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

In the matter of                )
                                )
TPI Communications International, Inc.)
                                )
         Complainant,                 )        
                                )
                  v.               )    File No. E-94-050
                                )
Puerto Rico Telephone Co.,      )
                                     )
         Defendant.             )
                                )


                             ORDER

   Adopted:  April 4 1997               Released:  April 7, 1997     

By the Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common
Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On March 3, 1994, TPI Communications International, Inc. ("TPI"), predecessor
in interest to Pan Am License holdings, Inc. and Cellpage, Inc. ("PAH/Cellpage"), filed the above-
captioned complaint against Puerto Rico Telephone Co. ("PRTC").  The complaint sought
damages and injunctive relief for the defendant's alleged failure to provide TPI reasonable
interconnection within the meaning of Sections 201(b) and 202(a) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  201(b), 202(a).  On March 27, 1997, PAH/Cellpage filed a
motion to dismiss the complaint without prejudice.  The motion represents that the parties have
settled their differences.

     2.   While PAH/Cellpage's motion requests dismissal without prejudice, the motion
does not offer persuasive reasons for why a dismissal without prejudice would be in the public
interest.  We are satisfied that granting PAH/Cellpage's motion to dismiss the complaint will serve
the public interest by eliminating the need for further litigation and the expenditure of further time
and resources of the parties and the Commission.  We dismiss with prejudice, however.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 154(j), 208, and the authority
delegated in Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that
the motion to dismiss filed by PAH/Cellpage IS GRANTED, to the extent indicated herein.

     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaint IS DISMISSED
WITH PREJUDICE and that the proceeding IS TERMINATED. 



                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
          

                         
                              Kurt A. Schroeder
                              Chief, Formal Complaints and
                                 Investigations Branch
                              Enforcement Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau