SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              
                         Washington, D. C.  20549


                                 FORM 8-K

                              CURRENT REPORT




                  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                      Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                    Date of Report - November 17, 1995
                     (Date of earliest event reported)


                              GTE Corporation
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                 NEW YORK
       (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)


        1-2755                                     13-1678633
(Commission File Number)               (IRS Employer
Identification No.)












One Stamford Forum
Stamford, Connecticut
06904
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code           203-
965-2000



                               GTE CORPORATION

                                  FORM 8-K

                             ITEM OF INFORMATION

Item 5.  Other Events

The following news release recently issued by GTE Corporation
("GTE") is filed herewith on Form 8-K and, as such, made
available to any and all interested parties:



     SUMMARY:    GTE management's expectation is that
            company will achieve not less than 10 percent
            EPS growth per year and six to eight percent
            revenue growth.
     
     NORWALK, Conn. -- "It's management's expectation
     that GTE will achieve not less than 10 percent
     earnings-per-share growth per year for the
     foreseeable future," GTE Chairman and Chief
     Executive Officer Charles R. Lee today told a
     meeting of some 200 financial analysts at the
     company's Management Development Center.  He also
     said that he "expects to see revenue growth in the
     six to eight percent range."
     
       "We've delivered seven straight quarters of 8
     percent or better earnings-per-share growth, capped
     by an 11 percent growth rate for the third quarter
     of this year," said Lee.  "Our financial performance
     reflects GTE's clear direction and momentum.
     
       "The reality is, we have to move forward, and
     fast, in order to stay ahead of two important trends
     -- the bundling of services domestically and the
     increasing demand for telecommunications services
     internationally," Lee noted.  "That's where we think
     the industry is going, and that's where we're taking
     GTE."
     
       Lee Reports on Progress in Achieving Strategic
                           Thrusts
                              
       Strategically, the company has been preparing for
     this competitive era for a number of years.  It has
     focused its businesses solely on telecommunications
     and it has set a vision of market leadership in the
     industry, aggressively pursuing five strategic
     thrusts:  preserve and enhance wireline voice,
     accelerate wireless, expand data, enter video and
     pursue international.
     
       Lee told the analysts that the company has clearly
     demonstrated strong growth in its core businesses.
     GTE's access line growth is the highest in the
     industry and, to date, the number of cellular
     subscribers has grown at an explosive 45 percent a
     year.  "Right now, our combined wireline and
     wireless services reach more than 35 percent of the
     U.S. population, or about 90 million people," Lee
     noted.
     
       GTE's data business is growing so fast that the
     company expects its network will carry more data
     traffic than voice traffic by the end of the decade,
     Lee said.  The company's video network will pass
     more than 100,000 homes by the end of the year, with
     video service up and running by the first quarter of
     1996, he added.
     
       Lee said GTE's international activities will play
     an important part in the company's future success by
     leveraging existing assets and continuing to explore
     regional expansion opportunities.  GTE expects to
     double net income from existing international
     operations over the next five years, he said.
     
                          About GTE
                              
       One of the largest publicly held
     telecommunications companies in the world, GTE is
     also the largest U.S.-based local telephone company
     and a leading cellular-service provider -- with
     wireline and wireless operations that form a market
     area covering more than one third of the U.S.
     population.  With net income of $2.5 billion and
     revenues of $20 billion in 1994, GTE also is a
     leader in government and defense communications
     systems and equipment, aircraft-passenger
     telecommunications, directories and
     telecommunications-based information services and
     systems.



                                SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                   GTE
CORPORATION
                                                     (Registrant)



                                            By      Marianne
Drost
                                                    Marianne
Drost
                                                      Secretary


Date:  November 17, 1995
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              
                         Washington, D. C.  20549

                                 FORM 8-K

                              CURRENT REPORT

                  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                      Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                    Date of Report - November 17, 1995
                     (Date of earliest event reported)

                              GTE Corporation
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                 NEW YORK
       (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)

        1-2755                                     13-1678633
(Commission File Number)               (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

One Stamford Forum
Stamford, Connecticut
06904
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code           203-
965-2000

                               GTE CORPORATION

                                  FORM 8-K

                             ITEM OF INFORMATION

Item 5.  Other Events

The following news release recently issued by GTE Corporation
("GTE") is filed herewith on Form 8-K and, as such, made
available to any and all interested parties:

     SUMMARY:    GTE management's expectation is that
            company will achieve not less than 10 percent
            EPS growth per year and six to eight percent
            revenue growth.
     
     NORWALK, Conn. -- "It's management's expectation
     that GTE will achieve not less than 10 percent
     earnings-per-share growth per year for the
     foreseeable future," GTE Chairman and Chief
     Executive Officer Charles R. Lee today told a
     meeting of some 200 financial analysts at the
     company's Management Development Center.  He also
     said that he "expects to see revenue growth in the
     six to eight percent range."
     
       "We've delivered seven straight quarters of 8
     percent or better earnings-per-share growth, capped
     by an 11 percent growth rate for the third quarter
     of this year," said Lee.  "Our financial performance
     reflects GTE's clear direction and momentum.
     
       "The reality is, we have to move forward, and
     fast, in order to stay ahead of two important trends
     -- the bundling of services domestically and the
     increasing demand for telecommunications services
     internationally," Lee noted.  "That's where we think
     the industry is going, and that's where we're taking
     GTE."
     
       Lee Reports on Progress in Achieving Strategic
                           Thrusts
                              
       Strategically, the company has been preparing for
     this competitive era for a number of years.  It has
     focused its businesses solely on telecommunications
     and it has set a vision of market leadership in the
     industry, aggressively pursuing five strategic
     thrusts:  preserve and enhance wireline voice,
     accelerate wireless, expand data, enter video and
     pursue international.
     
       Lee told the analysts that the company has clearly
     demonstrated strong growth in its core businesses.
     GTE's access line growth is the highest in the
     industry and, to date, the number of cellular
     subscribers has grown at an explosive 45 percent a
     year.  "Right now, our combined wireline and
     wireless services reach more than 35 percent of the
     U.S. population, or about 90 million people," Lee
     noted.
     
       GTE's data business is growing so fast that the
     company expects its network will carry more data
     traffic than voice traffic by the end of the decade,
     Lee said.  The company's video network will pass
     more than 100,000 homes by the end of the year, with
     video service up and running by the first quarter of
     1996, he added.
     
       Lee said GTE's international activities will play
     an important part in the company's future success by
     leveraging existing assets and continuing to explore
     regional expansion opportunities.  GTE expects to
     double net income from existing international
     operations over the next five years, he said.
     
                          About GTE
                              
       One of the largest publicly held
     telecommunications companies in the world, GTE is
     also the largest U.S.-based local telephone company
     and a leading cellular-service provider -- with
     wireline and wireless operations that form a market
     area covering more than one third of the U.S.
     population.  With net income of $2.5 billion and
     revenues of $20 billion in 1994, GTE also is a
     leader in government and defense communications
     systems and equipment, aircraft-passenger
     telecommunications, directories and
     telecommunications-based information services and
     systems.

                                SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                   GTE
CORPORATION
                                                     (Registrant)

                                            By      Marianne
Drost
                                                    Marianne
Drost
                                                      Secretary

Date:  November 17, 1995