|  X |      Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
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|   | For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 |
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|   | or |
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|   |      Transition Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
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|   | For the transition period from _____ to _____ |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------|

|   | Commission file number 001-11001 |
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|   | Frontier Communications 401(k) Savings Plan |
|--------|---------------------------------------------|

|   | (Full title of the Plan) |
|--------|--------------------------|

|   | Frontier Communications Corporation |
|--------|-------------------------------------|

|   | 3 High Ridge Park |
|--------|-------------------|

|   | P.O. Box 3801 |
|--------|---------------|

|   |                 Stamford, CT  06905                 |
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|   | (Name of issuer of the securities held |
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|   | pursuant to the Plan and the address |
|--------|--------------------------------------|

|   | of its principal executive offices) |
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|  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Financial Statements: Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2009 Notes to Financial Statements Supplemental Schedules: * Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31,  2009 Signature Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm  |  1   2 3 4-13   14 15 16 |

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|                                                                                  |   | 2009   |        |   | 2008   |   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Assets:                                                                               |   |   |        |   |   |   |
|    Cash and Cash Equivalents:                                               |   |   |        |   |   |   |
|  Uninvested Cash                                                                 |   | $      | –     |   |   | $      | 6,552 |   |
|    Investments (Note 3):                                                    |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|  Frontier Communications Corporation common stock                                |   |   | 28,993,392  |   |   |   | 31,888,764 |   |
|  Registered Investment Companies                                                 |   |   | 262,915,976 |   |   |   | 163,021,519 |   |
|  Collective trusts                                                               |   |   | 87,428,787  |   |   |   | 129,455,844 |   |
|  Participant loans                                                               |   |   | 15,560,970  |   |   |   | 15,810,995 |   |
|  Brokerage accounts                                                              |   |   | 601,287     |   |   |   | 498,177 |   |
|        Total investments, at fair value                      |   |   | 395,500,412 |   |   |   | 340,675,299 |   |
| Receivables:                                                                          |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|  Global Crossing Settlement (Note 9)                                             |   |   | –     |   |   |   | 641,822 |   |
|  Employer contributions                                                          |   |   | 91,123      |   |   |   | 476,771 |   |
|  Participant contributions                                                       |   |   | 359,739     |   |   |   | 371,099 |   |
|  Other receivables                                                               |   |   | 22,325      |   |   |   | - |   |
|        Total receivables                                |   |   | 473,187     |   |   |   | 1,489,692 |   |
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|        Net assets available for benefits, at fair value |   |   | 395,973,599 |   |   |   | 342,171,543 |   |
|  Adjustment from fair value to contract value for                                |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|     interest in a collective trust relating to fully benefit-          |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|     responsive investment contracts                                    |   |   | 1,098,463   |   |   |   | 851,792 |   |
|                                                                             |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|       Net assets available for benefits                           |   | $      | 397,072,062 |   |   | $      | 343,023,335 |   |
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |

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| Additions to net assets attributed to:                                              |   | 2009   |        |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------|
|   Investment income:                                                           |   |   |        |
| Dividends                                                                           |   | $      | 11,551,078  |   |
| Interest                                                                            |   |   | 936,869     |   |
| Net appreciation in fair value of investments (Note 3)                              |   |   | 45,181,129  |   |
| Total investment income                                                             |   |   | 57,669,076  |   |
| Contributions:                                                                      |   |   |        |   |
| Participant                                                                         |   |   | 19,854,594  |   |
| Employer                                                                            |   |   | 4,925,914   |   |
| Rollover                                                                            |   |   | 476,579     |   |
| Total contributions                                                                 |   |   | 25,257,087  |   |
| Total additions                                                                     |   |   | 82,926,163  |   |
| Deductions from net assets attributed to:                                           |   |   |        |   |
| Distributions to participants                                                       |   |   | (28,750,687 | ) |
| Administrative Expense                                                              |   |   | (16,244     | ) |
| Pass-through dividends                                                              |   |   | (110,505    | ) |
|             Total deductions |   |   | (28,877,436 | ) |
|                                                                                |   |   |        |   |
| Net increase in net assets available for benefits                                   |   |   | 54,048,727  |   |
|  Net assets available for benefits:                                            |   |   |        |   |
| Beginning of year                                                                   |   |   | 343,023,335 |   |
| End of year                                                                         |   | $      | 397,072,062 |   |
|                                                                                |   |   |        |   |

