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                            Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20554
     DA 96-1800
   In the Matter of)
     )
    AT&T CORP.)
     )
 Application for authority to) File No. I-T-C-96-514
acquire and operate facilities)
 in the BALTICA Cable System.)

                     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-96-514 IS GRANTED, and AT&T is authorized to: 

      a.acquire on an ownership basis a one-half interest in
     and operate  five MIUs of capacity in the BALTICA Cable
     System; 

      b.acquire by lease or other comparable means any
     necessary extension facilities; 

      c.use the facilities in a and b, above, to provide AT&T's
     regularly authorized services between the United States and
     Poland. 

     3.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of 
AT&T to provide private lines as part of its authorized services
is limited to the provision of such private lines only between
the United States  and Poland -- that is, private lines which
originate in the United States and terminate in Poland or which
originate in Poland and terminate in the United States.  In
addition, AT&T  may not -- and AT&T's tariffs 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
Poland end, or both, for the provision of international switched
basic services, unless authorized to do so by the Commission upon
a finding that Poland 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 the annual reports of overseas telecommunications traffic
required by Section 43.61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.
Section 43.61. 

      5.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).

      6.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 the public notice of this order (see
Section 1.4(b)(2)).

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



     Diane J. Cornell
     Chief, Telecommunications Division
     International Bureau