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                            Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20554
     DA 96-1624
  In the Matter of     )
          )
    LOCATE, LLC)
     Assignor,  )
     )
  and)
           )  
  WINSTAR LOCATE, INC.)
     Assignee,  )
        )
 Application for authority,)  File No. I-T-C-96-385(AL)    
 pursuant to Section 214 of  )
 the Communications Act of)
1934, as amended, to assign   )
 Section 214 authorization.)

                    MEMORANDUM OPINION, ORDER
                        AND AUTHORIZATION

  Adopted: September 26, 1996Released: September 27, 1996 

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

      1.WinStar Locate, Inc. (WinStar Locate) and Locate,
LLC (Locate), pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, submitted the above-captioned application
requesting authority to assign Locate's Section 214 authorization
to WinStar Locate.  The application was placed on public notice
on July 26, 1996.  No comments were received.

      2.Locate, a Delaware corporation, is a certified
international communications carrier which provides switched
resale services between the United States and various overseas
points.  WinStar Locate, a Delaware corporation, is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of WinStar Wireless Fiber Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.  The applicants state that combining the
operations of WinStar Locate and Locate will enable WinStar
Locate to offer a wider range of local exchange services at more
reasonable rates.  Services now being provided by Locate will
remain the same.

      3.Upon consideration of the application and in view
of the foregoing, we conclude that consent to assignment of
Locate's Section 214 authorization to WinStar Locate will serve
the public interest, convenience and necessity.
      4.Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the application of
Locate and WinStar Locate, File No. I-T-C-96-385(AL) IS GRANTED,
and we consent to the assignment from Locate to WinStar Locate of
Locate's Section 214 authorization.

      5.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all terms and
conditions of any Commission orders granting authority to Locate
to provide common carrier services are now applicable to WinStar
Locate.

      6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 203 of
the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 203, and Part 61 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. Part 61, that WinStar Locate must
continue to maintain tariffs for the services authorized in this
Order.

      7.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall
file the annual reports of overseas telecommunications traffic
required by Section 43.61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.
43.61.

      8. This Order is issued under Section 0.261 of the
Commission's Rules and is effective upon adoption.  Petitions for
reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for review
under Section 1.115 of the Commission's Rules may be filed within
30 days of the date of public notice of this Order (see Section
1.4(b)(2)).

     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



     Diane J. Cornell
     Chief, Telecommunications Division
     International Bureau