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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                         Washington, D.C.


In the Matter of                   )
                              )
AT&T CORP.,                   )
          Complainant,             )         File No. E-98-09
                              )
          v.                  )
                              )
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE       )
 COMPANY et al., d/b/a             )
AMERITECH OPERATING           )
COMPANIES                )
          Defendants.              )


                              ORDER

          
Adopted:  November 19, 1998;                   Released:  November 19, 1998  
                                
                                
By the Deputy Chief, Formal Complaints & Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division,
Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On November 13, 1997, AT&T Corp. (AT&T) filed the above-captioned formal
complaint against Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc.,
Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Inc., Ohio Bell Telephone Company, and Wisconsin Bell,
Inc. (collectively, Ameritech), alleging that Ameritech had violated Sections 201(b) and 202(a)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act).  On November 13, 1998  AT&T and
Ameritech filed a joint motion requesting that the Commission dismiss the complaint with
prejudice.  The parties stated that all issues raised by the complaint have been resolved.

     2.   We are satisfied that granting the parties' 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 with prejudice filed by AT&T CORP. and ILLINOIS BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY, et al., d/b/a AMERITECH OPERATING COMPANIES IS
GRANTED.

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


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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