Exhibit 99.1


                                                     Citizens  Communications
                                                     3 High Ridge Park
                                                     Stamford, CT  06905
                                                     203.614.5600
                                                     Web site: www.czn.net
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Karen Miller
845.344.9416
kmiller@czn.com


               Citizens Launches New Customer Operations Strategy
                       Opening Call Center in DeLand, Fla.

June 20, 2006 - Citizens'  Dan  McCarthy,  Executive  Vice  President  and Chief
Operating Officer,  announced today that its Frontier  operations would pursue a
new strategy for its Customer  Operations  that will include  consolidating  all
inbound  customer  calls  to two or  three  centers  and a Work at Home  program
nationwide  by year-end  2007.  The Company  expects that this new strategy will
improve its focus on delivering  quality customer  service and will,  therefore,
improve its competitiveness in the marketplace.

A new Frontier Call Center will be established  in DeLand,  Florida in August of
this year and will  house up to 500  employees  by  year-end  2007.  DeLand  was
selected  because  of the rich  labor  market,  positive  economic  climate  and
opportunity to attract a strong employee base.

"Our  goal is to  consolidate  to two or three  centers.  We are  reviewing  all
options  regarding  the  locations  of the second  and/or  third Call  Centers,"
McCarthy said. "This announcement will be made at a later date."

Homeshoring,  Frontier's new work-at-home initiative, is currently being trialed
and is a key element of the new Customer  Operations  strategy.  If the pilot is
successful,  plans  are to  expand  the  homeshoring  option to 15 - 20% of Call
Center   employees  across  the  company.   Homeshoring   offers  employees  the
convenience  of  working  from home and  virtually  no  commuting  costs,  while
enabling  us to provide  around-the-clock  service  to  customers  with  greater
efficiency.  It also  enables a company  to  efficiently  address  peak-hour  or
emergency calling times without disrupting the customer experience.

Investments  in new  technology  will support this  strategy and will allow each
Call Center  Representative  to easily  access  different  computer  systems and
assist  customers  with  billing,  repair or  collections  questions.  This will
improve efficiencies on all inbound calls.

"We are  continually  looking  for ways to  improve  our  service  delivery  and
infrastructure," said McCarthy.  "Simplifying our business by improving our Call
Center processes will provide additional value to our customers."

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Frontier  currently has Call Centers in Kingman,  Ariz.,  Burnsville,  Minn. and
Gloversville, Middletown, Monroe and Rochester, N.Y., in addition to eight other
smaller Call Centers in the country.

About Citizens

Citizens  Communications  Company (NYSE:  CZN) is a full-service  communications
provider  and one of the  largest  local  exchange  telephone  companies  in the
country.  Citizens,  under its Frontier name, offers  telephone,  television and
Internet  services,  as well as  bundled  offerings,  ESPN360  streaming  video,
security  solutions  and  specialized  bundles  for  small  businesses  and home
offices.  Additional  information  about  Frontier's  products  and  services is
available   at   www.frontier.myway.com.    For   information   about   Citizens
Communications, visit www.czn.net.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to
the safe harbor  provisions of The Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of
1995.  These  statements  are  made  on the  basis  of  management's  views  and
assumptions  regarding  future  events and business  performance.  Words such as
"believe,"  "anticipate,"  "expect,"  and similar  expressions  are  intended to
identify forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements (including oral
representations)  involve risks and uncertainties  that may cause actual results
to differ  materially  from any  future  results,  performance  or  achievements
expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties are based
on a number of factors, including but not limited to: our ability to effectively
manage our operations,  costs and capital spending;  our ability to successfully
introduce new product offerings, including bundled service packages; our ability
to sell  enhanced  services;  our  ability  to  comply  with  federal  and state
regulations;  changes in the number of our revenue generating units; general and
local economic and employment conditions;  the effects of ongoing changes in the
regulation   of   the   communications   industry;   overall   changes   in  the
telecommunications   market;  and  greater  than  anticipated  competition  from
wireless or wireline carriers.  In addition,  we may be unable to implement some
of our current  business  initiatives  if we fail to  recognize  the benefits we
expect to receive from certain  transactions,  including but not limited to, the
anticipated sale of ELI. These and other  uncertainties  related to our business
are described in greater  detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  including  our  reports on Forms  10-K and 10-Q.  We  undertake  no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement or to make
any other  forward-looking  statements,  whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise unless required to do so by securities laws.


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