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| (1) | Description of the Plan |
|-----|-------------------------|

|   | (a) | Background |
|--------|-----|------------|

|   | (b) | Contributions |
|--------|-----|---------------|

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|   | (c) | Participant Accounts |
|--------|-----|----------------------|

|   | (d) | Vesting |
|--------|-----|---------|

|                          |   | Vesting    |   |
|-------------------------------|--------|------------|--------|
| Years of Service              |   | Percentage |   |
|                          |   |       |   |
| Less than 2 years             |   |       | 0%     |   |
| 2 years but less than 3 years |   |       | 40%    |   |
| 3 years but less than 4 years |   |       | 60%    |   |
| 4 years but less than 5 years |   |       | 80%    |   |
| 5 years or more               |   |       | 100%   |   |

|   |  (e) | Participant Loans |
|--------|-----------|-------------------|

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|   | (f) | Payment of Benefits |
|--------|-----|---------------------|

|   | (g) | Forfeitures |
|--------|-----|-------------|

|   | (h) | Administrative Expenses |
|--------|-----|-------------------------|

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| Frontier Communications Corporation Common Stock Fund                               |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund Class R4                                     |
| American Funds Growth Fund of America Class R4                                      |
| BrokerageLink                                                                       |
| Columbia Acorn Fund Class Z                                                         |
| Fidelity Freedom 2005 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2015 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2035 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2045 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom 2050 Fund                                                          |
| Fidelity Freedom Income Fund                                                        |
| Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II Class 2                                        |
| Hartford Small Company Fund HLS Class 1A                                            |
| JP Morgan Mid Cap Value Fund, A                                                     |
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - U.S. Real Estate Portfolio Class I Shares |
| PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Shares                                        |
| T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund                                                    |
| Vanguard Life Strategy Growth                                                       |
| Vanguard Life Strategy Income                                                       |
| Vanguard Long Term Treasury Fund Admiral Shares                                     |
| Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund Institutional Shares                                    |
| Vanguard Wellington Fund Admiral Shares                                             |
| Vanguard Institutional Index Fund Institutional Shares                              |

|   |      (k) |     Registered Investment Company Fees |
|--------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

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|  (2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|

|   | (a) | Basis of Accounting |
|--------|-----|---------------------|

|   |  (b) | Use of Estimates |
|--------|-----------|------------------|

|   |  (c) | Investments |
|--------|-----------|-------------|

|   |  (e) | Benefits Paid |
|--------|-----------|---------------|

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|  (3) | Investments |
|-----------|-------------|

|                                                   |   | 2009   |       |   | 2008   |   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|------------|--------|--------|--------|
|                                                   |   |   |       |   |   |   |
| Frontier Communications Corporation Common Stock Fund  |   | $      | 28,993,392 |   |   | $      | 31,888,764 |   |
|                                                   |   |   |       |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II Class 2           |   |   | 87,428,787 |   |   |   | * |   |
| PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Shares           |   |   | 36,009,597 |   |   |   | 30,453,831 |   |
| T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund                        |   |   | *          |   |   |   | 22,042,400 |   |
| T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund                        |   |   | *          |   |   |   | 90,865,776 |   |
| T. Rowe Price Equity Index Trust                       |   |   | *          |   |   |   | 38,590,068 |   |
| American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund Class R4        |   |   | 31,075,608 |   |   |   | 21,963,281 |   |
| American Funds Growth Fund of America Class R4         |   |   | 31,192,145 |   |   |   | * |   |
| T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund                       |   |   | 20,926,185 |   |   |   | * |   |
| Vanguard Institutional Index Fund Institutional Shares |   |   | 45,719,776 |   |   |   | * |   |

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|                            |   |   | 2009              |   |
|---------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------------|--------|
| Common stock                    |   | $      | (3,465,930)       |   |
| Registered Investment Companies |   |   | 49,655,796   |   |
| Collective trusts               |   |   | (1,008,737)       |   |
|                            |   | $      | 45,181,129   |   |

|  (4) | Related Party Transactions |
|-----------|----------------------------|

| (5) | Plan Termination |
|-----|------------------|

| (6) | Tax Status |
|-----|------------|

| (7)   |   |    Fair Value Measurements |
|-----------------|--------|-------------------------------------------|

