Meanwhile, Frontier Corp.s business local telephone service is now available to more than 25% of

Meanwhile, Frontier Corp.`s business local telephone service is now available to more than 25% of the country, due to five new resale arrangements. New agreements obtained by the Rochester, NY, corporation are with Bell Atlantic in Massachusetts, Pactel in California, and Ameritech in Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. There are similar arrangements in place in New York and Illinois. Businesses in all seven states can obtain all their telecommunications services from Frontier if they so choose. Frontier plans to extend its fiber-optic network`s local service availability to 35 states in 1998.