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


In the Matter of  )
                  )
Transaction Network Services, Inc.,        )
                  )
            Complainant,)
                  )
v.                )     File No. E-98-03
                  )
AT&T Corp.,       )
                  )
            Defendant.  )
                  

                                   ORDER

        Adopted:  May 26, 1998     ;      Released:  May 28, 1998


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

      1.    By an Order released on February 5, 1998 (DA 98-205), the Commission adopted the
parties' negotiated Confidentiality Agreement ("Agreement" or "Protective Order") executed on January
9, 1998, regarding treatment of confidential material exchanged during the course of discovery in the
above-captioned proceeding.  Subsequently, the parties have executed an amendment to the Agreement
on May 15, 1998 ("Amendment to Protective Order" or "Amendment"), by adding two additional
paragraphs to the agreement, which provide, according to the parties, additional or broader protection for
the confidential and sensitive proprietary information being exchanged in the course of discovery in this
proceeding.  Pursuant to Sections 0.459 and 1.727(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.459,
1.727(a), the parties now request the Commission to enter an order accepting the amendment to their
agreement. 

      2.    After due consideration, we are persuaded that the public interest would be served by
adopting the Amendment to the Protective Order, a copy of which is appended hereto.  The amendment
is consistent with Section 1.731 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.731, and should facilitate the
orderly exchange of relevant information in this proceeding.  

      3.    Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 4(j) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 154(j), 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 the parties' joint request for acceptance
of the Amendment to Protective Order appended hereto IS GRANTED.  Nothing in this Order, the
Confidentiality Agreement, or the Amendment to Protective Order appended hereto, shall restrict the
Commission's authority to use information or materials obtained in the course of this proceeding.




      4.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this ORDER shall be effective upon adoption.

                  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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