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


In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
North Carolina Utilities Commission  )           CCB/CPD No. 98-41
Order Dismissing and Directing Filings,)
                                     )
Docket P-100, Sub 84b, Adopted May 15, 1997)


                                  ORDER


Adopted:  July 29, 1998                                                 Released:  July 29, 1998

By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau:


      1.      In our June 29, 1998 Order, we extended the deadline for filing with the Federal
Communications Commission (Commission), tariffs for intrastate payphone service offerings in North
Carolina, together with supporting documentation, for all payphone services that had not been determined
by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (North Carolina Commission) to comply with the requirements
of Section 276 and the Commission's implementing rules.  As indicated in that Order, the deadline was
extended in order to allow the North Carolina Commission time to issue a decision on a pending motion
for reconsideration filed by BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (BellSouth), on behalf of itself and other
North Carolina telephone companies (collectively North Carolina Telcos).  In the BellSouth Motion for
Reconsideration, BellSouth and the North Carolina Telcos requested that the North Carolina Commission
reconsider its May 15, 1997 Order directing North Carolina local exchange carriers (LECs) to file revised
rates and supporting data with the Commission.

      2.      We stated, in our June 29, 1998 Order, that if the North Carolina Commission resolved
the BellSouth Motion for Reconsideration and reversed the decision reached in its May 15, 1997 Order,
we would rescind our March 20, 1998 Order, which required specific incumbent LECs in North Carolina
to file with the Commission by May 1, 1998, tariffs for intrastate payphone service offerings, together with
supporting documentation.  We also stated that we would rescind our April 30, 1998 Order,and our June 29, 1998 Order, which respectively extended the deadline for filing with the Commission
to July 1, 1998, and August 1, 1998.  On July 10, 1998, the North Carolina Commission issued an Order
granting the BellSouth Motion for Reconsideration and reversing its May 15, 1997 Order.

      3.      Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 276 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  276, and through authority delegated pursuant to Sections 0.91 and 0.291
of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that the North Carolina Utilities Commission Order
Dismissing and Directing Filings, Order, DA 98-548, (Com. Car. Bur., rel. March 20, 1998), the North
Carolina Utilities Commission Order Dismissing and Directing Filings, Order, DA 98-830, (Com. Car.
Bur., rel. April 30, 1998), and the North Carolina Utilities Commission Order Dismissing and Directing
Filings, Order, DA 98-1296, (Com. Car. Bur., rel. June 29, 1998) are RESCINDED.

      

              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




              Jane E. Jackson 
              Chief, Competitive Pricing Division
              Common Carrier Bureau