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

In the Matter of                             )
                                             )
Illinois Bell Telephone Company d/b/a        )
Ameritech Illinois                           )
Indiana Bell Telephone Company d/b/a         )
Ameritech Indiana                            )
Michigan Bell Telephone Company d/b/a        )           
Ameritech Michigan                                  )                File No. E-97-42
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company d/b/a        )
Ameritech Ohio, and                                 ) 
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. d/b/a                   )
Ameritech Wisconsin                          )
                                                    )
       Complainants                                 )
                                                    )
v.                                                  )
                                                    )
MCI Telecommunications Corp.                 )
                                                    )
       Defendant.                            )


ORDER
                       

   Adopted:  July 14, 1998                                       Released:  July 14, 1998

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

     1.     On July 30, 1997, Ameritech Illinois, Ameritech Indiana, Ameritech Michigan,
Ameritech Ohio and Ameritech Wisconsin (Complainants) filed the above-captioned formal
complaint against MCI Telecommunications Corporation (MCI), alleging that MCI violated
Sections 258 and 201(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 64.1100
and 64.1150 of the Commission's rules by submitting to Complainants for processing
presubscribed carrier (PC) changes that were not properly authorized and verified.  MCI filed its
Answer on September 15, 1997, in which it denied the allegations contained in the Complaint. 
The parties thereafter entered into negotiations in an effort to settle the matters in controversy. 
On July 10, 1998, the parties filed a Joint Motion advising the Commission that they had reached
a mutually satisfactory settlement, and requested that the Complaint be dismissed with prejudice. 



     2.     We are satisfied that dismissal of the Complaint herein will serve the public
interest by eliminating the need for further litigation and the expenditure of further time and
resources by the Commission and the parties.

     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 under Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291,
that the Joint Motion to Dismiss the above-captioned complaint with prejudice is GRANTED.

     4.     IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaint IS DISMISSED
WITH PREJUDICE and the proceeding IS TERMINATED.  
 
     
                                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                                          Diane Griffin Harmon
                                          Deputy Chief, Formal Complaints and
                                          Investigations Branch
                                          Enforcement Division
                                          Common Carrier Bureau