability to obtain future subsidies;

our ability to meet our CAF II and RDOF obligations and the risk of penalties or obligations to return certain CAF II and RDOF funds;

our ability to defend against litigation and potentially unfavorable results from current pending and future litigation;

our ability to comply with applicable federal and state consumer protection requirements;

the effects of governmental legislation and regulation on our business, including costs, disruptions, possible limitations on operating flexibility and changes to the competitive landscape resulting from such legislation or regulation;

the impact of regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks;

our ability to effectively manage service quality in the states in which we operate and meet mandated service quality metrics;

the effects of changes in income tax rates, tax laws, regulations or rulings, or federal or state tax assessments, including the risk that such changes may benefit our competitors more than us, as well as potential future decreases in the value of our deferred tax assets;

the effects of changes in accounting policies or practices;

our ability to successfully renegotiate union contracts;

the effects of increased medical expenses and pension and postemployment expenses;

changes in pension plan assumptions, interest rates, discount rates, regulatory rules and/or the value of our pension plan assets;

the likelihood that our historical financial information may no longer be indicative of our future performance;

the impact of adverse changes in economic, political and market conditions in the areas that we serve, the U.S. and globally, including but not limited to, disruption in our supply chain, inflation in pricing for key materials or labor, or other adverse changes resulting from epidemics, pandemics and outbreaks of contagious diseases, including the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, economic or political instability or other adverse public health developments;

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effectively manage increased demand on our network, our ability to maintain relationships with our current or prospective customers and vendors and the ability of our vendors to perform under current or proposed arrangements with us;

potential adverse impacts of climate change and increasingly stringent environmental laws, rules and regulations, and customer expectations;

market overhang from the common stock issued in the Reorganization;

certain provisions of Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation that may prevent efforts by our stockholders to change the direction or management of our company; and

certain other factors set forth in our other filings with the SEC.

Any of the foregoing events, or other events, could cause our results to vary from management’s forward-looking statements included in this report. You should consider these important factors, as well as the risks contained in our most recent Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC, in evaluating any statement in this report or otherwise made by us or on our behalf. We have no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements and do not undertake to do so.

Investors should also be aware that while we do, at various times, communicate with securities analysts, it is against our policy to disclose to them selectively any material non-public information or other confidential information. Accordingly, investors should not assume that we agree with any statement or report issued by an analyst, irrespective of the content of the statement or report. To the extent that reports issued by securities analysts contain any projections, forecasts or opinions, such reports are not our responsibility.

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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. is a provider of communications services in the United States, with approximately 2.8 million broadband customers and 15,400 employees, operating in 25 states as of March 31, 2022. We offer a broad portfolio of communications services for consumer and business customers. These services include data and Internet services, video services, voice services, access services, and advanced hardware and network solutions.  

Business Overview

Frontier’s purpose is to Build Gigabit America^TM by expanding and transforming our fiber network in order to meet the rapidly increasing demand for data from both our consumer and business customers. We believe that a fiber network has competitive advantages to be able to meet this growing demand, including faster download speeds, faster upload speeds, and lower latency levels than alternative broadband services.

In August 2021, we announced our plan to accelerate our fiber build to reach 10 million total fiber passings by December 31, 2025. We are prioritizing our fiber build activities to locations which we believe will provide the highest investment returns. Over time, we expect our business mix will shift significantly, with a larger percentage of revenue coming from fiber as we implement our expansion plan.

Our strategy focuses on four levers of value creation: fiber deployment, fiber broadband penetration, improving the customer experience, and operational efficiency. We accomplished the following objectives in the first quarter of 2022:

We built fiber to approximately 211,000 locations, resulting in approximately 4.2 million total locations passed with fiber as of March 31, 2022. Our build plan remains on track, within our established cost parameters, and we have solidified our fiber build supply chain with multi-year agreements with key labor and equipment partners.

We had a record quarter of approximately 54,000 fiber broadband customer net additions.

Fiber broadband customer net additions continued to outpace copper broadband customer net losses, resulting in a record quarter of approximately 20,000 total broadband customer net additions.

We concluded our extensive, data-driven evaluation of our brand, and unveiled our reinvented brand on April 25.

We realized approximately $139 million of gross annualized cost savings and remain on track to exceed our goal of approximately $250 million of gross annual cost savings by 2023.

Financial Overview

We reported operating income of $121 million and $259 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, a decrease of $138 million. After adjusting for the impact of fresh start accounting, our Non-GAAP operating income would have decreased by $123 million, as compared to the prior year period. Our operating results decreased primarily due to decreases in subsidy and other revenue, and lease impairment charges, partially offset by a reduction in depreciation and amortization expense as a result of the lower asset bases established upon our implementation of fresh start accounting and lower video content costs as compared to the corresponding period in 2021.

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Presentation of Results of Operations

The sections below include tables that present customer counts, average monthly consumer revenue per customer (ARPC) and consumer customer churn. We define churn as the number of consumer customer deactivations during the month divided by the number of consumer customers at the beginning of the month and utilize the average of each monthly churn in the period. Management believes that consumer customer counts and average monthly revenue per customer are important factors in evaluating our consumer customer trends. Among the key services we provide to consumer customers are voice service, data service and video service. We continue to explore the potential to provide additional services to our customer base, with the objective of meeting our customers’ communications needs.

The following section should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. The following charts present key customer metrics, disaggregation of revenue, and the results of operations of the consolidated company.

(a)Results of Operations

Unless otherwise indicated, the discussion of the customer metrics and components of operating income for the table that follows relates only to the financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as compared to the financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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Customer Trends

		As of or for the three months ended March 31,
	(Customer, Subscriber, and Employee Metrics in thousands)	2022		2021		% Change
	Customers (2)
	Consumer		3,169		3,234	(2)	%
	Consumer Customer Metrics (2)
	Net customer additions (losses)		4		(30)	(113)	%
	ARPC	$	81.67	$	87.16	(6)	%
	Customer Churn		1.35%		1.45%	(7)	%
	Broadband Customer Metrics (1) (2)
	Fiber Broadband
	Consumer customers		1,388		1,251	11	%
	Business customers		98		95	3	%
	Consumer net customer additions		52		13	300	%
	Consumer customer churn		1.19%		1.41%	(16)	%
	Consumer customer ARPU	$	62.10	$	60.73	2	%
	Copper Broadband
	Consumer customers		1,204		1,327	(9)	%
	Business customers		129		147	(12)	%
	Consumer net customer additions (losses)		(30)		(22)	36	%
	Consumer customer churn		1.53%		1.62%	(6)	%
	Consumer customer ARPU	$	45.72	$	43.23	6	%
	Other Metrics
	Employees		15,373		16,201	(5)	%
(1)	Amounts presented exclude related metrics for our wholesale customers.
(2)	Due to changes in methodology during the second quarter of 2021, historical periods have been updated to reflect the comparable amounts.

Customers

We experienced a decrease in customers of approximately 2% as of March 31, 2022, as compared to the prior year period.

The average monthly consumer revenue per customer (“consumer ARPC”) decreased $5.49, or 6%, to $81.67 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021.

The decrease for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, was primarily a result of decreased video services along with decreased consumer voice services, slightly offset by increased fiber data as well as price adjustments and promotional roll-offs on our voice, data and video services. This ARPC trend is expected to continue as our customer mix becomes more weighted towards broadband service. We have de-emphasized the sale of low margin video products, which have been a material part of the overall ARPC.

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Fiber Broadband Customers

The Company has initiated an investment strategy focused on expanding and improving its fiber network. In conjunction with this strategy, the Company is also working to improve its product positioning in both existing and new fiber markets.

Although still in the initial stages of this fiber investment strategy, results are promising as the quarter ended March 31, 2022 represents the eleventh consecutive quarter of positive consumer fiber net adds. For the quarter ended March 31, 2022, Frontier added 52,000 consumer fiber broadband customers compared to 13,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Customers who migrated from our copper base constituted a minor portion of these consumer fiber broadband customer net additions in the three months ended March 31, 2022.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, Frontier added 2,000 business fiber broadband customers compared to zero net additions in the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Our focus on expanding and improving our fiber network is contributing to improved customer retention. Our average monthly consumer fiber broadband churn was 1.19% for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to 1.41% in the three months ended March 31, 2021. The improvements in customer churn were partly driven by our increased focus on customer retention at key customer touchpoints such as installation, first bill, and end of promotion periods.

In addition to our sequential improvement in fiber net adds, we continue to see improvements in the average monthly consumer fiber broadband revenue per customer which increased $1.37, or 2%, to $62.10 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021, respectively. These increases are due to price increases and shifting mix towards higher speed tiers, a shift which has accelerated since the launch of our 2 gigabit offering on February 22, 2022.

Copper Broadband Customers

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, Frontier lost 30,000 consumer copper broadband customers compared to a loss of 22,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Our fiber investment strategy has impacted these results as new fiber markets will not only cease selling the copper broadband product, but we will focus on converting existing copper broadband customers to a fiber product.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, Frontier lost 4,000 business copper broadband customers compared to a loss of 5,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Our average monthly consumer customer churn was 1.53% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to 1.62% in three months ended March 31, 2021. The reductions in customer churn were primarily driven by customer retention initiatives.

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Financial Results

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021		% Change
Data and Internet services	$	836	$	842	(1)	%
Voice services		386		487	(21)	%
Video services		137		169	(19)	%
Other		83		95	(13)	%
Revenue from contracts with customers		1,442		1,593	(9)	%
Subsidy and other revenue		5		83	(94)	%
Revenue		1,447		1,676	(14)	%
Operating expenses:
Cost of Service		553		620	(11)	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses		435		408	7	%
Depreciation and amortization		284		387	(27)	%
Restructuring costs and other charges		54		2	2,600	%
Total operating expenses	$	1,326	$	1,417	(6)	%
Operating income		121		259	(53)	%
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Consumer (1)		776		850	(9)	%
Business and wholesale (1)		666		743	(10)	%
Revenue from contracts with customers	$	1,442	$	1,593	(9)	%
Fiber revenue		672		678	(1)	%
Copper revenue		770		857	(10)	%
Non-network specific revenue		-		58	(100)	%
Revenue from contracts with customers	$	1,442	$	1,593	(9)	%

⁽¹⁾Due to changes in methodology during the second quarter of 2021, historical periods have been updated to reflect the comparable amounts.

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REVENUE

The table below presents our revenue by technology for the periods indicated:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months		For the three months
	ended March 31,		ended March 31,		$ Increase		% Increase
($ in millions)	2022		2021		(Decrease)		(Decrease)
Fiber	$	672	$	678	$	(6)	(1)	%
Copper		770		857		(87)	(10)	%
Other (2)		-		58		(58)	(100)	%
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593		(151)	(9)	%
Subsidy revenue		5		83		(78)	(94)	%
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676	$	(229)	(14)	%

⁽¹⁾Includes $16 million of lease revenue for both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

⁽²⁾Includes USF fees that, in conjunction with the application of fresh start accounting, are now recorded net.

Our revenue streams are primarily a result of recurring data, voice, and video services delivered over either our copper or fiber network. Revenues are considered copper or fiber based on the “last-mile” technology used to connect the customer location. With our investment strategy to expand and improve our fiber network and the corresponding fiber focus of our sales and marketing efforts, the company is experiencing growth in fiber broadband revenue and a decline in copper revenue. We expect this trend to continue and accelerate due to strong fiber demand and the migration of customers from copper to fiber once the fiber network is available.

Revenue for our consumer and business and wholesale customers was as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,		$ Increase		% Increase
($ in millions)	2022		2021		(Decrease)		(Decrease)
Consumer (2)	$	776	$	850	$	(74)	(9)	%
Business and wholesale (2)		666		743		(77)	(10)	%
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593		(151)	(9)	%
Subsidy and other revenue		5		83		(78)	(94)	%
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676	$	(229)	(14)	%

⁽¹⁾Includes $16 million of lease revenue for both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

⁽²⁾Due to changes in methodology during the second quarter of 2021, historical periods have been updated to reflect the comparable amounts.

We conduct business with a range of consumer, business and wholesale customers and we generate both recurring and non-recurring revenues. Recurring revenues are primarily billed at fixed recurring rates, with some services billed based on usage. Revenue recognition is not dependent upon significant judgments by management, with the exception of a determination of the provision for expected credit losses.

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Consumer

Consumer customer losses were driven by reductions in our copper broadband and stand-alone voice customers, offset by net additions of fiber broadband customers. Customer preferences as well as our fiber investment initiative is resulting in a migration of the customer base to fiber.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, Frontier gained 4,000 consumer customers compared to a loss of 30,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. This includes net gains of consumer broadband customers of 22,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as compared to net losses of our consumer broadband customers of approximately 9,000 during the same period in 2021. This improvement is a direct result of our fiber initiatives.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021:

we experienced 9% decline in consumer revenues driven by a 6% decrease in ARPC and 2% decline in the number of customers. This decline was driven predominantly a result of decreases in voice, video and copper broadband, offset by increases in fiber broadband. The Company’s fiber initiative will result in our revenue mix continuing to move to fiber broadband.

we experienced 12% improvements in consumer fiber broadband revenues. These improvements are a result of our fiber initiative which resulted in net adds of 137,000 customers during the 12 month period, and our continued focus on product positioning in both new and existing markets which resulted in ARPU improvements of $1.37 for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

we experienced approximately 4% decline in consumer copper broadband revenues. As our copper footprint is transitioned to fiber, we expect fewer copper sales opportunities, and will proactively migrate existing broadband customers from copper to fiber, both of which will reduce our copper net adds.

Business

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we experienced a 10% decline in our business and wholesale revenues. Contributing to this decline, wholesale revenues decreased due to lower rates for our network access services charged to our wholesale customers for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Our small and medium (SMB) revenues decreased primarily as a result of a decline in small business customers.

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Revenue by product and service type was as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,		$ Increase		% Increase
($ in millions)	2022		2021		(Decrease)		(Decrease)
Data and Internet services	$	836	$	842	$	(6)	(1)	%
Voice services		386		487		(101)	(21)	%
Video services		137		169		(32)	(19)	%
Other		83		95		(12)	(13)	%
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593		(151)	(9)	%
Subsidy and other revenue		5		83		(78)	(94)	%
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676	$	(229)	(14)	%

⁽¹⁾Includes $16 million of lease revenue for both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

We categorize our products, services, and other revenues into the following five categories:

Data and Internet Services

We provide data and Internet services to our consumer, business and wholesale customers. Data and Internet services consist of fiber broadband services, copper broadband services and network access revenues.

Our fiber expansion strategy is expected to positively impact data and Internet services. This network expansion will provide faster, symmetrical broadband speeds and provide customer and revenue growth opportunities for fiber broadband and certain network access products like ethernet. This initiative will also create an opportunity for us to provide more fiber-based services to our customers.

($ in millions)	For the three months ended
Data and Internet services revenue, March 31, 2021	$	842
Change in fiber broadband revenue		29
Change in copper broadband revenue		(12)
Change in other data and Internet services		(22)
Impact of fresh start accounting		(1)
Data and Internet services revenue, March 31, 2022	$	836

Upon emergence from bankruptcy, the accumulated balances in deferred installation fee revenue were eliminated as part of fresh start accounting, which has resulted in a decline in revenue recognition.

The revenue declines were primarily driven by other data revenue and were offset by 4% improvement in our broadband revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2021. The increases in broadband revenue were driven by growth in fiber, offset somewhat by continued declines in copper. The other data revenues declines were the result of an ongoing migration of our carrier customers from legacy technology circuits to lower priced ethernet circuits. The period over period decrease in data and Internet services revenue continued to improve for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as a result of the Company’s initiatives.

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Voice Services

The Company provides voice services consisting of traditional local and long-distance service and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service provided over our fiber and copper broadband products. It also includes enhanced features such as call waiting, caller identification and voice messaging services.

($ in millions)	For the three months ended
Voice services revenue, March 31, 2021	$	487
Change in other voice services revenue		(44)
Impact of fresh start accounting		(57)
Voice services revenue, March 31, 2022	$	386

Upon implementation of fresh start accounting policies, Frontier is recording both revenue and expense related to Universal Service Fund (“USF”) surcharges on a net basis, as opposed to recording each on a gross basis prior to emergence. These declines were primarily due to net losses in business and consumer customers in addition to fewer customers bundling voice services with broadband.

Video Services

Video services include revenues generated from traditional television (TV) services provided directly to consumer customers as well as satellite TV services provide through Dish. Video services also includes pay-per-view revenues, video on demand, equipment rentals, and video advertising. The Company has made the strategic decision to limit sales of new traditional TV services, focusing on our broadband products and OTT video options. We are partnering with OTT video providers and expect this to grow as OTT options are offered with our broadband products.

