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

In the Matter of                        )
                                        )
WILTEL, INC.,                           )
                                        )
            Complainant,                )
                                             )           
                   v.                                  )              
                                                                 )
NORTH-WEST TELEPHONE CO., and                )    File No. E-94-13
TELEPHONE UTILITIES OF WASHINGTON, INC.,          )    File No. E-94-15
                                        )
           Defendants.                  )
                                        )


                             ORDER


   Adopted:  July 11,  1997             Released:  July 11, 1997


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


     1.   On October 5, 1993, WilTel, Inc. (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of WorldCom) filed the
above captioned complaints, alleging violations of Commission rules and Section 201(b) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  201(b).  WilTel claimed that  North-West Telephone
Co. (NWT) and Telephone Utilities of Washington, Inc. (TUW), among others, were charging nonrecurring
charges that resulted in double recovery in meet point billing of interstate switched access trunking
arrangements.   WilTel requested an order prohibiting future double billing and awarding damages for
alleged overcharges.  

     2.   On June 24, 1997, WorldCom, NWT, and TUW jointly filed a motion requesting that the
Commission dismiss WorldCom's complaint, stating that "[t]he parties wish to avoid continued litigation
and have reached a mutually acceptable settlement agreement."  They request that the Commission dismiss
the complaint, without prejudice, pursuant to the provisions of their agreement and thereafter, with prejudice. 
 

     3.   We are satisfied that granting, in part, the jointly filed motion to dismiss  WorldCom's
complaints will serve the public interest by eliminating the need for further litigation and the expenditure
of further time and resources by the parties and by the Commission.   In dismissing these complaints, we
reach no conclusions on the terms of the settlement agreements.  Moreover, we conclude that WorldCom
has not presented sufficient grounds to show that dismissal without prejudice would serve the public interest. 
 We therefore dismiss the complaints with prejudice.  

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 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 WorldCom, NWT,
and TUW joint motion for voluntary dismissal and termination of the  above-captioned complaints IS
GRANTED to the extent indicated herein.

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaints ARE  DISMISSED WITH
PREJUDICE and that these proceedings ARE TERMINATED.




                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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