AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Exhibit 2.1(i)

EXECUTION COPY

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of July 24, 2009 (this “Amendment”), is by and among Verizon Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Verizon”), New Communications Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Spinco”) and Frontier Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation, parties to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 13, 2009 (the “Merger Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Merger Agreement, and all references to Articles and Sections herein are references to Articles and Sections of the Merger Agreement.

In consideration of the premises and the mutual promises herein made, and in consideration of the agreements herein contained, the parties, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

(j) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company, at its own expense, shall adopt (to the extent permitted by State Regulators) the tariffs, price lists, schedules of rates, other statements of terms and conditions, including special customer arrangements, special assemblies, price flex arrangements, and individual customer-based arrangements of Verizon and other Verizon Affiliates for telecommunications services, which are applicable in whole or in part in the Territory, are effective under applicable Laws, and are in effect immediately prior to the Closing (collectively, the “ Tariffs ”). The Company shall maintain the Tariffs in effect at least until the end of the service term specified in (i) the Tariffs (to the extent permitted by State Regulators), (ii) agreements implementing such Tariffs with customers served by Verizon’s Affiliates under retained Blended Customer Contracts, Contracts governing Retained Customer Accounts, and the agreements of customers who do not provide Third Party Consents (each a “ Specified Contract ”) and (iii) agreements implementing such Tariffs with Persons who are Affiliates of Verizon on or before the Closing Date, and any optional renewal term exercisable by customers which are party to a Specified Contract or such Affiliates in such agreements or Tariffs, as applicable. The Company further agrees that, to the extent such Tariffs or agreements implementing such Tariffs contain rates and charges or other terms and conditions based on volume of service, amount of purchase or spend, or similar volume commitments by the customers which are party to a Specified Contract or such Affiliates (the “ Volume Commitments ”), the Company will reduce such Volume Commitments pro-rata, without a change in rates and charges or other terms and conditions under such Tariffs or agreements, to reflect the fact that the customers who are party to a Specified Contract or such Affiliates may, after Closing, take service from both Verizon Affiliates and the Company and not from Verizon Affiliates or the Company alone. The pro-rata reduction shall be equal to or exceed the amount

of the Volume Commitment provided by Verizon Affiliates after Closing. By way of example, and not by limitation, if after Closing, such customer or Affiliate purchased 75% of a Volume Commitment from the Company and 25% of a Volume Commitment from Verizon Affiliates, then the Company would reduce the Volume Commitment by 25% in affected Tariffs and agreements implementing such Tariffs. At its own expense, the Company shall make all filings and take all other actions as may be required by applicable Laws to make the Tariffs and pro-rata reductions of Volume Commitments adopted or made by the Company under this Section 7.6(j) legally effective not later than the Effective Time. If the applicable State Regulators do not permit, in whole or in part, the adoption of such Tariffs by the Company or the maintenance of such Tariffs during the service terms described above in this Section 7.6(j), then from and after the Effective Time and through the date on which the Company would no longer have been requir