($ in millions)	For the three months ended
Video services revenue, March 31, 2021	$	169
Change in video services revenue		(26)
Impact of fresh start accounting		(6)
Video services revenue, March 31, 2022	$	137

Under our fresh start accounting policies, Frontier is recording both revenue and expense related to certain surcharges and taxes on a net basis, as opposed to recording each on a gross basis prior to emergence. These declines were primarily driven by linear video customer losses, partially offset by price increases.

Other

Other customer revenue includes directory listing services and switched access revenue. Switched access revenue includes revenue derived from allowing other carriers to use our network to originate and/or terminate their local and long-distance voice traffic. These services are primarily billed on a minutes-of-use basis applying tariffed rates filed with the FCC or state agencies.

($ in millions)	For the three months ended
Other revenue, March 31, 2021	$	95
Change in other services revenue		(17)
Impact of fresh start accounting		5
Other revenue, March 31, 2022	$	83

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Under our fresh start accounting policies, Frontier has classified the provision for bad debt as expense, rather than a reduction of revenue as it was recorded prior to emergence, resulting in increases to other customer revenues of $10 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Additionally, the accumulated balances in deferred installation fee revenue were eliminated as part of fresh start accounting, which has resulted in a $5 million decline in revenue recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as compared to the prior year period. After adjusting for the impacts of these policy changes, other customer services revenue declined $17 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. These decreases were primarily driven by reductions in CPE sales, late payment fees, early termination fees and reconnect fees.

Subsidy and other revenue

Subsidy and other revenue decreased $78 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the prior year period, primarily due to the CAF II program which was completed in 2021.

($ in millions)	For the three months ended
Subsidy and other revenue, March 31, 2021	$	83
Change in CAF II and other subsidies		(78)
Change in subsidy and other services revenue		(4)
Impact of fresh start accounting		4
Subsidy and other revenue, March 31, 2022	$	5

Upon implementation of new fresh start accounting policies, certain governmental grants that were historically presented on a net basis as part of capital expenditures, are presented on a gross basis and included in subsidy, resulting in increases to Subsidy and other revenue of $4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

OPERATING EXPENSES

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months		For the three months
($ in millions)	ended March 31,		ended March 31,		Variance		Variance
	2022		2021		($)		%
Operating expenses:
Cost of Service	$	553	$	620	$	(67)	(11)	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses		435		408		27	7	%
Depreciation and amortization		284		387		(103)	(27)	%
Restructuring costs and other charges		54		2		52	2,600	%
Total operating expenses	$	1,326	$	1,417	$	(91)	(6)	%

Cost of service

Cost of service expenses include access charges and other third-party costs directly attributable to connecting customer locations to our network, video content costs and certain promotional costs. Such access charges and other third-party costs exclude network related expenses, depreciation and amortization, and employee related expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the decrease in cost of service was driven by lower video content costs as a result of declines in video customers, non-renewal of certain content agreements and decreased CPE costs.

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Selling, general, and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A expenses) include the salaries, wages and related benefits and the related costs of corporate and sales personnel, travel, insurance, non-network related rent, advertising, and other administrative expenses.

As a result of the fresh start accounting policy change to classify the provision for bad debt as an expense rather than a reduction to revenue, SG&A expenses were $10 million higher for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Additionally, as a result of fresh start accounting policy changes, we have expensed $13 million of certain administrative items that were previously capitalized by the predecessor for the three months ended March 31, 2022. After adjusting for the fresh start impacts, SG&A Expenses increased by $4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. This increase was primarily a result of rebranding costs, higher professional services and recruiting fees.

Depreciation and amortization

As a result of fresh start accounting, both Frontier’s fixed assets and intangible assets were adjusted to fair value as of the Effective Date. These changes, which decreased the carrying value of its fixed assets and increased the carrying value of its intangible assets. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the decreased depreciation and amortization expense was driven by lower depreciation expense as a result of reduced fixed asset bases following the fresh start adjustment noted above.

Restructuring costs and other charges

Restructuring costs and other charges consist of consulting and advisory fees related to our balance sheet restructuring prior to filing our Chapter 11 Cases and subsequent to the Emergence Date, workforce reductions, transformation initiatives, lease impairment costs, and other restructuring expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, restructuring costs and other charges increased due to $44 million of lease impairment costs from the strategic exit of certain facilities, $6 million of severance and employee costs resulting from workforce reductions, and $4 million of costs related to other restructuring activities.

Pension and Other Postretirement Employee Benefit (OPEB) costs

Frontier allocates certain pension/OPEB expense to network related expenses and SG&A expenses. Total pension and OPEB service costs were as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Total pension/OPEB expenses	$	25	$	29
Less: costs capitalized into capital expenditures		(6)		(6)
Net pension/OPEB costs	$	19	$	23

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OTHER NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSE

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,				Variance		Variance
($ in millions)	2022		2021		$		%
Investment and other income, net	$	77	$	2	$	75	NM
Reorganization items, net	$	-	$	(25)	$	25	(100)	%
Interest expense	$	(103)	$	(89)	$	(14)	16	%
Income tax expense	$	30	$	87	$	(57)	(66)	%
NM - Not meaningful

Investment and other income, net

Investment and other income, net increased by $75 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, driven by a remeasurement of other postretirement benefit obligation and prior service credits of $54 million and an increase of $21 million non-operating pension income. This increase was a result of actuarial losses that are no longer being amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

Reorganization items, net

The Company has incurred costs associated with the reorganization, primarily the write-off of certain debt issuance costs and net discounts, financing costs, and legal and professional fees and fresh start accounting adjustments. These include expenses incurred subsequent to the Petition Date. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, Frontier recognized $25 million in reorganization items associated with the restructuring of our balance sheet.

Interest expense

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 interest expense increased $14 million, as compared to the same period in 2021. The increase in interest expense was primarily driven by a higher debt balance, partially offset by lower interest rates. 

Income tax expense

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the successor recorded income tax expense of $30 million on pre-tax income of $97 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the predecessor recorded an income tax expense of $87 million on pre-tax income of $147 million. Our effective tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021 were 31.6% and 59.2%, respectively.

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(b) Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2022, we had liquidity of approximately $2,692 million, comprised of cash of $1,300 million, short-term investments consisting of $900 million of term deposits earning interest in excess of traditional bank deposit rates, and placed with banks with A-1/P-1 or equivalent credit quality, and undrawn revolving credit facility of $492 million.

Analysis of Cash Flows

As of March 31, 2022, we had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents aggregating $1,300 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we used cash flow from operations, cash on hand, and cash from prior year borrowings principally to fund our cash investing and financing activities, which were primarily short-term investments and capital expenditures.

As of March 31, 2022, we had a working capital surplus of $975 million compared to a $1,237 million surplus at December 31, 2021. The primary driver for the change in the working capital surplus at March 31, 2022 was an increase in accounts payable and accrued interest.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash flows provided from operating activities decreased $137 million to $528 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021. The overall decrease in operating cash flows was primarily the result of changes in working capital.

We paid $2 million in net cash taxes during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $0 million in net cash taxes during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Cash flows used in investing activities were $1,345 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to cash flows used in investing activities of $380 million for the corresponding period in 2021. Given the long-term nature of our fiber build, as of March 31, 2022, we have invested $900 million cash in short-term investments to improve interest income, while preserving funding flexibility.

Capital Expenditures

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, our capital expenditures were $447 million and $384 million, respectively. Approximately 52% of our capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2022 related to fiber network projects. The driver for the increase in capital expenditure was increased spending for fiber upgrades to our existing copper network, a trend that we expect to continue as we execute our strategy of investing in our fiber network.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Cash flows used by financing activities increased $5 million to $12 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to 2021.

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Capital Resources

We expect our primary anticipated uses of liquidity will be to fund the costs of operations, working capital and capital expenditures and to fund interest payments on our long-term debt. Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows from operations, cash on hand and borrowing capacity under our $625 million Revolving Facility (as reduced by $133 million of Letters of Credit.).

Our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, including our $1,460 million Term Loan Facility and $625 million Revolving Facility, and the indentures governing our outstanding secured First Lien Notes and Second Lien Notes are described in detail in Note 8 to the financial statements contained in Part I of this report.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we paid $36 million of cash interest. Our long-term debt is described in detail in Note 8 to the financial statements contained in Part I of this report.

We have assessed our current and expected funding requirements and our current and expected sources of liquidity, and have determined, based on our forecasted financial results and financial condition as of March 31, 2022, that our operating cash flows and existing cash balances, will be adequate to finance our working capital requirements, fund capital expenditures, make required debt interest and principal payments, pay taxes and make other payments. A number of factors, including but not limited to, losses of customers, pricing pressure from increased competition, lower subsidy and switched access revenues, and the impact of economic conditions may negatively affect our cash generated from operations.

Net Operating Losses

In connection with the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy, the Company consummated a taxable disposition of substantially all of the assets and/or subsidiary stock of the Company. Certain of the NOLs were utilized in offsetting gains from the disposition, certain of the NOLS were extinguished as part of attribute reduction and certain subsidiary NOLS were carried over. Under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code, Predecessor and Successor made elections to step-up tax basis of certain subsidiary assets. Such Section 338(h)(10) elections will generate depreciation and amortization expense going forward, which may result in net operating losses on a go forward basis. Such net operating losses would be carried forward indefinitely but would be subject to an 80% limitation on U.S. taxable income.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not maintain any off-balance sheet arrangements, transactions, obligations or other relationships with unconsolidated entities that would be expected to have a material current or future effect upon our financial statements.

Contractual Obligations

Other than as disclosed elsewhere in this report with respect to the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the acceleration of substantially all of our debt, and the application of fresh start accounting, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business to the information provided with respect to our contractual obligations, including indebtedness and purchase and lease obligations, as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Future Commitments

In April 2015, the FCC released its right of first refusal offer of support to price cap carriers under the CAF Phase II program, which is intended to provide long-term support for broadband in high-cost unserved or underserved areas. Frontier accepted the FCC’s CAF Phase II offer in 25 states, which provided $313 million in annual support through 2021, to make available 10 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps upstream broadband service to households across some of the 25 states where we operate.

The deployment deadline was December 31, 2021, and final review and audit of households is not complete. To the extent it is determined we did not enable the required number of households with 10 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps upstream broadband service or we were unable to satisfy other FCC CAF Phase II requirements, Frontier will be required to return a portion of the funds previously received and may be subject to certain other requirements and obligations. We have accrued an amount for any potential shortfall in the household build commitment that we deem to be probable and reasonably estimated, and we do not expect that any potential penalties, if ultimately incurred, will be material in comparison to the established accrual.

On January 30, 2020, the FCC adopted an order establishing the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), a competitive reverse auction to provide support to serve high-cost areas. The FCC held the RDOF Phase I auction from October 29, 2020 through November 25, 2020 and announced the results on December 7, 2020. Frontier was awarded approximately $371 million over ten years to build gigabit-capable broadband over a fiber-to-the-premises network to approximately 127,000 locations in eight states (California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia). Frontier submitted its Long Form application to the FCC on January 29, 2021 and on March 10, 2022 received preliminary authorization of its RDOF award. Frontier anticipates final authorization in the 2nd quarter and that it will begin receiving funding in the first half of 2022. Frontier will be required to complete the buildout to these locations within six years after funding starts, with interim target milestones over this period. Beginning in 2022, Frontier is required to issue letters of credit to the FCC as a condition for amounts awarded. After the FCC updates its maps with more granular broadband availability information, the FCC plans to hold a second auction (RDOF Phase II) for any remaining locations with the remaining funding, up to approximately $11.2 billion.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions. There are inherent uncertainties with respect to such estimates and assumptions; accordingly, it is possible that actual results could differ from those estimates and changes to estimates could occur in the near term. These critical accounting estimates have been reviewed with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors.

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates from the information provided in Item 7. “Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I of this report for additional information related to recent accounting literature.

Regulatory Developments

Connect America Fund (“CAF”)/ Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (“RDOF”): In 2015, Frontier accepted the FCC’s CAF Phase II offer in 29 states, which provided $332 million in annual support and in return the Company is committed to make broadband with at least 10 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps upstream speeds available to approximately 774,000 high-cost unserved or underserved locations within its footprint. This amount included approximately 41,000 locations and $19 million in annual support related to the four states of the Northwest Operations, which were disposed on May 1, 2020. The deployment deadline for the CAF phase II program was December 31, 2021 and funding ended on that date. Thereafter, the FCC will review carriers’ CAF II program completion data, and if the FCC determines that the Company did not satisfy certain applicable CAF Phase II requirements, Frontier could be

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required to return a portion of the funds previously received and may be subject to certain other requirements and obligations.

On January 30, 2020, the FCC adopted an order establishing RDOF, a competitive reverse auction to provide support to serve high cost areas. The FCC announced the results of its RDOF Phase I auction on December 7, 2020. Frontier was awarded approximately $371 million over ten years to build gigabit-capable broadband over a fiber-to-the-premises network to approximately 127,000 locations in eight states (California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia). The FCC approved Frontier’s Long Form application in March 2022 and anticipates that it will begin receiving funding in the first half of 2022. Frontier will be required to complete the buildout to these locations within six years after funding starts, with interim target milestones over this period.

As part of its RDOF order, the FCC indicated it would hold a follow-on auction for the unawarded funding following the Phase I auction. However, it remains uncertain whether any such follow-on auction will occur given the recent passage of significant federal funding for broadband infrastructure funding.

COVID-19 Initiatives: The Federal government has undertaken several measures to address the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to facilitate enhanced access to high speed broadband, including through several new funding programs. As these large amounts of federal funding flow through the broadband ecosystem, we will evaluate and pursue funding opportunities that make sense for our business. Because of the severity, magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences are uncertain and rapidly changing, the impact of the crisis and the governmental responses to the crisis on our business in 2022 and beyond remains uncertain and difficult to predict.

The challenges and continuing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic could result in further impacts to our business and operations, such as disruptions in our supply chain, inflation in pricing for key materials or labor, or other adverse changes.  In particular, network electronics that require microchip processors have experienced supply chain constraints due to the global microchip shortage.

Current and Potential Internet Regulatory Obligations: On October 1, 2019, the D.C. Circuit Court largely upheld the FCC decision in its 2018 Restoring Internet Freedom Order to reclassify broadband as an “information service.” However, the Court invalidated the FCC’s preemption of a state’s ability to pass their own network neutrality rules and remanded back to the FCC other parts of the 2018 Order. California’s network neutrality provisions have gone into effect and remain the subject of litigation in the Eastern District of California. It is unclear whether pending or future appeals will have any impact on the regulatory structure, and it is unclear what impact federal legislative or regulatory actions will have on net neutrality issues.

Privacy: Privacy-related legislation has been considered in a number of states. Legislative and regulatory action could result in increased costs of compliance, claims against broadband Internet access service providers and others, and increased uncertainty in the value and availability of data. On June 28, 2018, the state of California enacted comprehensive privacy legislation that, effective as of January 1, 2020, gives California consumers the right to know what personal information is being collected about them, and whether and to whom it is sold or disclosed, and to access and request deletion of this information. Subject to certain exceptions, it also gives consumers the right to opt-out of the sale of personal information. The law applies the same rules to all companies that collect consumer information.

Video Programming: Federal, state, and local governments extensively regulate the video services industry. Our linear video services are subject to, among other things: subscriber privacy regulations; requirements that we carry a local broadcast station or obtain consent to carry a local or distant broadcast station; rules for franchise renewals and transfers; the manner in which program packages are marketed to subscribers; and program access requirements.

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We provide video programming in some of our markets including California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, and Texas pursuant to franchises, permits and similar authorizations issued by state and local franchising authorities. Most franchises are subject to termination proceedings in the event of a material breach or expire in the ordinary course. In addition, most franchises require payment of a franchise fee as a requirement to the granting of authority.

Many franchises establish comprehensive facilities and service requirements, as well as specific customer service standards and monetary penalties for non-compliance. In many cases, franchises are terminable if the franchisee fails to comply with material provisions set forth in the franchise agreement governing system operations. We believe that we are in compliance and meeting all material standards and requirements. Franchises are generally granted for fixed terms and must be periodically renewed. Local franchising authorities may resist granting a renewal if either past performance or the prospective operating proposal is considered inadequate.

Our agreement with Verizon for use of the FiOS brand and trademark in markets acquired from them expired on March 31, 2021 and was not renewed or extended. Frontier rebranded our related data and video services as Frontier FiberOptic Internet and Frontier TV, respectively.