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|                                             |   | Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2009 |        |   |             |   |        |              |   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------|-------------|--------|------------------|--------|-------------|-------------------|--------|
|                                             |   |                                         |        |   | Quoted Prices in |   |        | Significant Other |   |   | Significant |   |
|                                             |   |                                         |        |   | Active Markets   |   |        | Observable        |   |   | Unobservable |   |
|                                             |   |                                         |        |   | for Identical    |   |        | Inputs            |   |   | Inputs |   |
|                                             |   | Total                                        |        |   | Assets (Level 1) |   |        | (Level 2)         |   |   | (Level 3) |   |
| Frontier Communications Corporation common stock |   | $                                            | 28,993,392  |   |             | $      | 28,993,392  |              |   | $ | - |   |   | $ | - |   |
| Registered investment companies                  |   |                                         | 262,915,976 |   |             |   | 262,915,976 |              |   |   | - |   |   |   | - |   |
| Collective trusts                                |   |                                         | 87,428,787  |   |             |   | -           |              |   |   | 87,428,787 |   |   |   | - |   |
| Participant loans                                |   |                                         | 15,560,970  |   |             |   | -           |              |   |   | - |   |   |   | 15,560,970 |   |
| Brokerage accounts                               |   |                                         | 601,287     |   |             |   | 601,287     |              |   |   | - |   |   |   | - |   |
| Total investments, at fair value                 |   | $                                            | 395,500,412 |   |             | $      | 292,510,655 |              |   | $ | 87,428,787 |   |   | $ | 15,560,970 |   |

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|                                             |   | Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2008 |        |   |             |   |        |        |   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------|-------------|--------|------------------|--------|-------------|-------------|--------|
|                                             |   |                                         |        |   | Quoted           |   |        | Significant |   |   |   |   |
|                                             |   |                                         |        |   | Prices in Active |   |        | Other       |   |   | Significant |   |
|                                             |   |                                         |        |   | Markets for      |   |        | Observable  |   |   | Unobservable |   |
|                                             |   |                                         |        |   | Identical Assets |   |        | Inputs      |   |   | Inputs |   |
|                                             |   | Total                                        |        |   | (Level 1)        |   |        | (Level 2)   |   |   | (Level 3) |   |
| Frontier Communications Corporation common stock |   | $                                            | 31,888,764  |   |             | $      | 31,888,764  |        |   | $ | - |   |   | $ | - |   |
| Registered investment companies                  |   |                                         | 163,021,519 |   |             |   | 163,021,519 |        |   |   | - |   |   |   | - |   |
| Collective trusts                                |   |                                         | 129,455,844 |   |             |   | -           |        |   |   | 129,455,844 |   |   |   | - |   |
| Participant loans                                |   |                                         | 15,810,995  |   |             |   | -           |        |   |   | - |   |   |   | 15,810,995 |   |
| Brokerage accounts                               |   |                                         | 498,177     |   |             |   | 498,177     |        |   |   | - |   |   |   | - |   |
| Total investments, at fair value                 |   | $                                            | 340,675,299 |   |             | $      | 195,408,460 |        |   | $ | 129,455,844 |   |   | $ | 15,810,995 |   |
|                                             |   |                                         |        |   |             |   |        |        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

| Participant Loans          |   |   |       |
|----------------------------|--------|--------|------------|
|                       |   |   |       |
| Balance, beginning of year |   | $      | 15,810,995 |   |
| Issuances                  |   |   | 7,380,693  |   |
| Repayments                 |   |   | (6,312,891 | ) |
| Distributions              |   |   | (1,317,827 | ) |
| Balance, end of year       |   | $      | 15,560,970 |   |
|                       |   |   |       |   |

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|                                                                                  |   | 2009   |        |   | 2008   |   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |
| Net Assets Available for Benefits per the Financial Statements                        |   | $      | 397,072,062 |   |   | $      | 343,023,335 |   |
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
| Adjustment from contract value to fair value for interest in a                        |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|    collective trust relating to fully benefit-responsive               |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|    investment contracts                                                |   |   | (1,098,463  | )      |   |   | (851,792 | ) |
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net Assets Available for Benefits per the Form 5500                                   |   | $      | 395,973,599 |   |   | $      | 342,171,543 |   |
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net Increase in Net Assets Available for Benefits per the                             |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|    Financial Statements                                                |   | $      | 54,048,727  |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
| Change in adjustment from contract value to fair value for                            |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|    interest in a collective trust relating to fully benefit-responsive |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
|    investment contracts                                                |   |   | (246,671    | )      |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net Income per the Form 5500                                                          |   | $      | 53,802,056  |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                                  |   |   |        |   |   |   |   |   |

