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Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20554
  


In the Matter of                          )  
                                          )  
Shared Communications Services of  )
1800-1880 JFK Boulevard, Inc.,            )  
                                          )  
Complainant,                                      )  
                                          )  
     v.                                   )              File No. E-97-45  
                                          )  
MCI Telecommunications Corporation,       )  
                                          ) 
Defendant.                                )  


ORDER 
                     
            Adopted: May 13, 1998;                Released: May 13, 1998 

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

     1.     On August 28, 1997, Shared Communications Services of 1800-1880 JFK
Boulevard, Inc. ("SCS") filed the above-captioned complaint against MCI Telecommunications
Corporation ("MCI"), alleging violations of the Commission's rules and policies regarding the
selection of primary interexchange carriers and of Section 201(b) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.   201(b).  SCS and MCI subsequently filed a joint motion to
dismiss with prejudice on May 12, 1998.  

     2.     We are satisfied that granting the parties' request to dismiss this complaint 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 in Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that
the joint request to dismiss the above-captioned complaint 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