Environmental Regulation: The local exchange carrier subsidiaries we operate are subject to federal, state, and local laws, and regulations governing the use, storage, disposal of, and exposure to hazardous materials, the release of pollutants into the environment and the remediation of contamination. As an owner and former owner of property, we are subject to environmental laws that could impose liability for the entire cost of cleanup at contaminated sites, including sites formerly owned by us, regardless of fault or the lawfulness of the activity that resulted in contamination. We believe that our operations are in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk in the normal course of our business operations due to ongoing investing and funding activities, including those associated with our pension plan assets. Market risk refers to the potential change in fair value of a financial instrument as a result of fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. We do not hold or issue derivative instruments, derivative commodity instruments or other financial instruments for trading purposes. As a result, we do not undertake any specific actions to cover our exposure to market risks, and we are not party to any market risk management agreements other than in the normal course of business. Our primary market risk exposures from interest rate risk and equity price risk are as follows:

Interest Rate Exposure

Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to the interest-bearing portion of our pension investment portfolio and the related actuarial liability for pension obligations, as well as our floating rate indebtedness. As of March 31, 2022, 81% of our total debt had fixed interest rates. We had no interest rate swap agreements in effect at March 31, 2022. We believe that our currently outstanding obligation exposure to interest rate changes is minimal.

Our discount rate assumption for our pension benefit obligation is determined at least annually, or whenever required, with assistance from our actuaries based on the pattern of expected future benefit payments and the prevailing rates available on long-term, high quality corporate bonds with durations approximate to that of our benefit obligation. As of March 31, 2022, our discount rate utilized in calculating our benefit plan obligation was 2.90%.

Our objectives in managing our interest rate risk are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, 19% of our outstanding borrowings at March 31, 2022 have floating interest rates. The annual impact of 100 basis points change in the LIBOR would result in approximately $15 million of additional interest expense, provided that the LIBOR rate exceeds the LIBOR floor. An adverse change in interest rates would increase the amount that we pay on our variable rate obligations and could result in fluctuations in the fair value of our fixed rate obligations. Based upon our overall interest rate exposure,

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a near-term change in interest rates would not materially affect our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

At March 31, 2022, the fair value of our debt was estimated to be approximately $7.5 billion, based on quoted market prices, our overall weighted average borrowing rate was 5.704% and our overall weighted average maturity was approximately seven years. Refer to Note 8 for discussion of the impact of the Chapter 11 Cases on our debt obligations.

Equity Price Exposure

Our exposure to market risks for changes in equity security prices as of March 31, 2022 is primarily limited to our pension plan assets. We have no other security investments of any significant amount.

The value of our pension plan assets decreased $184 million from $2,655 million at December 31, 2021 to $2,471 million at March 31, 2022. This decrease primarily resulted from changes in the market value of investments of $183 million including plan expenses, benefit payments to participants of $33 million, partially offset by contributions of $32 million.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a)Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, regarding the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based upon this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded, as of the end of the period covered by this report, March 31, 2022, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act and were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b)Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) identified in an evaluation thereof that occurred during the first three months of 2022 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

On April 30, 2018, an amended consolidated class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on behalf of certain purported stockholders against Frontier, certain of its current and former directors and officers and the underwriters of certain Frontier securities offerings and in connection with certain disclosures relating to the acquisition of properties in California, Texas and Florida from Verizon on April 1, 2016 (“CTF transaction”). The complaint was brought on behalf of all persons who (1) acquired Frontier common stock between February 6, 2015 and February 28, 2018, inclusive, and/or (2) acquired Frontier common stock or Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. On March 8, 2019, the District Court granted in its entirety Frontier’s motion to dismiss the complaint and on March 24, 2020, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend. Plaintiffs appealed and prior to oral argument, the parties reached an agreement in principle to resolve the matter. The settlement, which has preliminary court approval, will be covered by insurance and will have no material financial impact on the Company.

On May 19, 2021, the FTC, joined by the attorneys general of Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, and two California District Attorneys, filed a complaint against Frontier in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California alleging that Frontier violated federal and state laws by knowingly misrepresenting in its advertisements the Internet speeds it was capable of delivering to DSL customers. On October 4, 2021, the court granted in part and denied in part Frontier’s motion dismiss by dismissing the non-California state claims, but permitting the FTC’s and California’s claims to proceed in the litigation. Frontier has entered into a settlement with the FTC and California, which would require Frontier to make a financial payment of approximately $9 million in costs and civil penalties, along with certain modifications to its DSL advertising and other practices. The settlement must be approved by the court. An accrual has been established as of March 31, 2022 for the financial impact of this settlement, which is not material to these financial statements.

In addition, we are party to various other legal proceedings (including individual, class and putative class actions as well as federal and state governmental investigations) arising in the normal course of our business covering a wide range of matters and types of claims including, but not limited to, general contracts, billing disputes, rights of access, taxes and surcharges, consumer protection, trademark, copyright and patent infringement, employment, regulatory, tort, claims of competitors and disputes with other carriers. Such matters are subject to uncertainty and the outcome of individual matters is not predictable. However, we believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters, after considering insurance coverage or other indemnities to which we are entitled, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the Risk Factors described in Part 1, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

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Item 6. Exhibits

(a)	Exhibits:
	Exhibit Number	Description
	4.1	Indenture, dated as of October 13, 2021, by and among Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC, the guarantors party thereto, the collateral grantor party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee and as collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Frontier’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 14, 2021).
	4.2	Form of 6.000% Second Lien Secured Notes due 2030 (included in Exhibit 4.1 to Frontier’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 14, 2021).
	10.1	Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2021, by and among Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as revolver agent, and the lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Frontier’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 14, 2021).
	31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
	31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
	32	Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
	101	The following materials from Frontier’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, formatted in iXBRL (inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Equity (Deficit); (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
	104	Cover Page from Frontier’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, formatted in iXBRL and contained in Exhibit 101.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC.
	By: /s/ Donald Daniels
	Donald Daniels
	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
	(Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: May 6, 2022

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Nick Jeffery, certify that:

    1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.;

    2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

    3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

    4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

         a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

         b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

         c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

         d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

    5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

         b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

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Date:  May 6, 2022	/s/ Nick Jeffery
	Nick Jeffery
	President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Scott Beasley, certify that:

    1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.;

    2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statementof a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

    3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this report;

    4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for theregistrant and have:

         a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

         b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

         c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

         d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

    5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based onour most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

         b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 6, 2022	/s/ Scott Beasley
	Scott Beasley
	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), we,  Nick Jeffery,  President and Chief Executive Officer and Scott Beasley,  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

    (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

    (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Nick Jeffery	/s/ Scott Beasley
Nick Jeffery	Scott Beasley
President and Chief Executive Officer	Executive Vice President,Chief Financial Officer
May 6, 2022	May 6, 2022

This certification is made solely for purpose of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, subject to the knowledge standard contained therein, and not for any other purpose.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signatures that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. and will be retained by Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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Lease Impairment	44,000
Other adjustments	(7,000)
Deferred income taxes	25,000
Change in accounts receivable	61,000
Change in accounts payable and other liabilities	26,000
Change in prepaid expenses, income taxes, and other assets	15,000
Net cash provided from operating activities	528,000
Cash flows provided from (used by) investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(447,000)
Purchase of short-term investments	(900,000)
Other	2,000
Net cash used by investing activities	(1,345,000)
Cash flows used by financing activities:
Long-term debt principal payments	(3,000)
Finance lease obligation payments	(5,000)
Other	(4,000)
Net cash used by financing activities	(12,000)
Increase (Decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	(829,000)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at January 1,	2,178,000
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at March 31,	1,349,000
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	36,000
Income tax payments, net	$ 2,000
Predecessor [Member]
Cash flows provided from (used by) operating activities:
Net income		$ 60,000
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided from (used by) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		387,000
Stock-based compensation expense		(1,000)
Other adjustments		1,000
Deferred income taxes		84,000
Change in accounts receivable		34,000
Change in accounts payable and other liabilities		48,000
Change in prepaid expenses, income taxes, and other assets		52,000
Net cash provided from operating activities		665,000
Cash flows provided from (used by) investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(384,000)
Proceeds on sale of assets		2,000
Other		2,000
Net cash used by investing activities		(380,000)
Cash flows used by financing activities:
Finance lease obligation payments		(5,000)
Other		(2,000)
Net cash used by financing activities		(7,000)
Increase (Decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		278,000
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at January 1,		1,887,000
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at March 31,		2,165,000
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest		40,000
Reorganization items, net		$ 56,000

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: a) Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates: Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. and its subsidiaries are referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” “Frontier,” or the “Company” in this report. Our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary, in the opinion of Frontier’s management, to present fairly the results for the interim periods shown. Revenues, net income (loss), and cash flows for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year. We operate in one reportable segment. Frontier provides both regulated and unregulated voice, data and video services to consumer, business, and wholesale customers and is typically the incumbent voice services provider in its service areas. In 2021, we recategorized our previous operating expenses categories (“Network access expenses” and “Network related expense”) into one expense line: “Cost of service”. All historical periods presented have been updated to conform to the new categorization. For our interim financial statements as of and for the period ended March 31, 2022, we evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date that we filed this Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The preparation of our interim financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, (ii) the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and (iii) the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Estimates and judgments are used when accounting for the application of fresh start accounting, allowance for credit losses, asset impairments, indefinite-lived intangibles, depreciation and amortization, income taxes, and pension and other postretirement benefits, among others. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Emergence On April 30, 2021, (the “Effective Date”), the Company emerged from bankruptcy. Accordingly, the consolidated financial information has been prepared in conformity with Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 852-10 (ASC 852), Reorganizations, for the Successor as a new entity with assets, liabilities, and a capital structure having carrying amounts not comparable with prior periods. ‎ Reorganization items incurred in the first quarter of 2021 as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases included $25 million in professional fees and other bankruptcy related costs presented separately in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. The Company incurred significant costs associated with the reorganization, primarily legal and professional fees. Subsequent to the Petition Date, these costs were expensed as incurred and significantly affected our consolidated results of operations. From the Petition Date to the Effective date, these costs were included in Reorganization items, net on our consolidated statement of income. For the periods prior to the Petition date and following the Effective Date, these costs have been included in Restructuring costs and other charges on our consolidated statement of income. Refer to Note 9. Fresh Start Accounting Upon emergence from bankruptcy, we adopted fresh start accounting in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 852 – Reorganizations (ASC 852) and became a new entity for financial reporting purposes. As a result, the consolidated financial statements after the Effective Date are not comparable with the consolidated financial statements on or before that date as indicated by the “black line” division in the financial statements and footnote tables, which emphasizes the lack of comparability between amounts presented. References to “Successor” relate to our financial position and results of operations after the Effective Date. References to “Predecessor” refer to the financial position and results of operations of Old Frontier and its subsidiaries on or before the Effective Date. During the Predecessor period, ASC 852 was applied in preparing the consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires the financial statements, for periods subsequent to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, to distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. ASC 852 requires certain additional reporting for financial statements prepared between the bankruptcy filing date and the date of emergence from bankruptcy, including: (i) Reclassification of pre-petition liabilities that are unsecured, under-secured or where it cannot be determined that the liabilities are fully secured, to a separate line item on the consolidated balance sheet called, "Liabilities subject to compromise"; and (ii) Segregation of “Reorganization items, net” as a separate line on the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, included within income from continuing operations. Upon application of fresh start accounting, we allocated the reorganization value to our individual assets and liabilities, except for deferred income taxes, based on their estimated fair values in conformity with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. The amount of deferred taxes was determined in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. The Effective Date fair values of our assets and liabilities differed materially from their recorded values as reflected on the historical balance sheets. b)Changes in Accounting Policies: The accounting policy differences between Predecessor and Successor include: Universal Service Fund and Other Surcharges - Frontier collects various taxes, Universal Service Fund (USF) surcharges (primarily federal USF), and certain other taxes, from its customers and subsequently remits them to governmental authorities. The Predecessor recorded USF and other taxes on a gross basis on the consolidated statement of income, included within “Revenue” and “Cost of service expense”. After emergence, the Successor records these USF and other taxes on a net basis. Provision for Bad Debt – The Predecessor reported the provision for bad debt as a reduction of revenue. After emergence, the Successor reports bad debt expense as an operating expense included in “Selling, general, and administrative expenses”. Contract Acquisition Costs - During the Predecessor period, certain commissions to obtain new customers were deferred and amortized over four years, which represented the estimated customer contract period. As a result of fresh start accounting, that assumption was reevaluated and the period of benefit for our retail customers was determined to be less than one year. As such, these costs are now expensed as incurred. Actuarial Losses on Defined Benefit Plans - Historically, actuarial gains (losses) were recognized as they occurred and included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” and were subject to amortization over the estimated average remaining service period of participants. As part of fresh start accounting, Frontier has made an accounting policy election to recognize these gains and losses immediately in the period they occur as Investment and other income (loss) on the consolidated statement of income. Government Grants Revenue - Certain governmental grants that were historically presented on a net basis as part of capital expenditures, are now presented on a gross basis and included in ”Revenue” on the consolidated statement of income. Administrative Expenses – Historically, the Predecessor capitalized certain administrative expenses, that following emergence, are expensed during the period incurred and included in “Selling, general, and administrative expense” on the consolidated statement of income. c) Impact of COVID-19: While overall the operational and financial impacts to Frontier of the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 31, 2022 have not been significant, we continue to closely monitor the evolution of the pandemic, including new COVID-19 variants, as well as the ongoing impact to our employees, our customers, our suppliers and our results of operations. In an effort to reduce the economic impacts of COVID-19, the United States federal government has responded with multiple stimulus bills. In addition, some of the states we operate in have issued executive orders as a result of COVID-19 that further impact our business. State and federal governments and health authorities may continue to recommend or mandate measures that could impact our operations. We continue to closely track our customers’ payment activity as well as external factors which could materially impact payment trends. Frontier’s response to COVID-19 has included comprehensive operational safety precautions for our employees and customers. To date, we have not experienced significant disruptions in our workforce due to COVID-19 related absences or legislative or regulatory changes. Through March 31, 2022, we have not experienced any material disruptions in our supply chain. However, the challenges and continuing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic could result in further impacts to our business and operations, such as disruptions in our supply chain, inflation in pricing for key materials or labor, or other adverse changes. Some of our business partners have been impacted by COVID-related workforce absences and other disruptions which have affected our service levels and distribution of work. In particular, network electronics that require microchip processors have experienced supply chain constraints due to the global microchip shortage. With more people working from home, we have experienced higher demands on our network and higher sales activity for our consumer broadband service offering. This sustained increase in network demand could lead to reduced network availability and potential outages, which may impair our ability to meet customer service level commitments, lead to higher costs, higher customer churn and potential increased regulatory actions. These potential changes, among others, could have a material financial impact to Frontier. d) Revenue Recognition: Revenue for data & Internet services, voice services, video services, and switched and non-switched access services is recognized as services are provided to customers. Services that are billed in advance include monthly recurring network access services (including data services), special access services, and monthly recurring voice, video, and related charges. Revenue is recognized by measuring progress toward the complete satisfaction of the Company’s performance obligations. The unearned portion of these fees is deferred as a component of “Advanced billings” on our consolidated balance sheet and recognized as revenue over the period that the services are provided. Services that are billed in arrears include non-recurring network access services (including data services), switched access services, and non-recurring voice and video services. The earned but unbilled portion of these fees is recognized as revenue in our consolidated statements of income and accrued in “Accounts receivable” on our consolidated balance sheet in the period that services are provided. Excise taxes are recognized as a liability when billed. Satisfaction of Performance Obligations Frontier satisfies its obligations to customers by transferring goods and services in exchange for consideration received from the customer. The timing of Frontier’s satisfaction of the performance obligation may differ from the timing of the customer’s payment. Bundled Service and Allocation of Discounts When customers purchase more than one service, revenue for each is determined by allocating the total transaction price based upon the relative stand-alone selling price of each service. We frequently offer service discounts as an incentive to customers, which reduce the total transaction price. Any incentives which are considered cash equivalents (e.g. gift cards) that are granted will similarly result in a reduction of the total transaction price. Cash equivalent incentives are accounted for on a portfolio basis and are recognized in the month they are awarded to customers. Customer Incentives In the process of acquiring and/or retaining customers, we may issue a variety of incentives aside from service discounts or cash equivalent incentives. Those incentives that have stand-alone value (e.g. gift cards not considered cash equivalents or free goods/services) are considered separate performance obligations. While these incentives are free to the customer, a portion of the consideration received from the customer is ascribed to them based upon their relative stand-alone selling price. These types of incentives are accounted for on a portfolio basis with both revenue and expense recognized in the month they are awarded to the customer. The earned revenue associated with these incentives is reflected in “Other” revenue while the associated costs are reflected in “Cost of services”. Upfront Fees All non-refundable upfront fees assessed to our customers provide them with a material right to renew; therefore, they are deferred by creating a contract liability and amortized into “Data and Internet service” for fees charged to our wholesale customers and “Other revenue” for fees charged to all other customers over the average customer life using a portfolio approach. Customer Acquisition Costs Sales commission expenses are recognized as incurred. According to ASC 606, incremental costs in obtaining a contract with a customer are deferred and recorded as a contract asset if the period of benefit is expected to be greater than one year. For our retail customers, this period of benefit has been determined to be less than one year. As such, the Company applies the practical expedient that allows such costs to be expensed as incurred. Taxes, Surcharges and Subsidies Frontier collects various taxes, Universal Service Fund (“USF”) surcharges (primarily federal USF), and certain other surcharges, from its customers and subsequently remits these taxes to governmental authorities. During the predecessor period, USF and other surcharges amounted to $55 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. In June 2015, Frontier accepted the FCC offer of support to price cap carriers under the Connect America Fund (“CAF”) Phase II program, which was intended to provide long-term support for broadband build commitments in high cost unserved or underserved areas. We recognized FCC’s CAF Phase II subsidies into revenue on a straight-line basis over the seven-year funding term which ended on December 31, 2021. We have accrued an amount for any potential shortfall in the household build commitment that we deem to be probable and reasonably estimated, and we do not expect that any potential penalties, if ultimately incurred, will be material in comparison to the established accrual. e)Cash Equivalents: We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash of $17 million is included in “Other current assets” as of both March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and $32 million and $34 million are included in “Other assets” on our consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. f) Short-Term Investments: Given the long-term nature of our fiber build, we have invested cash into short-term investments to improve interest income, while preserving funding flexibility. We have classified these short-term deposits and other investments that have original maturities of greater than three months but less than one year as short-term investments. As of March 31, 2022, short-term investments of $900 million are comprised of term deposits earning interest in excess of traditional bank deposit rates, maturing between June 16, 2022, and August 15, 2022 and placed with banks with A-1/P-1 or equivalent credit quality. These short-term investments are in scope of ASC 320, Investments - Debt Securities. The short-term investments original maturity is greater than 90 days but less than one year, and they are classified as held to maturity, recorded as current assets and are accounted for at amortized cost. g)Definite and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets: Intangible assets are initially recorded at estimated fair value. Frontier historically amortized its acquired customer lists and certain other finite-lived intangible assets over their estimated useful lives on an accelerated basis. Upon emergence from bankruptcy, customer relationship intangibles were established for business and wholesale customers. These intangibles are amortized on a straight-line basis over their assigned useful life of between 11 and 16 years. Additionally, trademark and tradename assets established upon emergence are amortized on a straight-line basis over 5 years. We review such intangible assets annually or more often if indicators of impairment arise to determine whether there is evidence that indicate an impairment condition may exist that would necessitate a change in useful life and a different amortization period. h)Lease Accounting: We determine if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. Right-of-use (ROU) assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating and Finance lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating and finance lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. Our lease terms used in accounting for leases may reflect options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. ROU assets for operating leases are recorded to “Other Assets”, and the related liabilities recorded to “Other current liabilities”, and “Other liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheets. Assets subject to finance leases are included in “Property, Plant & Equipment”, with corresponding liabilities recorded to “Other current liabilities”, and “Other liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheets. Upon emergence from bankruptcy, lease asset and liability balances were adjusted to fair value. We assess potential impairments to our leases annually or more often if indicators of impairment arise to determine whether there is evidence that indicate an impairment condition may exist. During the first quarter of 2022, we made the decision to either not retain or market for sublease certain facilities leases, which triggered an impairment of $44 million for our finance and operating lease assets recorded as restructuring charges and other costs. See Note 9 for further details.

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Recent Accounting Literature

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Recent Accounting Literature [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Literature

(2) Recent Accounting Literature:

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Reference Rate Reform

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting". This standard provides optional expedients, and allows for certain exceptions to existing GAAP, for contract modifications triggered by the expected market transition of certain benchmark interest rates to alternative reference rates. The standard applies to contracts and other arrangements that reference the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) or any other rates ending after December 31, 2022. Frontier is evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard, including optional expedients, on our consolidated financial statements.

Government Assistance

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, which requires business entities to disclose information about certain government assistance they receive. Such disclosure requirements include the nature of the transactions and the related accounting policy used, the line items on the balance sheet and income statement that are affected and the amounts applicable to each financial statement line item and significant terms and conditions of the transactions. ASU 2021-10 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021 (year ending December 31, 2022 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2021-10 will have on its disclosures.

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Revenue Recognition

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Revenue Recognition [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

(3) Revenue Recognition:

We categorize our products, services and other revenues into the following categories:

Data and Internet services include broadband services for consumer and business customers. We provide data transmission services to high volume business customers and other carriers with dedicated high capacity circuits (“nonswitched access”) including services to wireless providers (wireless backhaul);

Voice services include traditional local and long-distance wireline services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, as well as a number of unified messaging services offered to our consumer and business customers. Voice services also include the long-distance voice origination and termination services that we provide to our business customers and other carriers;

Video services include revenues generated from services provided directly to consumer customers as linear terrestrial television services, through DISH® satellite TV service, and through partnerships with over-the-top (OTT) video providers. Video services also includes pay per view revenues, video on demand, equipment rentals, and video advertising. The Company has made the strategic decision to limit sales of new traditional TV services, focusing on our broadband products and OTT video options;

Other customer revenue includes switched access revenue, rents collected for colocation services, and revenue from other services and fees. Switched access revenue includes revenues derived from allowing other carriers to use our network to originate and/or terminate their local and long-distance voice traffic. These services are primarily billed on a minutes-of-use basis applying tariffed rates filed with the FCC or state agencies; and

Subsidy and other regulatory revenue includes revenues generated from cost subsidies from state and federal authorities, including the Connect America Fund Phase II.

The following tables provide a summary of revenues, by category:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021 (2)
Data and Internet services	$	836	$	842
Voice services		386		487
Video services		137		169
Other		83		95
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593
Subsidy and other revenue (3)		5		83
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676
	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021 (2)
Consumer	$	776	$	850
Commercial		666		743
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593
Subsidy and other revenue (3)		5		83
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676

⁽¹⁾Lease revenue included in Revenue from contracts with customers was $16 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

⁽²⁾Due to changes in methodology during the second quarter of 2021, historical periods have been updated to reflect the comparable amounts.

⁽³⁾Subsidy and other revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022, does not include revenue from CAF II as the program ended in 2021.

The following is a summary of the changes in the contract assets and contract liabilities:

	Contract Assets				Contract Liabilities
($ in millions)	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Balance at December 31, 2021 (Successor)	$	-	$	-	$	27	$	11
Revenue recognized included
in opening contract balance		-		-		(9)		(3)
Credits granted, excluding amounts
recognized as revenue		-		-		9		5
Balance at March 31, 2022 (Successor)	$	-	$	-	$	27	$	13
	Contract Assets				Contract Liabilities
($ in millions)	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Balance at December 31, 2020 (Predecessor)	$	6	$	9	$	58	$	20
Revenue recognized included
in opening contract balance		(4)		-		(17)		(2)
Cash received, excluding amounts
recognized as revenue		-		-		17		1
Balance at March 31, 2021 (Predecessor)	$	2	$	9	$	58	$	19

The unsatisfied obligations for retail customers consist of amounts in advance billings, which are expected to be earned within the following monthly billing cycle. Unsatisfied obligations for wholesale customers are based on a point-in-time calculation and determined by the number of circuits provided and the contractual price. These wholesale customer obligations change from period to period based on new circuits added as well as circuits that are terminated.

The following table includes estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) at the end of the reporting period:

($ in millions)	Revenue from contracts with customers
2022 (remaining nine months)	$	601
2023		379
2024		221
2025		98
2026		55
Thereafter		84
Total	$	1,438

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Accounts Receivable

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Accounts Receivable [Abstract]

Accounts Receivable

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(4) Accounts Receivable:

The components of accounts receivable, net are as follows:

($ in millions)	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Retail and wholesale	$	409	$	441
Other		53		74
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(65)		(57)
Accounts receivable, net	$	397	$	458

We maintain an allowance for credit losses based on the estimated ability to collect accounts receivable. The allowance for credit losses is increased by recording an expense for the provision for bad debts for retail customers, and through decreases to revenue at the time of billing for wholesale customers. The allowance is decreased when customer accounts are written off, or when customers are given credits.

The provision for bad debts was $7 million and $10 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

In accordance with ASC 326, Frontier performs its calculation to estimate expected credit losses, utilizing rates that are consistent with the Company’s write offs (net of recoveries) because such events affect the entity’s loss given default experience.

Activity in the allowance for credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was as follows:

($ in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	57
Provision for bad debt		7
Amounts charged to revenue		11
Write offs charged against the allowance		(9)
Other		(1)
Balance at March 31, 2022	$	65

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Property, Plant And Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant And Equipment

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(5) Property, Plant and Equipment:

Property, plant and equipment, net is as follows:

($ in millions)	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Property, plant and equipment	$	10,282	$	9,707
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(707)		(508)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	9,575	$	9,199

Depreciation expense is principally based on the composite group method. Depreciation expense was as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Depreciation expense	$	204	$	308

As a result of applying fresh start accounting on the Effective Date, Frontier’s fixed assets were reduced from $13.0 billion to $8.5 billion.  For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the decrease in depreciation expense was principally a result of the reduced asset base following this fresh start fair value adjustment.

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Other Intangibles

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Other Intangibles [Abstract]

Other Intangibles

(6) Other Intangibles:

The components of other intangibles as of March 31, 2022 was follows:

	March 31, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
($ in millions)	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amount		Amortization		Amount
Intangibles:
Customer Relationships - Business	$	800	$	(67)	$	733	$	800	$	(48)	$	752
Customer Relationships - Wholesale		3,491		(200)		3,291		3,491		(146)		3,345
Trademarks & Tradenames		150		(27)		123		150		(20)		130
Total other intangibles	$	4,441	$	(294)	$	4,147	$	4,441	$	(214)	$	4,227

Amortization expense was as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Amortization expense	$	80	$	79

Following our emergence from bankruptcy, we amortize our intangible assets on a straight-line basis, over the assigned useful lives of 16 years for our wholesale customer relationships, 11 years for our business customer relationships, and 5 years for our trademarks and tradenames.

For the Predecessor, amortization expense was primarily for our customer base acquired as a result of our acquisitions in 2010, 2014, and 2016 with each based on a useful life of 8 to 12 years and amortized on an accelerated method. Our trade name was an indefinite-lived intangible asset that was not subject to amortization.

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Fair Value Of Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Fair Value Of Financial Instruments

(7) Fair Value of Financial Instruments:

The following table summarizes the carrying amounts and estimated fair values for total long-term debt at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. For the other financial instruments including cash, short-term investments, accounts receivable, restricted cash, accounts payable and other current liabilities, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to the relatively short maturities of those instruments.

The fair value of our total long-term debt is estimated based upon quoted market prices at the reporting date for those financial instruments.

	March 31, 2022				December 31, 2021
($ in millions)		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Total debt	$	7,774	$	7,543	$	7,777	$	7,996

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Long-Term Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Long-Term Debt [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

(8) Long-Term Debt:

Chapter 11 Restructuring

The filing of the Chapter 11 Cases constituted an event of default that accelerated substantially all then-outstanding obligations under Old Frontier’s debt agreements and notes as follows:

the amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of February 27, 2017 (as amended, the JPM Credit Agreement),

the 8.000% first lien secured notes due April 1, 2027 (the Original First Lien Notes),

the 8.500% second lien secured notes due April 1, 2026 (the Original Second Lien Notes),

the unsecured notes and debentures and the secured and unsecured debentures of the Company’s subsidiaries.

As of the Effective Date, amounts that were outstanding under the JPM Credit Agreement, the Original First Lien Notes, and the Original Second Lien Notes were repaid in full.

On the Effective Date, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, all of the obligations under Old Frontier’s unsecured senior note indentures were cancelled, and in connection with emergence, Frontier issued 244,401,000 shares of common stock that were transferred to holders of the allowed senior notes claims (as defined under the Plan).

Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 recorded on our Predecessor statements of income was lower than contractual interest of $338 million, because we ceased accruing interest on the Petition Date in accordance with the terms of the Plan and ASC Topic 852.

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The activity in our long-term debt is summarized as follows:

			For the three months ended ‎March 31, 2022
			Principal
	January 1,		Payments		New		March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		and Retirements		Borrowings		2022
Secured debt issued by Frontier	$	6,927	$	(3)	$	-	$	6,924
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries		100		-		-		100
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries		750		-		-		750
Principal outstanding	$	7,777	$	(3)	$	-	$	7,774
Less: Debt Issuance Costs		(13)						(13)
Less: Current Portion		(15)						(15)
Plus: Unamortized fair value adjustments (1)		219						211
Total Long-term debt	$	7,968					$	7,957

(1)Upon emergence, we adjusted the carrying value of our debt to fair value. The adjustment consisted of the elimination of the existing unamortized debt issuance costs and unamortized discounts and recording a balance of $236 million as a fair value adjustment. The fair value accounting adjustment is being amortized into interest expense using the effective interest method.

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Additional information regarding our secured and unsecured total long-term debt as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is as follows:

	March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
	Principal		Interest	Principal		Interest
($ in millions)	Outstanding		Rate	Outstanding		Rate
Secured debt issued by Frontier
Term loan due 10/8/2027	$	1,460	4.500% (Variable)	$	1,464	4.500% (Variable)
First lien notes due 10/15/2027		1,150	5.875%		1,150	5.875%
First lien notes due 5/1/2028		1,550	5.000%		1,550	5.000%
Second lien notes due 11/1/2029		750	5.875%		750	5.875%
Second lien notes due 5/1/2029		1,000	6.750%		1,000	6.750%
Second lien notes due 1/15/2030		1,000	6.000%		1,000	6.000%
IDRB due 5/1/2030		14	6.200%		13	6.200%
Secured debt issued by Frontier		6,924			6,927
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries
Debentures due 11/15/2031		100	8.500%		100	8.500%
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries		100			100
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries
Debentures due 5/15/2027		200	6.750%		200	6.750%
Debentures due 2/1/2028		300	6.860%		300	6.860%
Debentures due 2/15/2028		200	6.730%		200	6.730%
Debentures due 10/15/2029		50	8.400%		50	8.400%
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries		750			750
Principal outstanding	$	7,774	5.704% (1)	$	7,777	5.702% (1)

⁽¹⁾ Interest rate represents a weighted average of the stated interest rates of multiple issuances.

Credit Facilities and Term Loans

Credit Agreements

In connection with emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases, on the Effective Date, Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect subsidiary of the Company (the “Borrower” or the “New Frontier Issuer”, as the case may be) entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JPM, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as revolver agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) to amend and restate Old Frontier’s DIP to Exit Term Credit Agreement to, among other things, incorporate the DIP Revolving Facility from the DIP to Exit Revolving Credit Agreement, which incorporation resulted in the termination of the DIP to Exit Revolving Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the DIP Term Loan Facility was converted into an exit term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1,468 million after giving effect to the New Incremental Commitment (the “Term Loan Facility”) and the DIP Revolving Facility converted into an exit revolving facility in the aggregate principal amount of $625 million (the “Revolving Facility”) and became subject to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. For further details regarding Old Frontier’s DIP financing arrangements, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Term Loan Facility

The Term Loan Facility’s maturity date is October 8, 2027. At the Borrower’s election, the determination of interest rates for the Term Loan Facility is based on margins over the alternate base rate or over LIBOR. The interest rate margin with respect to any LIBOR loan under the Term Loan Facility is 3.75% for LIBOR loans or 2.75% with respect to any alternate base rate loan, with a 0.75% LIBOR floor.

Subject to certain exceptions and thresholds, the security package under the Term Loan Facility includes pledges of the equity interests in certain of our subsidiaries, which as of the issue date is limited to certain specified pledged entities and substantially all personal property of Frontier Video Services Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Frontier Video”), which same assets also secure the First Lien Notes (as defined below). The Term Loan Facility is guaranteed by the same subsidiaries that guarantee the First Lien Notes.

The Term Loan Facility includes customary negative covenants for loan agreements of this type, including covenants limiting the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries’ (other than certain covenants therein which are limited to subsidiary guarantors) ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and acquisitions, pay dividends and distributions and make payments in respect of certain material payment subordinated indebtedness, in each case subject to customary exceptions for loan agreements of this type.

The Term Loan Facility also includes certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default, including, but not limited to, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, certain events under ERISA, upon the conversion date, unstayed judgments in favor of a third-party involving an aggregate liability in excess of a certain threshold, change of control, upon the conversion date, specified governmental actions having a material adverse effect or condemnation or damage to a material portion of the collateral.

Revolving Facility

The $625 million Revolving Facility will be available on a revolving basis until April 30, 2025.

At Frontier’s election, the determination of interest rates for the Revolving Facility is based on margins over the alternate base rate or over LIBOR. The interest rate margin with respect to any LIBOR loan under the Exit Revolving Facility is 3.50% or 2.50% with respect to any alternate base rate loans, with a 0% LIBOR floor.

Subject to customary exceptions and thresholds, the security package under the Revolving Facility includes pledges of the equity interests in certain of our subsidiaries, which as of the issue date is limited to certain specified pledged entities and substantially all personal property of Frontier Video, which same assets also secure the First Lien Notes. The Revolving Facility is guaranteed by the same subsidiaries that guarantee the First Lien Notes. After giving effect to $133 million of letters of credit previously outstanding, the Borrower has $492 million of available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Facility.

The Revolving Facility includes customary negative covenants for loan agreements of this type, including covenants limiting the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries’ (other than certain covenants therein which are limited to subsidiary guarantors) ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and acquisitions, pay dividends and distributions and make payments in respect of certain material payment subordinated indebtedness, in each case subject to customary exceptions for loan agreements of this type.

The Revolving Facility also includes certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default, including, but not limited to, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, certain events under ERISA, change of control or damage to a material portion of the collateral.

On October 13, 2021, the Issuer entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its senior secured credit facility. The Amendment, among other things, modifies the financial covenant from a maximum first lien leverage ratio covenant of 2.75:1.00 to a maximum first lien leverage ratio covenant of 3.00:1.00.

Senior Secured Notes

Second Lien Notes due 2030

On October 13, 2021, New Frontier Issuer issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Second Lien Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Second Lien Notes due 2030”) in an offering pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to fund capital investments and operating costs arising from the Company’s fiber build and expansion of its fiber customer base, and for general corporate purposes.

The Second Lien Notes due 2030 were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of October 13, 2021 (the “Second Lien 2030 Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and as collateral agent.

Second Lien Notes due May 2029

In connection with the DIP financing, on November 25, 2020, Old Frontier issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.750% Second Lien Secured Notes due May 1, 2029 (the “Second Lien Notes due May 2029”).

The Second Lien Notes due May 2029 were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 25, 2020 (the “Second Lien May 2029 Indenture”), by and among Old Frontier, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and as collateral agent.

On the Effective Date, in accordance with the Second Lien May 2029 Indenture and the Plan, New Frontier Issuer entered into a supplemental indenture with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and assumed the obligations under the Second Lien Notes due May 2029 and the Second Lien May 2029 Indenture.

Second Lien Notes due November 2029 or “Takeback Notes”

On April 30, 2021, New Frontier Issuer issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Second Lien Secured Notes due November 2029 (the “Second Lien Notes due November 2029” or the “Takeback Notes”) pursuant to an indenture, dated as of April 30, 2021 (the “Takeback Notes Indenture”), by and among New Frontier Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and as collateral agent. At Old Frontier’s direction, the Takeback Notes were issued to holders of claims arising under, derived from, based on, or related to the unsecured notes issued by Old Frontier in partial satisfaction of such claims.

The Second Lien Notes due 2030, the Second Lien Notes due May 2029 and the Takeback Notes are collectively referred to as the Second Lien Notes. The Second Lien 2030 Indenture, the Second Lien May 2029 Indenture and the Takeback Notes Indenture are collectively referred to as the Second Lien Notes Indentures. The Second Lien Notes and the First Lien Notes (as defined below) are referred to herein collectively as the “Notes”.

The Second Lien Notes are secured by a second-priority lien, subject to permitted liens, by all the assets that secure New Frontier Issuer’s obligations under the Term Loan Facility, the Revolving Facility and the First Lien Notes (as defined below).

The Second Lien Notes Indentures contain customary negative covenants, subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications, including, without limitation, covenants related to incurring additional debt and

issuing preferred stock; incurring or creating liens; redeeming and/or prepaying certain debt; paying dividends on stock or repurchasing stock; making certain investments; engaging in specified sales of assets; entering into transactions with affiliates; and engaging in consolidation, mergers and acquisitions. Certain of these covenants will be suspended during such time, if any, that the Second Lien Notes have investment grade ratings by at least two of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch. The Second Lien Notes Indentures also provides for customary events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the Second Lien Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

First Lien Notes

In connection with the DIP financing, (a) on October 8, 2020, Old Frontier issued $1,150 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% First Lien Secured Notes due October 15, 2027 (the “First Lien Notes due 2027”) and (b) on November 25, 2020, Old Frontier issued $1,550 million aggregate principal amount of 5.000% First Lien Secured Notes due May 1, 2028 (the “First Lien Notes due 2028” and, together with the First Lien Notes due 2027, the “First Lien Notes”).

The First Lien Notes due 2027 were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of October 8, 2020 (the “2027 First Lien Indenture”), by and among Old Frontier, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as collateral agent, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. The First Lien Notes due 2028 were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 25, 2020 (the “2028 First Lien Indenture” and, together with the 2027 First Lien Indenture, the “First Lien Indentures”), by and among Old Frontier, the guarantors party thereto, the grantor party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as collateral agent and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

On the Effective Date, in accordance with the Indentures and the Plan, New Frontier Issuer entered into supplemental indentures to the First Lien Indentures with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and assumed the obligations under each series of the First Lien Notes and each of the First Lien Indentures.

The First Lien Notes are secured on a first-priority basis and pari passu with its senior secured credit facilities, subject to permitted liens and certain exceptions, by all the assets that secure Frontier’s obligations under the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Facility.

The First Lien Indentures contain customary negative covenants, subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications, including, without limitation, covenants related to incurring additional debt and issuing preferred stock; incurring or creating liens; redeeming and/or prepaying certain debt; paying dividends on our stock or repurchasing stock; making certain investments; engaging in specified sales of assets; entering into transactions with affiliates; and engaging in consolidation, mergers and acquisitions. Certain of these covenants will be suspended during such time, if any, that the First Lien Notes have investment grade ratings by at least two of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch. The First Lien Notes Indentures also provides for customary events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal of and accrued interest on the First Lien Notes to become or to be declared due and payable.

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Restructuring Costs And Other Charges

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Restructuring Costs And Other Charges [Abstract]

Restructuring Costs And Other Charges

(9) Restructuring Costs and Other Charges:

Restructuring and other charges consists of severance and employee costs related to workforce reductions. It also includes professional fees related to our Chapter 11 Cases that were incurred after the emergence date as well as professional fees related to our restructuring and transformation that were incurred prior to the Petition Date.

During the three month period ended March 31, 2022, we incurred $54 million in restructuring charges and other costs consisting of $44 million of lease impairment costs from the strategic exit of certain facilities, $6 million of severance and employee costs resulting from workforce reductions, and $4 million of costs related to other restructuring activities.

As part of the Company's cost reduction strategy, certain real estate leases will not be retained, or will be marketed for sublease. The Company evaluated the related right-of-use assets and other lease related assets for impairment under ASC 360. In connection with this analysis, the Company reassessed its leased real estate asset groups and estimated the fair value of the office space to be subleased under current market conditions. Where the carrying values of individual asset groups exceeded their fair values, an impairment charge was recognized for the difference.

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, we incurred $6 million in expenses consisting of severance and employee costs resulting from workforce reductions.

The following is a summary of the changes in the liabilities established for restructuring and other related programs:

($ in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	$	7
Severance expense		6
Other costs		4
Cash payments during the period		(9)
Balance at March 31, 2022	$	8

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Investment And Other Income

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Investment And Other Income [Abstract]

Investment And Other Income

(10) Investment and Other Income:

The following is a summary of the components of Investment and Other Income:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Interest and dividend income	$	2	$	-
Pension benefit		25		4
OPEB costs		(3)		(3)
OPEB remeasurement		54		-
All other, net		(1)		1
Total investment and other income, net	$	77	$	2

In the first quarter of 2022, Frontier amended the medical coverage for certain postretirement benefit plans, which resulted in a $54 million remeasurement gain. Refer to Note 15 for further details.

Pension and OPEB benefit (costs) consists of interest income (loss), expected return on plan assets, amortization of prior service costs (credit) and recognition of actuarial gain (loss).

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Stock Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Stock Plans [Abstract]

Stock Plans

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(11) Stock Plans:

Upon emergence, all outstanding stock-based compensation plans of Old Frontier were terminated and, in accordance with the Plan, the form of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. 2021 Management Incentive Plan (the “2021 Incentive Plan”) was approved and adopted by the Board. The Incentive Plan permits stock-based awards to be made to employees, directors, or consultants of the Company or its affiliates, as determined by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of the Board. Under the 2021 Incentive Plan, 15,600,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance. As of March 31, 2022, unvested awards relating to approximately 2,500,000 shares were outstanding under the Emergence LTI Program.

Restricted Stock

The following summary presents information regarding unvested restricted stock under the 2021 Incentive Plan:

2021 Incentive Plan
		Weighted
		Average
	Number of	Grant Date		Aggregate
	Shares	Fair Value		Fair Value
	(in thousands)	(per share)		(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	2,483	$	28.67	$	72
Restricted stock granted	760	$	26.04	$	21
Restricted stock vested	(86)	$	25.73	$	(2)
Restricted stock forfeited	(50)	$	26.04
Balance at March 31, 2022	3,107	$	25.85	$	86

For purposes of determining compensation expense, the fair value of each restricted stock grant is estimated based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant. The non-vested restricted stock units granted in 2021 generally vest, and are expensed, on a ratable basis over three years from the grant date of the award. Total remaining unrecognized compensation cost associated with unvested restricted stock awards that is deferred at March 31, 2022 was $68 million and the weighted average vesting period over which this cost is expected to be recognized is approximately 2 years.

None of the restricted stock awards may be sold, assigned, pledged, or otherwise transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily, by the employees until the restrictions lapse, subject to limited exceptions. The restrictions are time-based. Compensation expense, recognized in “Selling, general and administrative expenses”, of $9 million for the three month-period ended March 31, 2022, has been recorded in connection with restricted stock.

Performance Stock Units

Under the 2021 Incentive Plan, a target number of performance units are awarded to each participant with respect to the three-year Measurement Period. The performance metrics under the 2021 and 2022 PSU grants consist of targets for (1) Adjusted Fiber EBITDA, (2) Fiber Locations Constructed and (3) Expansion Fiber Penetration. In addition, there is an overall relative total shareholder return (“TSR”) modifier, which is based on Frontier’s total return to stockholders over the Measurement Period relative to the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index. Each performance metric is weighted 33.3%, and targets for each metric are set for each of the three years during the Measurement Period. Achievement of the metrics will be measured separately, and the number of awards earned will be determined based on actual performance relative to the targets of each performance metric, plus the effect of the TSR modifier. Achievement is measured on a cumulative basis for each performance metric individually at the end of the three-year Measurement Period. The payout of the 2021 PSUs can range from 0% to a maximum award payout of 300% of the target units. The payout of the 2022 PSUs can range from 0% to a maximum award payout of 200% of the target units. PSUs awards, to the extent earned, will be paid out in the

form of common stock shortly following the end of the Measurement Period.

The number of shares of common stock or units earned at the end of the Measurement Period may be more or less than the number of target performance shares or units granted as a result of performance. An executive must maintain a satisfactory performance rating during the Measurement Period and must be employed by Frontier upon determination in order for the award to vest. The Compensation and Human Capital Committee will determine the number of shares earned for the Measurement Period in the first quarter of the year following the end of the Measurement Period.

Under ASC 718, Stock Based Compensation Expense, we establish a grant date and determine the fair value once the targets are finalized. All targets for the 2021 awards have been set and the fair value of the grants will be amortized over the vesting period. For the 2022 PSU awards, the targets related to two of the three performance metrics have not been established. As a result, as of March 31, 2022, we have recognized associated expense with respect to 1/3 of the aggregate outstanding 2022 PSU awards.

The following summary presents information regarding performance shares as of March 31, 2022 and changes during the three months then ended with regard to performance shares awarded under the 2021 Incentive Plan:

2021 Incentive Plan
			Weighted
			Average
	Number of		Grant Date	Aggregate
	Shares		Fair Value	Fair Value
	(in thousands)		(per share)	(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	3,144	$	25.62	$	92
Target performance shares awarded, net	240	$	25.97	$	7
Target performance shares earned	-	$	-	$	-
Target performance shares forfeited	(9)	$	25.61
Balance at March 31, 2022	3,375	$	25.64	$	93

For purposes of determining compensation expense, the fair value of each performance share grant is estimated based on the closing price of a share of our common stock on the date of the grant, adjusted to reflect the fair value of the relative TSR modifier. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recognized net compensation expense, reflected in “Selling, general and administrative expenses,” of $6 million related PSU awards.

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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

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(12) Income Taxes:

The following is a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes computed at the federal statutory rate to income taxes computed at the effective rate:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income
tax expense	6.7		8.7
Changes in certain deferred tax balances	-		60.9
Interest expense deduction	-		(36.7)
Restructuring cost	-		5.1
Tax reserve adjustment	0.5		-
Tax Credit	(1.1)		-
Sec.162(m) - nondeductible Executive Compensation	4.5		-
All other, net	-		0.2
Effective tax rate	31.6	%	59.2	%

Frontier considered positive and negative evidence in regard to evaluating certain deferred tax assets during the first quarter of 2022, including the development of recent years of pre-tax book losses. On the basis of this evaluation, a valuation allowance of $134 million ($106 million net of federal benefit) was recorded as of March 31, 2022.

As described more fully in Note 1, the Company emerged from bankruptcy on April 30, 2021, and consummated a taxable disposition of substantially all of the assets and/or subsidiary stock of the Company and utilized substantially all of the Company’s Net Operating Losses (“NOLs”).

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Net Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Net Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Earnings Per Share

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(13) Net Earnings Per Share:

The reconciliation of the net earnings per share calculation is as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)	2022		2021
Net income used for basic and diluted earnings
per share:
Total basic net income
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	65	$	60
Effect of loss related to dilutive stock units		-		-
Total diluted net income
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	65	$	60
Basic earnings per share:
Total weighted average shares and unvested restricted stock
awards outstanding - basic		244,433		104,786
Less: Weighted average unvested restricted stock awards		-		(230)
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		244,433		104,556
Basic net earnings per share
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	0.27	$	0.57
Diluted earnings per share:
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		244,433		104,556
Effect of dilutive stock units		-		340
Effect of dilutive restricted stock awards		818		-
Total weighted average shares outstanding - diluted		245,251		104,896
Diluted net earnings per share
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	0.26	$	0.57

In calculating diluted net income per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2022, the effect of all performance stock units is excluded from the computation as their respective performance metrics have not been satisfied as of March 31, 2022.

Stock Units

At March 31, 2021, the dilutive common stock equivalents consisted of stock units issued under the Non-Employee Directors’ Deferred Fee Equity Plan (Deferred Fee Plan), the Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Incentive Plan (Directors’ Equity Plan), the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.

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Comprehensive Income (Loss)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract]

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(14) Comprehensive Income (Loss):

Comprehensive income (loss) consists of net income (loss) and other gains and losses affecting equity (deficit) and pension/postretirement benefit (OPEB) liabilities that, under GAAP, are excluded from net loss.

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, and changes are as follows:

	Pension		OPEB
($ in millions)	Costs		Costs		Total
Balance at January 1, 2022 (Successor) (1)	$	-	$	60	$	60
Other comprehensive income (loss)
before reclassifications		-		1		1
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
comprehensive loss to net loss		-		(3)		(3)
Net current-period other comprehensive
income (loss)		-		(2)		(2)
Balance at March 31, 2022 (Successor) (1)	$	-	$	58	$	58
	Pension		OPEB
($ in millions)	Costs		Costs		Total
Balance at January 1, 2021 (Predecessor) (1)	$	(699)	$	(56)	$	(755)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
before reclassifications		-		-		-
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
comprehensive loss to net income		14		(3)		11
Net current-period other comprehensive
income (loss)		14		(3)		11
Balance at March 31, 2021 (Predecessor) (1)	$	(685)	$	(59)	$	(744)

⁽¹⁾ Pension and OPEB amounts are net of tax of $15 million and $234 million as of January 1, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $15 million and $230 million as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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The significant items reclassified from components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows:

	Successor		Predecessor
	Amount Reclassified from
	Accumulated Other
	Comprehensive Loss (1)
($ in millions)					Affected Line Item in
	For the three months ended		For the three months ended		the Statement Where
Details about Accumulated Other	March 31,		March 31,		Net Income (Loss)
Comprehensive Loss Components	2022		2021		is Presented
Amortization of Pension Cost Items
Actuarial gains (losses)	$	-	$	(18)
One-time loss on disposal		-		-
		-		(18)	Income (Loss) before income taxes
Tax impact		-		4	Income tax benefit
	$	-	$	(14)	Net income (loss)
Amortization of OPEB Cost Items
Prior-service costs	$	3	$	7
Actuarial gains (losses)		-		(3)
		3		4	Income (Loss) before income taxes
Tax impact		-		(1)	Income tax benefit
	$	3	$	3	Net income (loss)

⁽¹⁾ These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and OPEB costs (See Note 15 - Retirement Plans for additional details).

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Retirement Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Retirement Plans [Abstract]

Retirement Plans

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(15) Retirement Plans:

Frontier recognizes actuarial gains (losses) for our pension and postretirement plans in the period they occur. The components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component for our plans as well as any actuarial gains or losses are included in “Investment and other income (loss)” on the consolidated statement of income.

The following tables provide the components of total pension benefit cost:

	Successor		Predecessor
	Pension Benefits
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Components of total pension benefit cost
Service cost	$	21	$	24
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		24		23
Expected return on plan assets		(49)		(45)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-		18
Total pension benefit cost	$	(4)	$	20
	Successor		Predecessor
	Postretirement Benefits
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost
Service cost	$	4	$	5
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		6		7
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)		(3)		(7)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-		3
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost	$	7	$	8

The components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component are included in “Investment and other income” on the consolidated statement of income.

The value of our pension plan assets decreased $184 million from $2,655 million at December 31, 2021 to $2,471 million at March 31, 2022. This decrease primarily resulted from changes in the market value of investments of $183 million including plan expenses, benefit payments to participants of $33 million, partially offset by contributions of $32 million.

In the first quarter of 2022, Frontier amended the medical coverage for certain postretirement benefit plans, which necessitated a remeasurement of its other postretirement benefit (OPEB) obligations. This remeasurement resulted in the recognition of a net actuarial gain of $54 million, which was driven primarily from a higher assumed discount rate relative to December 31, 2021. Upon emergence from bankruptcy, Frontier revised its accounting policy to recognize actuarial gains and losses in the period in which they occur. As such, this gain was recorded in investment and other income, net on our consolidated statements of income.

During both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, we capitalized $6 million of pension and OPEB expense into the cost of our capital expenditures, as the costs relate to our engineering and plant construction activities.

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Commitments And Contingencies	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]
Commitments And Contingencies	(16) Commitments and Contingencies: Although from time to time we make short-term purchasing commitments to vendors with respect to capital expenditures, we generally do not enter into firm, written contracts for such activities. In connection with the accelerated fiber build, we have prioritized diversifying our vendor base and finalizing agreements with vendors for relevant labor and materials. Some of these agreements will have initial two-year terms with an option to extend for two years through 2025. Frontier accepted the FCC’s CAF Phase II offer in 25 states, which provided $313 million in annual support through 2021, to make available 10 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps upstream broadband service to households across some of the 25 states where we operate. The deployment deadline was December 31, 2021, and final review and audit of households is not complete. To the extent it is determined we did not enable the required number of households with 10 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps upstream broadband service or we were unable to satisfy other FCC CAF Phase II requirements, Frontier will be required to return a portion of the funds previously received and may be subject to certain other requirements and obligations. We have accrued an amount for any potential shortfall in the household build commitment that we deem to be probable and reasonably estimated, and we do not expect that any potential penalties, if ultimately incurred, will be material in comparison to the established accrual.  On January 30, 2020, the FCC adopted an order establishing the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. The FCC held the RDOF Phase I auction from October 29, 2020 through November 25, 2020 and announced the results on December 7, 2020. Frontier was awarded approximately $371 million over ten years to build gigabit capable broadband over a fiber-to-the-premises network to approximately 127,000 locations in eight states (California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia). Frontier submitted its Long Form application to the FCC on January 29, 2021 and on March 10, 2022 received preliminary authorization of its RDOF award. Frontier anticipates final authorization in the 2nd quarter and that it will begin receiving funding in the first half of 2022. Frontier will be required to complete the buildout to these locations within six years after funding starts, with interim target milestones over this period. On March 15, 2022, Frontier issued letters of credit to the RDOF program as a condition for the annual award amounts. After the FCC updates its maps with more granular broadband availability information, the FCC plans to hold a second auction (RDOF Phase II) for any remaining locations with the remaining funding, up to approximately $11.2 billion. On April 30, 2018, an amended consolidated class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on behalf of certain purported stockholders against Frontier, certain of its current and former directors and officers and the underwriters of certain Frontier securities offerings and in connection with certain disclosures relating to the CTF transaction. The complaint was brought on behalf of all persons who (1) acquired Frontier common stock between February 6, 2015 and February 28, 2018, inclusive, and/or (2) acquired Frontier common stock or Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. On March 8, 2019, the District Court granted in its entirety Frontier’s motion to dismiss the complaint and on March 24, 2020, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend. Plaintiffs appealed and prior to oral argument, the parties reached an agreement in principle to resolve the matter. The settlement, which has preliminary court approval, will be covered by insurance and will have no material financial impact on the Company. On May 19, 2021, the FTC, joined by the attorneys general of Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, and two California District Attorneys, filed a complaint against Frontier in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California alleging that Frontier violated federal and state laws by knowingly misrepresenting in its advertisements the Internet speeds it was capable of delivering to DSL customers. On October 4, 2021, the court granted in part and denied in part Frontier’s motion dismiss by dismissing the non-California state claims, but permitting the FTC’s and California’s claims to proceed in the litigation. Frontier has entered into a settlement with the FTC and California, which would require Frontier to make a financial payment of approximately $9 million in costs and civil penalties, along with certain modifications to its DSL advertising and other practices. The settlement must be approved by the court. An accrual has been established as of March 31, 2022 for the financial impact of this settlement, which is not material to these financial statements. In addition, we are party to various legal proceedings (including individual actions, class and putative class actions, and governmental investigations) arising in the normal course of our business covering a wide range of matters and types of claims including, but not limited to, general contract disputes, billing disputes, rights of access, taxes and surcharges, consumer protection, advertising, sales and the provision of services, intellectual property, including, trademark, copyright, and patent infringement, employment, regulatory, tort, claims of competitors and disputes with other carriers. Litigation is subject to uncertainty and the outcome of individual matters is not predictable. However, we believe that the ultimate resolution of all such matters, after considering insurance coverage or other indemnities to which we are entitled, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In October 2013, the California Attorney General’s Office notified certain Verizon companies, including one of the subsidiaries that we acquired in the CTF Acquisition, of potential violations of California state hazardous waste statutes primarily arising from the disposal of electronic components, batteries and aerosol cans at certain California facilities. We are cooperating with this investigation. We have accrued an amount for potential penalties that we deem to be probable and reasonably estimated, and we do not expect that any potential penalties, if ultimately incurred, will be material in comparison to the established accrual. We accrue an expense for pending litigation when we determine that an unfavorable outcome is probable, and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Legal defense costs are expensed as incurred. None of our existing accruals for pending matters, after considering insurance coverage, is material. We monitor our pending litigation for the purpose of adjusting our accruals and revising our disclosures accordingly, when required. Litigation is, however, subject to uncertainty, and the outcome of any particular matter is not predictable. We will vigorously defend our interests in pending litigation, and as of this date, we believe that the ultimate resolution of all such matters, after considering insurance coverage or other indemnities to which we are entitled, will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or our cash flows. We conduct certain of our operations in leased premises and also lease certain equipment and other assets pursuant to operating leases. The lease arrangements have terms ranging from 1 to 99 years and several contain rent escalation clauses providing for increases in monthly rent at specific intervals. When rent escalation clauses exist, we record annual rental expense based on the total expected rent payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Certain leases also have renewal options. Renewal options that are reasonably assured are included in determining the lease term. We are party to contracts with several unrelated long-distance carriers. The contracts provide fees based on traffic they carry for us subject to minimum monthly fees. ‎

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis Of Presentation And Use Of Estimates

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates:

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. and its subsidiaries are referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” “Frontier,” or the “Company” in this report. Our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary, in the opinion of Frontier’s management, to present fairly the results for the interim periods shown. Revenues, net income (loss), and cash flows for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year.

We operate in one reportable segment. Frontier provides both regulated and unregulated voice, data and video services to consumer, business, and wholesale customers and is typically the incumbent voice services provider in its service areas.

In 2021, we recategorized our previous operating expenses categories (“Network access expenses” and “Network related expense”) into one expense line: “Cost of service”. All historical periods presented have been updated to conform to the new categorization. For our interim financial statements as of and for the period ended March 31, 2022, we evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date that we filed this Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

The preparation of our interim financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, (ii) the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and (iii) the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Estimates and judgments are used when accounting for the application of fresh start accounting, allowance for credit losses, asset impairments, indefinite-lived intangibles, depreciation and amortization, income taxes, and pension and other postretirement benefits, among others.

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Emergence

On April 30, 2021, (the “Effective Date”), the Company emerged from bankruptcy. Accordingly, the consolidated financial information has been prepared in conformity with Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 852-10 (ASC 852), Reorganizations, for the Successor as a new entity with assets, liabilities, and a capital structure having carrying amounts not comparable with prior periods.

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Reorganization items incurred in the first quarter of 2021 as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases included $25 million in professional fees and other bankruptcy related costs presented separately in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The Company incurred significant costs associated with the reorganization, primarily legal and professional fees. Subsequent to the Petition Date, these costs were expensed as incurred and significantly affected our consolidated results of operations. From the Petition Date to the Effective date, these costs were included in Reorganization items, net on our consolidated statement of income. For the periods prior to the Petition date and following the Effective Date, these costs have been included in Restructuring costs and other charges on our consolidated statement of income. Refer to Note 9.

Fresh Start Accounting

Upon emergence from bankruptcy, we adopted fresh start accounting in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 852 – Reorganizations (ASC 852) and became a new entity for financial reporting purposes. As a result, the consolidated financial statements after the Effective Date are not comparable with the consolidated financial statements on or before that date as indicated by the “black line” division in the financial statements and footnote tables, which emphasizes the lack of comparability between amounts presented. References to “Successor” relate to our financial position and results of operations after the Effective Date. References to “Predecessor” refer to the financial position and results of operations of Old Frontier and its subsidiaries on or before the Effective Date.

During the Predecessor period, ASC 852 was applied in preparing the consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires the financial statements, for periods subsequent to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, to distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. ASC 852 requires certain additional reporting for financial statements prepared between the bankruptcy filing date and the date of emergence from bankruptcy, including: (i) Reclassification of pre-petition liabilities that are unsecured, under-secured or where it cannot be determined that the liabilities are fully secured, to a separate line item on the consolidated balance sheet called, "Liabilities subject to compromise"; and (ii) Segregation of “Reorganization items, net” as a separate line on the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, included within income from continuing operations.

Upon application of fresh start accounting, we allocated the reorganization value to our individual assets and liabilities, except for deferred income taxes, based on their estimated fair values in conformity with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. The amount of deferred taxes was determined in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. The Effective Date fair values of our assets and liabilities differed materially from their recorded values as reflected on the historical balance sheets.

Changes In Accounting Policies

Changes in Accounting Policies:

The accounting policy differences between Predecessor and Successor include:

Universal Service Fund and Other Surcharges - Frontier collects various taxes, Universal Service Fund (USF) surcharges (primarily federal USF), and certain other taxes, from its customers and subsequently remits them to governmental authorities. The Predecessor recorded USF and other taxes on a gross basis on the consolidated statement of income, included within “Revenue” and “Cost of service expense”. After emergence, the Successor records these USF and other taxes on a net basis.

Provision for Bad Debt – The Predecessor reported the provision for bad debt as a reduction of revenue. After emergence, the Successor reports bad debt expense as an operating expense included in “Selling, general, and administrative expenses”.

Contract Acquisition Costs - During the Predecessor period, certain commissions to obtain new customers were deferred and amortized over four years, which represented the estimated customer contract period. As a result of fresh start accounting, that assumption was reevaluated and the period of benefit for our retail customers was determined to be less than one year. As such, these costs are now expensed as incurred.

Actuarial Losses on Defined Benefit Plans - Historically, actuarial gains (losses) were recognized as they occurred and included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” and were subject to amortization over the estimated average remaining service period of participants. As part of fresh start accounting, Frontier has made an accounting policy election to recognize these gains and losses immediately in the period they occur as Investment and other income (loss) on the consolidated statement of income.

Government Grants Revenue - Certain governmental grants that were historically presented on a net basis as part of capital expenditures, are now presented on a gross basis and included in ”Revenue” on the consolidated statement of income.

Administrative Expenses – Historically, the Predecessor capitalized certain administrative expenses, that following emergence, are expensed during the period incurred and included in “Selling, general, and administrative expense” on the consolidated statement of income.

Impact Of Covid-19

Impact of COVID-19:

While overall the operational and financial impacts to Frontier of the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 31, 2022 have not been significant, we continue to closely monitor the evolution of the pandemic, including new COVID-19 variants, as well as the ongoing impact to our employees, our customers, our suppliers and our results of operations.

In an effort to reduce the economic impacts of COVID-19, the United States federal government has responded with multiple stimulus bills. In addition, some of the states we operate in have issued executive orders as a result of COVID-19 that further impact our business. State and federal governments and health authorities may continue to recommend or mandate measures that could impact our operations. We continue to closely track our customers’ payment activity as well as external factors which could materially impact payment trends.

Frontier’s response to COVID-19 has included comprehensive operational safety precautions for our employees and customers. To date, we have not experienced significant disruptions in our workforce due to COVID-19 related absences or legislative or regulatory changes.

Through March 31, 2022, we have not experienced any material disruptions in our supply chain. However, the challenges and continuing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic could result in further impacts to our business and operations, such as disruptions in our supply chain, inflation in pricing for key materials or labor, or other adverse changes. Some of our business partners have been impacted by COVID-related workforce absences and other disruptions which have affected our service levels and distribution of work. In particular, network electronics that require microchip processors have experienced supply chain constraints due to the global microchip shortage.

With more people working from home, we have experienced higher demands on our network and higher sales activity for our consumer broadband service offering. This sustained increase in network demand could lead to reduced network availability and potential outages, which may impair our ability to meet customer service level commitments, lead to higher costs, higher customer churn and potential increased regulatory actions. These potential changes, among others, could have a material financial impact to Frontier.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition:

Revenue for data & Internet services, voice services, video services, and switched and non-switched access services is recognized as services are provided to customers. Services that are billed in advance include monthly recurring network access services (including data services), special access services, and monthly recurring voice, video, and related charges. Revenue is recognized by measuring progress toward the complete satisfaction of the Company’s performance obligations. The unearned portion of these fees is deferred as a component of “Advanced billings” on our consolidated balance sheet and recognized as revenue over the period that the services are provided. Services that are billed in arrears include non-recurring network access services (including data services), switched access services, and non-recurring voice and video services. The earned but unbilled portion of these fees is recognized as revenue in our consolidated statements of income and accrued in “Accounts receivable” on our consolidated balance sheet in the period that services are provided. Excise taxes are recognized as a liability when billed.

Satisfaction of Performance Obligations

Frontier satisfies its obligations to customers by transferring goods and services in exchange for consideration received from the customer. The timing of Frontier’s satisfaction of the performance obligation may differ from the timing of the customer’s payment.

Bundled Service and Allocation of Discounts

When customers purchase more than one service, revenue for each is determined by allocating the total transaction price based upon the relative stand-alone selling price of each service. We frequently offer service discounts as an incentive to customers, which reduce the total transaction price. Any incentives which are considered cash equivalents (e.g. gift cards) that are granted will similarly result in a reduction of the total transaction price. Cash equivalent incentives are accounted for on a portfolio basis and are recognized in the month they are awarded to customers.

Customer Incentives

In the process of acquiring and/or retaining customers, we may issue a variety of incentives aside from service discounts or cash equivalent incentives. Those incentives that have stand-alone value (e.g. gift cards not considered cash equivalents or free goods/services) are considered separate performance obligations. While these incentives are free to the customer, a portion of the consideration received from the customer is ascribed to them based upon their relative stand-alone selling price. These types of incentives are accounted for on a portfolio basis with both revenue and expense recognized in the month they are awarded to the customer. The earned revenue associated with these incentives is reflected in “Other” revenue while the associated costs are reflected in “Cost of services”.

Upfront Fees

All non-refundable upfront fees assessed to our customers provide them with a material right to renew; therefore, they are deferred by creating a contract liability and amortized into “Data and Internet service” for fees charged to our wholesale customers and “Other revenue” for fees charged to all other customers over the average customer life using a portfolio approach.

Customer Acquisition Costs

Sales commission expenses are recognized as incurred. According to ASC 606, incremental costs in obtaining a contract with a customer are deferred and recorded as a contract asset if the period of benefit is expected to be greater than one year. For our retail customers, this period of benefit has been determined to be less than one year. As such, the Company applies the practical expedient that allows such costs to be expensed as incurred.

Taxes, Surcharges and Subsidies

Frontier collects various taxes, Universal Service Fund (“USF”) surcharges (primarily federal USF), and certain other surcharges, from its customers and subsequently remits these taxes to governmental authorities. During the predecessor period, USF and other surcharges amounted to $55 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

In June 2015, Frontier accepted the FCC offer of support to price cap carriers under the Connect America Fund (“CAF”) Phase II program, which was intended to provide long-term support for broadband build commitments in high cost unserved or underserved areas. We recognized FCC’s CAF Phase II subsidies into revenue on a straight-line basis over the seven-year funding term which ended on December 31, 2021. We have accrued an amount for any potential shortfall in the household build commitment that we deem to be probable and reasonably estimated, and we do not expect that any potential penalties, if ultimately incurred, will be material in comparison to the established accrual.

