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In the Matter of                        )
                                   )
Petition of Sprint for Declaratory Ruling to )    
Declare Unlawful Certain RFP Practices by    )
Ameritech                          )
                                   )
Petition of Ameritech Corporation for        )    CC Docket No. 98-62 
Expedited Declaratory Ruling that its        )    
Teaming Arrangement with                     )
Qwest Communications Corporation is          )
Lawful                             )
                                   )
Petition of US WEST Communications, Inc.     )
Expedited Declaratory Ruling Concerning      )    
The Legality of RBOC Teaming Arrangement     )
with Unaffiliated IXCs                  )

                             ORDER
                                
Adopted:  October 13, 1998         Released:  October 13, 1998


By the Chief , Policy and Program Planning Division: 


     1.   In this order, we dismiss as moot petitions for declaratory ruling filed by Sprint
Communications Company, L.P. (Sprint) on April 28, 1998, Ameritech Corporation (Ameritech) on
June 11, 1998, and US WEST Communications, Inc. (US WEST) on June 11, 1998.  Sprint sought
a declaratory ruling that Ameritech's proposed business arrangements with interLATA service
providers violate the interLATA restriction of section 271 and the equal access and nondiscrimination
obligations of section 251(g) of the Communications Act.  Ameritech and US WEST sought
declaratory rulings that their teaming arrangements with Qwest were lawful.   

     2.   The Commission has concluded in a formal complaint proceeding that Ameritech's and
US WEST's offering of Qwest's long distance service as part of a combined package of services under
the CompleteAccess and Buyer's Advantage programs is a violation of section 271 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.  AT&T et al. v. Ameritech Corporation and Qwest
Communications Corporation, Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O), FCC 98-242, File Nos.
E-98-41, E-98-42, E-98-43 (rel. October 7, 1998).  In light of this decision we conclude that the
Sprint, Ameritech and US WEST requests for  declaratory ruling are now moot.  

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections 0.91
and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that the petitions for declaratory
ruling filed by Sprint Communications Company, Ameritech Corporation, and US WEST
Communications, Inc. in CC Docket No. 98-62 ARE DISMISSED as moot.

     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that CC Docket No. 98-62 IS TERMINATED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Carol E. Mattey
                              Chief
                              Policy and Program Planning Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau