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

In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS               )
CORPORATION, WESTERN UNION           )
INTERNATIONAL, INC., and TELECOM*    )
USA, INC.,                           )
                                     )
        Complainants,                )  File No. E-97-47
                                     )
                v.                   )
                                     )
ILLINOIS CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE      )
COMPANY,                             )
                                     )
        Defendant.                   )


                                  ORDER

     Adopted:  November 21, 1997;      Released:  November 21, 1997

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

      1.      On September 25, 1997, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Western Union
International, and Telecom*USA, Inc. (collectively "MCI") filed the above-captioned complaint against
Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company ("ICTC").  In its complaint, MCI alleges that ICTC charged
excessive rates for interstate access service and, therefore, its rates for that period were unjust and
unreasonable in violation of Section 201(b) of the Communications Act.  On November 17, 1997, MCI
filed a motion requesting that the complaint be dismissed with prejudice.  In support of its motion, MCI
states that the parties have agreed to a settlement disposing of all issues and controversies.  

      2.      We are satisfied that granting MCI's motion to dismiss the complaint with prejudice will
serve the public interest by eliminating the need for further litigation and the expenditure of further time
and resources by the parties and the Commission.  

      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
by Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that MCI's Motion
to Dismiss IS GRANTED.  

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


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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