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                                Before the 
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20554       
                                                       DA 96-1874
In the matter of                   )
                                   )
WINSTAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.   )
                                   )
Application for global authority   ) File No. I-T-C-96-424
to operate as an international     )
facilities-based and resale        )
carrier.                           )

                   ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE

Adopted: November 6, 1996          Released: November 12, 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-96-424 IS GRANTED, and WinStar Telecommunications, Inc.
(WinStar) is authorized to:

     a.   provide global facilities-based services, pursuant to
     Section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission's Rules, 47 U.S.C.
     63.18(e)(1), between the United States and international
     points not specifically excluded by the Commission's
     Exclusion List, via U.S. authorized international facilities
     not excluded by the Exclusion List;

     b.   provide international switched and private line
     services by the resale of international switched and private
     line services of other authorized international carriers,
     pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's Rules,
     47 U.S.C. 63.18(e)(2).
 
          3.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of
WinStar to provide private lines between the United States and
international points as part of its authorized services is
limited to the provision of such private lines only between the
United States and an authorized international point-- that is,
private lines which originate in the United States and terminate
in an authorized international point or which originate in an
authorized international point and terminate in the United
States.  In addition, WinStar may not -- and WinStar'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 foreign end, or both, for the provision of
international switched basic services, unless authorized to do so
by the Commission upon a finding that the destination country
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