Cash Equivalents

Cash Equivalents:

We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash of $17 million is included in “Other current assets” as of both March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and $32 million and $34 million are included in “Other assets” on our consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Short-Term Investments

Short-Term Investments:

Given the long-term nature of our fiber build, we have invested cash into short-term investments to improve interest income, while preserving funding flexibility. We have classified these short-term deposits and other investments that have original maturities of greater than three months but less than one year as short-term investments.

As of March 31, 2022, short-term investments of $900 million are comprised of term deposits earning interest in excess of traditional bank deposit rates, maturing between June 16, 2022, and August 15, 2022 and placed with banks with A-1/P-1 or equivalent credit quality. These short-term investments are in scope of ASC 320, Investments - Debt Securities. The short-term investments original maturity is greater than 90 days but less than one year, and they are classified as held to maturity, recorded as current assets and are accounted for at amortized cost.

Definite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets

Definite and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets:

Intangible assets are initially recorded at estimated fair value. Frontier historically amortized its acquired customer lists and certain other finite-lived intangible assets over their estimated useful lives on an accelerated basis. Upon emergence from bankruptcy, customer relationship intangibles were established for business and wholesale customers. These intangibles are amortized on a straight-line basis over their assigned useful life of between 11 and 16 years. Additionally, trademark and tradename assets established upon emergence are amortized on a straight-line basis over 5 years. We review such intangible assets annually or more often if indicators of impairment arise to determine whether there is evidence that indicate an impairment condition may exist that would necessitate a change in useful life and a different amortization period.

Lease Accounting

Lease Accounting:

We determine if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. Right-of-use (ROU) assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating and Finance lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating and finance lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease

incentives. Our lease terms used in accounting for leases may reflect options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. ROU assets for operating leases are recorded to “Other Assets”, and the related liabilities recorded to “Other current liabilities”, and “Other liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheets. Assets subject to finance leases are included in “Property, Plant & Equipment”, with corresponding liabilities recorded to “Other current liabilities”, and “Other liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheets. Upon emergence from bankruptcy, lease asset and liability balances were adjusted to fair value.

We assess potential impairments to our leases annually or more often if indicators of impairment arise to determine whether there is evidence that indicate an impairment condition may exist. During the first quarter of 2022, we made the decision to either not retain or market for sublease certain facilities leases, which triggered an impairment of $44 million for our finance and operating lease assets recorded as restructuring charges and other costs. See Note 9 for further details.

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Recent Accounting Literature (Policy)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Recent Accounting Literature [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Reference Rate Reform

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting". This standard provides optional expedients, and allows for certain exceptions to existing GAAP, for contract modifications triggered by the expected market transition of certain benchmark interest rates to alternative reference rates. The standard applies to contracts and other arrangements that reference the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) or any other rates ending after December 31, 2022. Frontier is evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard, including optional expedients, on our consolidated financial statements.

Government Assistance

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, which requires business entities to disclose information about certain government assistance they receive. Such disclosure requirements include the nature of the transactions and the related accounting policy used, the line items on the balance sheet and income statement that are affected and the amounts applicable to each financial statement line item and significant terms and conditions of the transactions. ASU 2021-10 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021 (year ending December 31, 2022 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2021-10 will have on its disclosures.

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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Revenue Recognition [Abstract]

Disaggregation Of Revenue

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021 (2)
Data and Internet services	$	836	$	842
Voice services		386		487
Video services		137		169
Other		83		95
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593
Subsidy and other revenue (3)		5		83
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676
	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021 (2)
Consumer	$	776	$	850
Commercial		666		743
Revenue from contracts with customers (1)		1,442		1,593
Subsidy and other revenue (3)		5		83
Total revenue	$	1,447	$	1,676

⁽¹⁾Lease revenue included in Revenue from contracts with customers was $16 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

⁽²⁾Due to changes in methodology during the second quarter of 2021, historical periods have been updated to reflect the comparable amounts.

⁽³⁾Subsidy and other revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022, does not include revenue from CAF II as the program ended in 2021.

Changes In Contract Assets And Contract Liabilities

	Contract Assets				Contract Liabilities
($ in millions)	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Balance at December 31, 2021 (Successor)	$	-	$	-	$	27	$	11
Revenue recognized included
in opening contract balance		-		-		(9)		(3)
Credits granted, excluding amounts
recognized as revenue		-		-		9		5
Balance at March 31, 2022 (Successor)	$	-	$	-	$	27	$	13
	Contract Assets				Contract Liabilities
($ in millions)	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Balance at December 31, 2020 (Predecessor)	$	6	$	9	$	58	$	20
Revenue recognized included
in opening contract balance		(4)		-		(17)		(2)
Cash received, excluding amounts
recognized as revenue		-		-		17		1
Balance at March 31, 2021 (Predecessor)	$	2	$	9	$	58	$	19

Performance Obligations, Revenue

($ in millions)	Revenue from contracts with customers
2022 (remaining nine months)	$	601
2023		379
2024		221
2025		98
2026		55
Thereafter		84
Total	$	1,438

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Accounts Receivable (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Accounts Receivable [Abstract]

Accounts Receivable

($ in millions)	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Retail and wholesale	$	409	$	441
Other		53		74
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(65)		(57)
Accounts receivable, net	$	397	$	458

Activity In The Allowance For Credit Losses

($ in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	57
Provision for bad debt		7
Amounts charged to revenue		11
Write offs charged against the allowance		(9)
Other		(1)
Balance at March 31, 2022	$	65

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Property, Plant And Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant And Equipment, Net

($ in millions)	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Property, plant and equipment	$	10,282	$	9,707
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(707)		(508)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	9,575	$	9,199

Schedule Of Depreciation Expense

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Depreciation expense	$	204	$	308

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Other Intangibles (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Other Intangibles [Abstract]

Schedule Of Intangible Assets

The components of other intangibles as of March 31, 2022 was follows:

	March 31, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
($ in millions)	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amount		Amortization		Amount
Intangibles:
Customer Relationships - Business	$	800	$	(67)	$	733	$	800	$	(48)	$	752
Customer Relationships - Wholesale		3,491		(200)		3,291		3,491		(146)		3,345
Trademarks & Tradenames		150		(27)		123		150		(20)		130
Total other intangibles	$	4,441	$	(294)	$	4,147	$	4,441	$	(214)	$	4,227

Schedule Of Amortization Expense

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Amortization expense	$	80	$	79

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Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Fair Value Of Long-Term Debt

	March 31, 2022				December 31, 2021
($ in millions)		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Total debt	$	7,774	$	7,543	$	7,777	$	7,996

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Long-Term Debt [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

			For the three months ended ‎March 31, 2022
			Principal
	January 1,		Payments		New		March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		and Retirements		Borrowings		2022
Secured debt issued by Frontier	$	6,927	$	(3)	$	-	$	6,924
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries		100		-		-		100
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries		750		-		-		750
Principal outstanding	$	7,777	$	(3)	$	-	$	7,774
Less: Debt Issuance Costs		(13)						(13)
Less: Current Portion		(15)						(15)
Plus: Unamortized fair value adjustments (1)		219						211
Total Long-term debt	$	7,968					$	7,957

(1)Upon emergence, we adjusted the carrying value of our debt to fair value. The adjustment consisted of the elimination of the existing unamortized debt issuance costs and unamortized discounts and recording a balance of $236 million as a fair value adjustment. The fair value accounting adjustment is being amortized into interest expense using the effective interest method.

Schedule Of Secured And Unsecured Debt

	March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
	Principal		Interest	Principal		Interest
($ in millions)	Outstanding		Rate	Outstanding		Rate
Secured debt issued by Frontier
Term loan due 10/8/2027	$	1,460	4.500% (Variable)	$	1,464	4.500% (Variable)
First lien notes due 10/15/2027		1,150	5.875%		1,150	5.875%
First lien notes due 5/1/2028		1,550	5.000%		1,550	5.000%
Second lien notes due 11/1/2029		750	5.875%		750	5.875%
Second lien notes due 5/1/2029		1,000	6.750%		1,000	6.750%
Second lien notes due 1/15/2030		1,000	6.000%		1,000	6.000%
IDRB due 5/1/2030		14	6.200%		13	6.200%
Secured debt issued by Frontier		6,924			6,927
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries
Debentures due 11/15/2031		100	8.500%		100	8.500%
Secured debt issued by subsidiaries		100			100
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries
Debentures due 5/15/2027		200	6.750%		200	6.750%
Debentures due 2/1/2028		300	6.860%		300	6.860%
Debentures due 2/15/2028		200	6.730%		200	6.730%
Debentures due 10/15/2029		50	8.400%		50	8.400%
Unsecured debt issued by subsidiaries		750			750
Principal outstanding	$	7,774	5.704% (1)	$	7,777	5.702% (1)

⁽¹⁾ Interest rate represents a weighted average of the stated interest rates of multiple issuances.

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Restructuring And Other Charges (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Restructuring Costs And Other Charges [Abstract]

Changes In Restructuring Reserve

($ in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	$	7
Severance expense		6
Other costs		4
Cash payments during the period		(9)
Balance at March 31, 2022	$	8

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Investment And Other Income (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Investment And Other Income [Abstract]

Components Of Investment And Other Income (Loss)

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Interest and dividend income	$	2	$	-
Pension benefit		25		4
OPEB costs		(3)		(3)
OPEB remeasurement		54		-
All other, net		(1)		1
Total investment and other income, net	$	77	$	2

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Stock Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Stock Plans [Abstract]

Restricted Shares Outstanding

2021 Incentive Plan
		Weighted
		Average
	Number of	Grant Date		Aggregate
	Shares	Fair Value		Fair Value
	(in thousands)	(per share)		(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	2,483	$	28.67	$	72
Restricted stock granted	760	$	26.04	$	21
Restricted stock vested	(86)	$	25.73	$	(2)
Restricted stock forfeited	(50)	$	26.04
Balance at March 31, 2022	3,107	$	25.85	$	86

Target Performance Shares

2021 Incentive Plan
			Weighted
			Average
	Number of		Grant Date	Aggregate
	Shares		Fair Value	Fair Value
	(in thousands)		(per share)	(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2022	3,144	$	25.62	$	92
Target performance shares awarded, net	240	$	25.97	$	7
Target performance shares earned	-	$	-	$	-
Target performance shares forfeited	(9)	$	25.61
Balance at March 31, 2022	3,375	$	25.64	$	93

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Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Reconciliation Of Provision For Income Taxes

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income
tax expense	6.7		8.7
Changes in certain deferred tax balances	-		60.9
Interest expense deduction	-		(36.7)
Restructuring cost	-		5.1
Tax reserve adjustment	0.5		-
Tax Credit	(1.1)		-
Sec.162(m) - nondeductible Executive Compensation	4.5		-
All other, net	-		0.2
Effective tax rate	31.6	%	59.2	%

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Net Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Net Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation Of Net Loss Per Share

	Successor		Predecessor
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)	2022		2021
Net income used for basic and diluted earnings
per share:
Total basic net income
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	65	$	60
Effect of loss related to dilutive stock units		-		-
Total diluted net income
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	65	$	60
Basic earnings per share:
Total weighted average shares and unvested restricted stock
awards outstanding - basic		244,433		104,786
Less: Weighted average unvested restricted stock awards		-		(230)
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		244,433		104,556
Basic net earnings per share
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	0.27	$	0.57
Diluted earnings per share:
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		244,433		104,556
Effect of dilutive stock units		-		340
Effect of dilutive restricted stock awards		818		-
Total weighted average shares outstanding - diluted		245,251		104,896
Diluted net earnings per share
attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$	0.26	$	0.57

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Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net Of Tax

	Pension		OPEB
($ in millions)	Costs		Costs		Total
Balance at January 1, 2022 (Successor) (1)	$	-	$	60	$	60
Other comprehensive income (loss)
before reclassifications		-		1		1
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
comprehensive loss to net loss		-		(3)		(3)
Net current-period other comprehensive
income (loss)		-		(2)		(2)
Balance at March 31, 2022 (Successor) (1)	$	-	$	58	$	58
	Pension		OPEB
($ in millions)	Costs		Costs		Total
Balance at January 1, 2021 (Predecessor) (1)	$	(699)	$	(56)	$	(755)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
before reclassifications		-		-		-
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
comprehensive loss to net income		14		(3)		11
Net current-period other comprehensive
income (loss)		14		(3)		11
Balance at March 31, 2021 (Predecessor) (1)	$	(685)	$	(59)	$	(744)

⁽¹⁾ Pension and OPEB amounts are net of tax of $15 million and $234 million as of January 1, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $15 million and $230 million as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Reclassification Out Of AOCI

	Successor		Predecessor
	Amount Reclassified from
	Accumulated Other
	Comprehensive Loss (1)
($ in millions)					Affected Line Item in
	For the three months ended		For the three months ended		the Statement Where
Details about Accumulated Other	March 31,		March 31,		Net Income (Loss)
Comprehensive Loss Components	2022		2021		is Presented
Amortization of Pension Cost Items
Actuarial gains (losses)	$	-	$	(18)
One-time loss on disposal		-		-
		-		(18)	Income (Loss) before income taxes
Tax impact		-		4	Income tax benefit
	$	-	$	(14)	Net income (loss)
Amortization of OPEB Cost Items
Prior-service costs	$	3	$	7
Actuarial gains (losses)		-		(3)
		3		4	Income (Loss) before income taxes
Tax impact		-		(1)	Income tax benefit
	$	3	$	3	Net income (loss)

⁽¹⁾ These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and OPEB costs (See Note 15 - Retirement Plans for additional details).

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Retirement Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Retirement Plans [Abstract]

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

	Successor		Predecessor
	Pension Benefits
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Components of total pension benefit cost
Service cost	$	21	$	24
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		24		23
Expected return on plan assets		(49)		(45)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-		18
Total pension benefit cost	$	(4)	$	20
	Successor		Predecessor
	Postretirement Benefits
	For the three months ended March 31,		For the three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021
Components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost
Service cost	$	4	$	5
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		6		7
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)		(3)		(7)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		-		3
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost	$	7	$	8

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment	1
Restricted cash, current	$ 17,000		$ 17,000
Restricted cash, noncurrent	32,000		$ 34,000
Short-term Investments	$ 900,000
Business And Wholesale [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life	11 years
Business And Wholesale [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life	16 years
Trademarks and Tradenames [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life	5 years
Amortization method	5
Successor [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Lease Impairment	$ 44,000
Predecessor [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Reorganization Items		$ 25,000
Customer surcharges		$ 55,000

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Revenue Recognition (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from remaining performance obligations	$ 1,438
Predecessor [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Lease revenue	$ 16	$ 16

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Revenue Recognition (Disaggregation Of Revenue) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	$ 1,442,000
Subsidy and other revenue	5,000
Total revenue	1,447,000
Successor [Member] | Data And Internet Services [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	836,000
Successor [Member] | Voice Services [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	386,000
Successor [Member] | Video Services [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	137,000
Successor [Member] | Other [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	83,000
Successor [Member] | Consumer [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	776,000
Successor [Member] | Commercial [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	$ 666,000
Predecessor [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers		$ 1,593,000
Subsidy and other revenue		83,000
Total revenue		1,676,000
Predecessor [Member] | Data And Internet Services [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers		842,000
Predecessor [Member] | Voice Services [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers		487,000
Predecessor [Member] | Video Services [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers		169,000
Predecessor [Member] | Other [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers		95,000
Predecessor [Member] | Consumer [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers		850,000
Predecessor [Member] | Commercial [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers		$ 743,000

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Revenue Recognition (Changes In Contract Assets And Contract Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member]
Contract current liabilities, Beginning balance	$ 27
Contract current liabilities, Revenue recognized included in opening contract balance	(9)
Contract current liabilities, Credits granted, excluding amounts recognized as revenue	9
Contract current liabilities, Ending balance	27
Contract noncurrent liabilities, Beginning balance	11
Contract noncurrent liabilities, Revenue recognized included in opening contract balance	(3)
Contract noncurrent liabilities, Credits granted, excluding amounts recognized as revenue	5
Contract noncurrent liabilities, Ending balance	$ 13
Predecessor [Member]
Contract current assets, Beginning balance		$ 6
Contract current assets, Revenue recognized included in opening contract balance		(4)
Contract current assets, Ending balance		2
Contract noncurrent assets, Beginning balance		9
Contract noncurrent assets, Ending balance		9
Contract current liabilities, Beginning balance		58
Contract current liabilities, Revenue recognized included in opening contract balance		(17)
Contract current liabilities, Cash received, excluding amounts recognized as revenue		17
Contract current liabilities, Ending balance		58
Contract noncurrent liabilities, Beginning balance		20
Contract noncurrent liabilities, Revenue recognized included in opening contract balance		(2)
Contract noncurrent liabilities, Cash received, excluding amounts recognized as revenue		1
Contract noncurrent liabilities, Ending balance		$ 19

