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                           Before the 
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C. 20554DA 96-1799
    In the matter of)
     )
  PACIFIC DIGI-TEL CORP0RATION)
     )
  Application for authority to) File No. I-T-C-96-472
 acquire and operate facilities)
   for service to Germany. )

                     ORDER AND AUTHORIZATION

  Adopted: October 31, 1996Released: November 1, 1996

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

      1.Upon consideration of the above-captioned
uncontested application, filed pursuant to Section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, we find that the present
and future public convenience and necessity require a grant
thereof.

        2.Accordingly, it is ordered that application File
No. I-T-C-96-472 IS GRANTED, and Pacific Digi-Tel Corporation
(Pacific) is authorized to:

      a.acquire on an Indefeasible Right of User basis a one-half
     interest in and operate three E-1 circuits in the CANUS-1
     Cable System;

      b.lease and operate connecting facilities between the
     CANUS-1 terminal in Manahawkin, New Jersey and Pacific's
     United States operating office;

      c.lease a one-half interest in and operate any necessary
     overseas connecting facilities; and

      d.use said facilities, in conjunction with previously
     authorized facilities in the CANTAT-III Cable System, to
     provide regularly authorized services, including switched
     voice and data and private line services, between the United
     States and Germany.

      3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of
Pacific to provide private lines between the United States and
Germany as part of its authorized services is limited to the
provision of such private lines only between the United States and
Germany -- that is, private lines which originate in the United
States and terminate in Germany or which originate in Germany and
terminate in the United States.  In addition, Pacific may not --
and Pacific's tariff must state that its customers may not --
connect private lines provided over these facilities to the public
switched network at either the U.S. or Germany end, or both, for
the provision of international switched basic services, unless
authorized to do so by the Commission upon a finding that Germany
affords resale opportunities equivalent to those available under
U.S. law, in accordance with Foreign Carrier Entry Order, 11 FCC
Rcd 3873 (1995). The limitations in this paragraph are subject to
the exception contained in Section 63.18(e)(4)(ii) of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 63.18(e)(4)(ii).  

      4.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall file
annual circuit status reports in accordance with the requirements
set forth in Rules for Filing of International Circuit Status
Reports, CC Docket No. 93-157, Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd 8605
(1995).

      5.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this authorization is
issued subject to the terms and conditions of any license for the 
CANUS-1  cable system issued herein under the Act entitled "An Act
relating to the landing and operation of submarine cables in the
United States," 47 U.S.C.  34-39.

      6.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that grant of this application
is subject to all the conditions set forth in Section 63.21 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 63.21.

          7.  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