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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C.  20554
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In the Matter of                   )
                              )
AIRTOUCH PAGING OF CALIFORNIA,     )
                              )
               Complainant,        )
                              )         File No. E-98-08
          v.                  )
                              )
GTE CALIFORNIA, INCORPORATED, )
                              )
               Defendant.          )
__________________________________ )
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In the Matter of                   )
                              )
AIRTOUCH PAGING OF TEXAS,     )
                              )
               Complainant,        )
                              )         File No. E-98-10
          v.                  )
                              )
GTE SOUTHWEST, INCORPORATED,  )
                              )
               Defendant.          )
__________________________________ )

                              ORDER

       Adopted:  August 5 , 1998; Released:  August 5, 1998

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

     1.   AirTouch Paging of California, a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider,
filed a formal complaint, File No. E-98-08, against GTE California, Inc., a local exchange carrier
(LEC), on November 13, 1997.  AirTouch Paging of Texas, a CMRS provider, filed a formal
complaint, File No. E-98-10, against GTE Southwest, Inc., a LEC, on November 21, 1997. 
AirTouch Paging of California and AirTouch Paging of Texas will be referenced collectively herein
as "AirTouch."  GTE California, Inc. and GTE Southwest, Inc., will be referenced collectively herein
as "GTE."  In both complaints, AirTouch alleged that GTE had violated Sections 201, 202, and 251
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the Commission's rules by refusing to provide
additional interconnection facilities for AirTouch, and by billing AirTouch for charges associated with
the delivery of GTE-originated traffic to AirTouch's facilities.  On July 22, 1998, Airtouch filed a
motion requesting that we dismiss both complaints with prejudice.  Airtouch stated that all issues
raised by the complaints have been settled.

     2.   We are satisfied that granting Airtouch's motion will serve the public interest by
eliminating the need for further litigation and the expenditure of further time and resources by the
parties and by the Commission.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 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
motion to dismiss the above-captioned formal complaints with prejudice filed by AirTouch IS
GRANTED.

     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaints ARE DISMISSED
WITH PREJUDICE and that these proceedings ARE TERMINATED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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