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Revenue Recognition (Performance Obligations, Revenue) (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue from remaining performance obligations	$ 1,438
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-04-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue from remaining performance obligations	$ 601
Performance obligation satisfaction period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue from remaining performance obligations	$ 379
Performance obligation satisfaction period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue from remaining performance obligations	$ 221
Performance obligation satisfaction period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2025-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue from remaining performance obligations	$ 98
Performance obligation satisfaction period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2026-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue from remaining performance obligations	$ 55
Performance obligation satisfaction period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2027-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue from remaining performance obligations	$ 84
Performance obligation satisfaction period	1 year

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Accounts Receivable (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Provision for uncollectible amounts	$ 7
Successor [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Provision for uncollectible amounts	$ 7
Predecessor [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Provision for uncollectible amounts		$ 10

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Accounts Receivable (Accounts Receivable) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ (65)	$ (57)
Accounts receivable, net	397	458
Retail And Wholesale [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accounts receivable	409	441
Other [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accounts receivable	$ 53	$ 74

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Accounts Receivable (Activity In The Allowance For Credit Losses) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Allowance for credit losses, Beginning Balance	$ 57
Provision for bad debt	7
Amounts charged to revenue	11
Write offs charged against the allowance	(9)
Other	(1)
Allowance for credit losses, Ending Balance	$ 65

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Property, Plant And Equipment (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	$ 10,282	$ 9,707
Successor [Member] | Fixed Assets [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment	$ 8,500
Predecessor [Member] | Fixed Assets [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment			$ 13,000

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Property, Plant, And Equipment (Property, Plant And Equipment, Net) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment	$ 10,282	$ 9,707
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(707)	(508)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$ 9,575	$ 9,199

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Property, Plant, And Equipment (Schedule Of Depreciation Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member]
Depreciation expense	$ 204
Predecessor [Member]
Depreciation expense		$ 308

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Other Intangibles (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022
Customer Relationships - Wholesale [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	16 years
Customer Relationships - Business [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	11 years
Trademarks and Tradenames [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	5 years
Predecessor [Member] | Customer Base [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	8 years
Predecessor [Member] | Customer Base [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	12 years

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Other Intangibles (Schedule Of Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 4,441	$ 4,441
Accumulated Amortization	(294)	(214)
Net Carrying Amount	4,147	4,227
Customer Relationships - Business [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	800	800
Accumulated Amortization	(67)	(48)
Net Carrying Amount	733	752
Customer Relationships - Wholesale [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	3,491	3,491
Accumulated Amortization	(200)	(146)
Net Carrying Amount	3,291	3,345
Trademarks and Tradenames [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	150	150
Accumulated Amortization	(27)	(20)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 123	$ 130

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Other Intangibles (Schedule Of Amortization Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member]
Amortization expense	$ 80
Predecessor [Member]
Amortization expense		$ 79

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Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Fair Value Of Long-Term Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Carrying Amount [Member]
Long-term debt [Abstract]
Total debt	$ 7,774	$ 7,777
Fair Value [Member]
Long-term debt [Abstract]
Total debt	$ 7,543	$ 7,996

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Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions					3 Months Ended
	Oct. 13, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	Nov. 25, 2020	Oct. 08, 2020	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Oct. 12, 2021	Apr. 14, 2021	Feb. 27, 2017
First Lien Notes Due 4/1/2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate					8.00%
Maturity date					Apr. 01, 2027
Second Lien Notes Due 4/1/2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate					8.50%
Maturity date					Apr. 01, 2026
Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date					Oct. 08, 2027
Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity									$ 1,468
Term Loan Facility [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					3.75%
Term Loan Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					2.75%
Term Loan Facility [Member] | LIBOR Floor Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					0.75%
Revolving Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding				$ 133
Available borrowing capacity					$ 492
Maximum lien leverage ratio covenant	3.00%							2.75%
Maturity date					Apr. 30, 2025
Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity					$ 625				$ 625
Revolving Facility [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					3.50%
Revolving Facility [Member] | Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					2.50%
Revolving Facility [Member] | LIBOR Floor Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin					0.00%
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Second Lien Notes Due 2030 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 1,000
Interest rate	6.00%
Maturity year	2030
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | DIP-to-Exit First Lien Notes Due 10/15/2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount				$ 1,150
Interest rate				5.875%
Maturity date				Oct. 15, 2027
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | DIP-to-Exit First Lien Notes Due 5/1/2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 1,550
Interest rate			5.00%
Maturity date			May 01, 2028
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Second Lien Notes Due 05/01/2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 1,000
Interest rate			6.75%
Maturity date			May 01, 2029
Senior Secured Notes [Member] | Takeback Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 750
Interest rate		5.875%
Maturity date		Nov. 01, 2029
Successor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross					$ 7,774		$ 7,777
Successor [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Common stock shares issued										244,401,000
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross					$ 6,924
Predecessor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross							7,777
Interest expense						$ 338
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross							$ 6,927

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Long-Term Debt (Long-Term Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Less: Current Portion	$ (15)	$ (15)
Long-term debt	7,957	7,968
Long-term debt, fair value adjustment	236
Successor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding, beginning	7,777
Principal Payments and Retirements	(3)
Principal debt outstanding, ending	7,774
Less: Debt Issuance Costs	(13)	(13)
Less: Current Portion	(15)	(15)
Plus: Unamortized fair value adjustments	211	219
Long-term debt	7,957	$ 7,968
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt Issued By Frontier [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding, beginning	6,927
Principal Payments and Retirements	(3)
Principal debt outstanding, ending	6,924
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt Issued By Subsidiaries [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding, beginning	100
Principal debt outstanding, ending	100
Successor [Member] | Unsecured Debt Issued By Subsidiaries [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding, beginning	750
Principal debt outstanding, ending	750
Predecessor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding, beginning	$ 7,777

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Long-Term Debt (Schedule Of Secured And Unsecured Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Successor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 7,774	$ 7,777
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	6,924
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Term Loan Due 10/8/2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 1,460
Interest rate	4.50%
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | First Lien Notes Due 10/15/2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 1,150
Interest rate	5.875%
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | First Lien Notes Due 5/1/2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 1,550
Interest rate	5.00%
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Second Lien Notes Due 11/1/2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 750
Interest rate	5.875%
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Second Lien Notes Due 5/1/2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 1,000
Interest rate	6.75%
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Second Lien Notes Due 1/15/2030 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 1,000
Interest rate	6.00%
Successor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | IDRB Due 5/1/2030 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 14
Interest rate	6.20%
Successor [Member] | Secured Subsidiary Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 100
Successor [Member] | Secured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 11/15/2031 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 100
Interest rate	8.50%
Successor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 750
Successor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 5/15/2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 200
Interest rate	6.75%
Successor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 2/1/2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 300
Interest rate	6.86%
Successor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 2/15/2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 200
Interest rate	6.73%
Successor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 10/15/2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding	$ 50
Interest rate	8.40%
Successor [Member] | Total Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	5.704%
Predecessor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		7,777
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		6,927
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Term Loan Due 10/8/2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 1,464
Interest rate		4.50%
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | First Lien Notes Due 10/15/2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 1,150
Interest rate		5.875%
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | First Lien Notes Due 5/1/2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 1,550
Interest rate		5.00%
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Second Lien Notes Due 11/1/2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 750
Interest rate		5.875%
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Second Lien Notes Due 5/1/2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 1,000
Interest rate		6.75%
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Second Lien Notes Due 1/15/2030 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 1,000
Interest rate		6.00%
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | IDRB Due 5/1/2030 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 13
Interest rate		6.20%
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Subsidiary Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 100
Predecessor [Member] | Secured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 11/15/2031 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 100
Interest rate		8.50%
Predecessor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 750
Predecessor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 5/15/2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 200
Interest rate		6.75%
Predecessor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 2/1/2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 300
Interest rate		6.86%
Predecessor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 2/15/2028 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 200
Interest rate		6.73%
Predecessor [Member] | Unsecured Subsidiary Debt [Member] | Debentures Due 10/15/2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal debt outstanding		$ 50
Interest rate		8.40%
Predecessor [Member] | Total Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate		5.702%

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Restructuring Costs And Other Charges (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Lease Impairment Costs [Member]
Restructuring costs and other charges	$ 44,000
Severance And Employee Costs [Member]
Restructuring costs and other charges	6,000	$ 6,000
Other Restructuring [Member]
Restructuring costs and other charges	4,000
Successor [Member]
Restructuring costs and other charges	$ 54,000
Predecessor [Member]
Restructuring costs and other charges		$ 2,000

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Restructuring Costs And Other Charges (Changes In Restructuring Reserve) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Restructuring Costs And Other Charges [Abstract]
Restructuring Reserve, Beginning Balance	$ 7
Severance expense	6
Other costs	4
Cash payments during the period	(9)
Restructuring Reserve, Ending Balance	$ 8

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Investment And Other Income (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Successor [Member]
OPEB Remeasurement	$ 54

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Investment And Other Income (Components Of Investment And Other Income (Loss)) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member]
Interest and dividend income	$ 2,000
Pension benefit	25,000
OPEB costs	(3,000)
OPEB remeasurement	54,000
All other, net	(1,000)
Investment and other income, net	$ 77,000
Predecessor [Member]
Pension benefit		$ 4,000
OPEB costs		(3,000)
All other, net		1,000
Investment and other income, net		$ 2,000

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Stock Plans (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Remaining unrecognized compensation cost associated with unvested restricted stock awards	$ 68
Weighted average period over which unvested restricted stock awards unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized (in years)	2 years
Compensation expense	$ 9
Performance Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Measurement period	3 years
Performance metric percent	33.30%
Compensation expense	$ 6
Minimum [Member] | Performance Stock [Member] | PSUs 2021 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payout range, percent of target units	0.00%
Minimum [Member] | Performance Stock [Member] | PSUs 2022 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payout range, percent of target units	0.00%
Maximum [Member] | Performance Stock [Member] | PSUs 2021 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payout range, percent of target units	300.00%
Maximum [Member] | Performance Stock [Member] | PSUs 2022 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payout range, percent of target units	200.00%
Successor [Member] | Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. 2021 Management Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for grant under the plan (in shares) | shares	15,600,000
Unvested outstanding | shares	2,500,000

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Stock Plans (Restricted Shares Outstanding) (Details) - 2021 Incentive Plan [Member] $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of period (in shares) | shares	3,144
Restricted stock granted (in shares) | shares	240
Restricted stock forfeited (in shares) | shares	(9)
Balance at end of period (in shares) | shares	3,375
Balance at beginning of period (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	$ 25.62
Restricted stock granted (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	25.97
Restricted stock forfeited (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	25.61
Balance at end of period (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	$ 25.64
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of period (in shares) | shares	2,483
Restricted stock granted (in shares) | shares	760
Restricted stock vested (in shares) | shares	(86)
Restricted stock forfeited (in shares) | shares	(50)
Balance at end of period (in shares) | shares	3,107
Balance at beginning of period (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	$ 28.67
Restricted stock granted (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	26.04
Restricted stock vested (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	25.73
Restricted stock forfeited (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	26.04
Balance at end of period (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	$ 25.85
Balance at beginning of period | $	$ 72
Restricted stock granted | $	21
Restricted stock vested | $	(2)
Restricted stock forfeited | $
Balance at end of period | $	$ 86

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Stock Plans (Target Performance Shares) (Details) - 2021 Incentive Plan [Member] $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of period (in shares) | shares	3,144
Target performance shares awarded, net (in shares) | shares	240
Target performance shares forfeited (in shares) | shares	(9)
Balance at end of period (in shares) | shares	3,375
Balance at beginning of period (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	$ 25.62
Target performance shares awarded, net (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	25.97
Target performance shares forfeited (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	25.61
Balance at end of period (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares	$ 25.64
Balance at beginning of period | $	$ 92
Target performance shares awarded, net | $	7
Balance at end of period | $	$ 93

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Valuation allowance	$ 134
Valuation allowance, net of federal benefit	$ 106

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Income Taxes (Reconciliation Of Provision For Income Taxes) (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member]
Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate	21.00%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income tax expense	6.70%
Tax reserve adjustment	0.50%
Tax Credit	(1.10%)
Sec.162(m) - nondeductible Executive Compensation	4.50%
Effective tax rate	31.60%
Predecessor [Member]
Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate		21.00%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income tax expense		8.70%
Changes in certain deferred tax balances		60.90%
Interest expense deduction		(36.70%)
Restructuring cost		5.10%
All other, net		0.20%
Effective tax rate		59.20%

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Net Earnings Per Share (Reconciliation Of Net Loss Per Share) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total basic net income attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$ 65
Total diluted net income attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$ 65
Total weighted average shares and unvested restricted stock awards outstanding - basic (in shares)	244,433
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic	244,433
Basic net earnings per share attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$ 0.27
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic	244,433
Total weighted average shares outstanding - diluted	245,251
Diluted net earnings per share attributable to Frontier common shareholders	$ 0.26
Successor [Member] | Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Effect of dilutive awards (in shares)	818,000
Predecessor [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total basic net income attributable to Frontier common shareholders		$ 60
Total diluted net income attributable to Frontier common shareholders		$ 60
Total weighted average shares and unvested restricted stock awards outstanding - basic (in shares)		104,786
Less: Weighted average unvested restricted stock awards		(230)
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		104,556
Basic net earnings per share attributable to Frontier common shareholders		$ 0.57
Total weighted average shares outstanding - basic		104,556
Total weighted average shares outstanding - diluted		104,896
Diluted net earnings per share attributable to Frontier common shareholders		$ 0.57
Predecessor [Member] | Stock Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Effect of dilutive awards (in shares)		340

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Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net Of Tax) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021	Jan. 01, 2022	Jan. 01, 2021
Successor [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance at beginning	$ 4,600
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	(2)
Balance at ending	4,678
Successor [Member] | Pension And OPEB [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	15
Successor [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance at beginning	60
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	1
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net loss	(3)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	(2)
Balance at ending	58
Successor [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] | OPEB [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance at beginning	60
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	1
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net loss	(3)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	(2)
Balance at ending	$ 58
Predecessor [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance at beginning		$ (4,900)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)		11
Balance at ending		(4,830)
Predecessor [Member] | Pension And OPEB [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		230	$ 15	$ 234
Predecessor [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance at beginning		(755)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net loss		11
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)		11
Balance at ending		(744)
Predecessor [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] | Pension [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance at beginning		(699)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net loss		14
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)		14
Balance at ending		(685)
Predecessor [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] | OPEB [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance at beginning		(56)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net loss		(3)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)		(3)
Balance at ending		$ (59)

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Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Reclassification Out Of AOCI) (Details) - Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member] | OPEB [Member] | Amortization Of Defined Benefit Cost Items [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassifications, pretax	$ 3
Reclassifications, net of tax	3
Successor [Member] | OPEB [Member] | Prior-Service Credits (Costs) [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassifications, pretax	$ 3
Predecessor [Member] | Pension [Member] | Amortization Of Defined Benefit Cost Items [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassifications, pretax		$ (18)
Tax impact		4
Reclassifications, net of tax		(14)
Predecessor [Member] | Pension [Member] | Actuarial Gains (Losses) [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassifications, pretax		(18)
Predecessor [Member] | OPEB [Member] | Amortization Of Defined Benefit Cost Items [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassifications, pretax		4
Tax impact		(1)
Reclassifications, net of tax		3
Predecessor [Member] | OPEB [Member] | Prior-Service Credits (Costs) [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassifications, pretax		7
Predecessor [Member] | OPEB [Member] | Actuarial Gains (Losses) [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassifications, pretax		$ (3)

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Retirement Plans (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Capitalization of pension and OPEB expense	$ 6	$ 6
Successor [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
OPEB Remeasurement	54
Pension [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Contributions to plans	32
Increase in plan assets	184
Investment returns	183
Plan assets	2,471		$ 2,655
Benefit payments	$ 33

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Retirement Plans (Net Periodic Benefit Cost) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Successor [Member] | Pension [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	$ 21
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation	24
Expected return on plan assets	(49)
Net periodic benefit cost	(4)
Successor [Member] | OPEB [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	4
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation	6
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	(3)
Net periodic benefit cost	$ 7
Predecessor [Member] | Pension [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost		$ 24
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		23
Expected return on plan assets		(45)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		18
Net periodic benefit cost		20
Predecessor [Member] | OPEB [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost		5
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		7
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)		(7)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		3
Net periodic benefit cost		$ 8

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Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
	Oct. 04, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 07, 2020 USD ($) state item	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) state
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Annual support offered by the Federal Communications Commission			$ 11,200
FTC And California [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation payment	$ 9
CAF Phase II [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of states of operation | state			25
Annual support offered by the Federal Communications Commission			$ 313
RDOF Program, Phase I [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Awarded amount		$ 371
Period to build gigabit capable broadband		10 years
Number of location to build gigabit capable broadband | item		127,000
Number of states to build gigabit capable broadband | state		8
Minimum [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Terms of lease arrangements			1 year
Maximum [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Terms of lease arrangements			99 years