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

In the Matter of                       )
                                       )
WILTEL, INC.,                          )
     )
            Complainant,               )
                                                  )           
                   v.            )                
                                                  )
BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.,  and     )    File No. E-94-02
US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ,   )     File No. E-94-16
                                       )
           Defendants.                 )
                                       )


ORDER
                

   Adopted:  October 28,  1997                Released:  October 28, 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
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (BellSouth) and US West Communications, Inc. (US West),
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 September 29, 1997, WorldCom and BellSouth jointly filed a motion
requesting that the Commission dismiss WorldCom's complaint with prejudice.  On October 2,
1997, WorldCom and US West jointly filed a motion requesting that the Commission dismiss
WorldCom's complaint with prejudice.  The aforementioned joint motions state that "[t]he
[p]arties wish to avoid continued litigation and have reached a mutually acceptable settlement
agreement."  They request that the Commission dismiss the complaint "as promptly as possible."


 3.   We are satisfied that granting the jointly filed motions 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. 

 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/BellSouth and the WorldCom/US West joint motions for voluntary
dismissal and termination of the  above-captioned complaints ARE  GRANTED.

 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