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Frontier Communications Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/14 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 8/7/14, at 10:26am ET   ·   For:  6/30/14   ·   Accession #:  20520-14-68   ·   File #:  1-11001

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/07/14  Frontier Communications Corp      10-Q        6/30/14   78:13M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.15M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    540K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     54K 
 4: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     40K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
53: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     41K 
42: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    121K 
51: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     36K 
56: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Operations               HTML     72K 
72: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML     37K 
                (Loss)                                                           
44: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Equity                   HTML     61K 
50: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML    114K 
38: R8          Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     39K 
29: R9          Recent Accounting Literature                        HTML     32K 
73: R10         The Transactions                                    HTML     35K 
58: R11         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     46K 
57: R12         Property, Plant And Equipment                       HTML     43K 
63: R13         Goodwill And Other Intangibles                      HTML     96K 
64: R14         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments                 HTML     61K 
61: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    244K 
65: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     89K 
52: R17         Net Income Per Common Share                         HTML    134K 
54: R18         Stock Plans                                         HTML     85K 
60: R19         Segment Information                                 HTML     31K 
78: R20         Comprehensive Income                                HTML    190K 
68: R21         Retirement Plans                                    HTML    142K 
47: R22         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     46K 
59: R23         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     45K 
                (Policies)                                                       
49: R24         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     41K 
23: R25         Property, Plant And Equipment (Tables)              HTML     40K 
69: R26         Goodwill And Other Intangibles (Tables)             HTML     91K 
75: R27         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     57K 
33: R28         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML    234K 
32: R29         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     83K 
36: R30         Net Income Per Common Share (Tables)                HTML    128K 
37: R31         Stock Plans (Tables)                                HTML     65K 
39: R32         Comprehensive Income (Tables)                       HTML    187K 
21: R33         Retirement Plans (Tables)                           HTML    136K 
66: R34         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R35         The Transactions (Details)                          HTML     27K 
48: R36         Accounts Receivable (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     24K 
26: R37         Accounts Receivable (Accounts Receivable)           HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R38         Property, Plant And Equipment (Narrative)           HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
15: R39         Property, Plant And Equipment (Property, Plant And  HTML     31K 
                Equipment, Net) (Details)                                        
40: R40         Goodwill And Other Intangibles (Narrative)          HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R41         Goodwill And Other Intangibles (Components Of       HTML     28K 
                Goodwill By Reporting Units) (Details)                           
25: R42         Goodwill And Other Intangibles (Components Of       HTML     31K 
                Other Intangibles) (Details)                                     
31: R43         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Long Term      HTML     24K 
                Debt) (Details)                                                  
35: R44         Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     86K 
43: R45         Long-Term Debt (Long-Term Debt) (Details)           HTML     48K 
20: R46         Long-Term Debt (Senior Unsecured Debt) (Details)    HTML     81K 
28: R47         Long-Term Debt (Debt Maturities By Year) (Details)  HTML     35K 
17: R48         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     34K 
70: R49         Income Taxes (Reconciliation Of Provision For       HTML     46K 
                Income Taxes) (Details)                                          
24: R50         Net Income Per Common Share (Narrative) (Details)   HTML     32K 
67: R51         Net Income Per Common Share (Calculation Of Net     HTML     56K 
                Income Per Common Share) (Details)                               
27: R52         Stock Plans (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     56K 
41: R53         Stock Plans (LTIP Target Performance Shares)        HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
16: R54         Stock Plans (Restricted Shares Outstanding)         HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
19: R55         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     23K 
34: R56         Comprehensive Income (Accumulated Other             HTML     41K 
                Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax) (Details)                        
22: R57         Comprehensive Income (Reclassification Out of       HTML     49K 
                AOCI) (Details)                                                  
74: R58         Retirement Plans (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     53K 
45: R59         Retirement Plans (Net Periodic Benefit Cost)        HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R60         Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative)           HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    111K 
18: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    147K 
30: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.13M 
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- ftr-20140630                        XML   2.76M 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ftr-20140630_cal                XML    165K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ftr-20140630_def                 XML    383K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ftr-20140630_lab                      XML   1.00M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ftr-20140630_pre               XML    732K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ftr-20140630                          XSD    153K 
55: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000020520-14-000068-xbrl      Zip    146K

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