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| (a)    |   | (b)                | (c) and (d)                                                |                                               | (e)           |   |
|--------|--------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------|
|   |   | Identity of Issuer | Description of Investment                                  |                                               | Current Value |   |
|   | *      |               | Frontier Communications Corporation                        | Common Stock; 3,712,261 shares;                    |          |   |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       | cost at $41,487,844                                |          | $      | 28,993,392 |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       |                                               |          |   |   |   |
|   | *      |               | BrokerageLink                                              | Brokerage Accounts                                 |          |   | 601,287 |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       |                                               |          |   |   |   |
|   |   |               | American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund Class R4            | Registered Investment Company; 823,850 shares      |          |   | 31,075,608 |   |
|   |   |               | American Funds Growth Fund of America Class R4             | Registered Investment Company; 1,150,577 shares    |          |   | 31,192,145 |   |
|   |   |               | Columbia Acorn Fund, Class Z                               | Registered Investment Company; 433,900 shares      |          |   | 10,708,657 |   |
|   |   |               | Hartford Small Company Fund HLS Class 1A                   | Registered Investment Company; 1,146,025 shares    |          |   | 16,307,929 |   |
|   |   |               | PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Shares               | Registered Investment Company; 3,334,222 shares    |          |   | 36,009,597 |   |
|   |   |               | JP Morgan Mid Cap Value Fund, A                            | Registered Investment Company; 401,271 shares      |          |   | 7,728,475 |   |
|   |   |               | Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - U.S. Real Estate | Registered Investment Company; 647,466 shares      |          |   | 7,238,666 |   |
|   |   |               |   Portfolio Class I Shares                       |                                               |          |   |   |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2005 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 27,297 shares       |          |   | 273,793 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 148,714 shares      |          |   | 1,860,410 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2015 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 393,795 shares      |          |   | 4,103,340 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 303,439 shares      |          |   | 3,808,155 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 306,366 shares      |          |   | 3,183,144 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 196,147 shares      |          |   | 2,430,258 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2035 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 175,903 shares      |          |   | 1,804,765 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 160,409 shares      |          |   | 1,148,528 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2045 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 49,218 shares       |          |   | 416,880 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom 2050 Fund                                 | Registered Investment Company; 19,709 shares       |          |   | 164,570 |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Freedom Income Fund                               | Registered Investment Company; 75,381 shares       |          |   | 809,587 |   |
|   | *      |               | T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund                           | Registered Investment Company; 996,960 shares      |          |   | 20,926,185 |   |
|   |   |               | Vanguard Institutional Index Fund Institutional Shares     | Registered Investment Company; 448,321 shares      |          |   | 45,719,776 |   |
|   |   |               | Vanguard Life Strategy Growth                              | Registered Investment Company; 394,375 shares      |          |   | 7,713,967 |   |
|   |   |               | Vanguard Life Strategy Income                              | Registered Investment Company; 335,328 shares      |          |   | 4,449,805 |   |
|   |   |               | Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund Institutional Shares           | Registered Investment Company; 423,457 shares      |          |   | 6,944,688 |   |
|   |   |               | Vanguard Long Term Treasury Fund Admiral Shares            | Registered Investment Company; 519,326 shares      |          |   | 5,660,652 |   |
|   |   |               | Vanguard Wellington Fund Admiral Shares                    | Registered Investment Company; 225,540 shares      |          |   | 11,236,396 |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       | Total registered investment companies              |          |   | 262,915,976 |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       |                                               |          |   |   |   |
|   | *      |               | Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio II Class 2               | Collective Trust; 88,527,250 shares                |          |   | 87,428,787 |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       |                                               |          |   |   |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       |                                               |          |   |   |   |
|   | *      |               | Participant loans                                          | 3,026  loans, maturing in 1 to 28 years, |          |   |   |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       | with interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 9.50%    |          |   | 15,560,970 |   |
|   |   |               |                                                       |                                               |          |   |   |   |
|   |   |               | * Party-in-interest as defined by ERISA                    |                                               |          | $      | 395,500,412 |   |

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