# NYNEX One of the seven [[wiki/Regional Bell Operating Companies|Regional Bell Operating Companies]] created in 1984, serving New York and New England. Merged with Bell Atlantic in 1997; the combined entity later merged with [[wiki/GTE|GTE]] to form [[wiki/Verizon|Verizon]] in 2000. Documented in [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]].