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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                )
                                )
Investigation of Puerto Rico Telephone) CC Docket No.  96-160
Company's New Expanded Interconnection)
Offerings                       )  
                                )
Puerto Rico Telephone Company   )  Transmittal No. 12
Revisions to Tariff F.C.C. No. 1)
                                
                                
                             ORDER
                                
Adopted: February 19, 1997              Released February 19, 1997

By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On January 16, 1997, the Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) filed
Transmittal No. 12 to revise its Tariff F.C.C. No. 1.  Transmittal No. 12, which is currently
scheduled to become effective on February 20, 1997, proposes to modify tariff provisions that
address certification training for vendors and requirements that PRTC notify interconnectors in
the event that damage to a central office affects PRTC' s virtual collocation service.  Transmittal
No. 12 also modifies the requirement that interconnectors submit equipment frame layout plans
to PRTC.  No petitions have been filed against this transmittal.
     
     2.   Transmittal No. 12 raises the same issues regarding rate levels, rate structures, and
terms and conditions of service that the Commission is investigating in the investigation of 
PRTC's new expanded interconnection offerings.  Therefore, Transmittal No. 12 is suspended
for one day and will be subject to the investigation initiated in the PRTC Tariff Suspension
Order.  These rates will also be subject to an accounting order to facilitate any refunds that may
later prove necessary.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), and Section 0.291 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.291, the revisions to the Puerto Rico Telephone Company
Tariff F.C.C. No. 1, Transmittal No. 12, ARE SUSPENDED for one day from the effective date
and an investigation of the referenced tariff transmittal IS INSTITUTED.







     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Puerto Rico Telephone Company SHALL
FILE tariff revisions within five business days of the release date of this Order to reflect this
suspension.

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, for the above purposes, we waive Sections
61.56, 61.58, and 61.59 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  61.56, 61.58, and 61.59.  The
Puerto Rico Telephone Company should cite the "DA" number of the instant Order as the
authority for this filing.

     6.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a),  the Puerto Rico Telephone
Company shall keep accurate account of all amounts received by reason of the rates that are the
subject of this investigation.



                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                    James D. Schlichting
                    Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
                    Common Carrier Bureau