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


In the Matter of                                    )
                                                    )                      
USA Mobile Communications, Inc. II,          )
                                                    )
                      Complainant,                  )
                                                    )
                              v.                    )       File No. E-98-38
                                                    )
CenturyTel of  Ohio, Inc.,                          )
                                                    )
                      Defendant.                    )





           

ORDER
              
Adopted:  June 12, 1998     Released:  June 12, 1998

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

       1.      On June 5, 1998, the Commission convened a status conference in the above-
captioned proceeding.  During the status conference, the Commission made the following
rulings:

       2.      The Commission took official notice that Defendant s name has changed from
 Century Telephone of Ohio, Inc.  to  CenturyTel of Ohio, Inc. 

       3.      Defendant s opposition to Complainant s interrogatories dated June 1, 1998 was
granted.

       4.      This proceeding remains restricted for ex parte purposes pursuant to 47 C.F.R.
Part 1, Subpart H.

       5.      The deadline for filing a proposed order pursuant to Section 1.733(f)(1) was
extended to June 9, 1998.

       6.      Parties were ordered to resubmit their Joint Statement of Stipulated Facts,
Disputed Facts, and Key Legal Issues by June 11, 1998.

       7.      Parties were ordered to submit by June 11, 1998, a joint statement explaining
what Type 1 interconnection is, and why it is not being provided, because Complainant
asserts that it wants Type 1 interconnection and Defendant asserts that it wants to provide it.

       8.      Parties were ordered to submit any additional motions by June 11, 1998, with
replies to be filed by June 16, 1998.

       9.      This order is issued pursuant to Section (4)(i) and 208 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 208, authority delegated by Sections 0.91 and
0.291 of the Communication's rules 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, and Section 1.733 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.733.               

       FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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