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                           Before the 
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C. 20554
     DA 96-2080
    In the matter of)
     )
    INFOACCESS, INC.)
     )
  Application for authority to) File No. I-T-C-94-265
 acquire and operate facilities)
  for service to the Dominican )
      Republic.)

               ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE

 Adopted: December 5, 1996Released: December 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, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED
that the present and future public convenience and necessity
require the provision of direct service between the United States
and the Dominican Republic by InfoAccess, Inc. (InfoAccess).

      2.Accordingly, it is ordered that application File
No. I-T-C-94-265 IS GRANTED, and InfoAccess is authorized to:

      a.acquire on an Indefeasible Right of User basis a one-
     half interest in and operate voice-grade circuits in the
     TCS-1 Cable System;

      b.lease from COMSAT and operate voice-grade satellite
     circuits between an appropriately licensed U.S. earth
     station and an appropriate INTELSAT satellite over the
     Atlantic Ocean, connecting with similar circuits between the
     satellite and an earth station in the Dominican Republic,
     furnished by InfoAccess' correspondent in the Dominican
     Republic;

      c.lease and operate facilities in the U.S. earth  station
     to be used in conjunction with the space segment capacity;

      d.acquire and operate a total of 192 voice-grade cable
     and/or satellite circuits;
      e.lease and operate any necessary domestic connecting
     facilities; and

      f.use said facilities to provide international
     communications services, including voice, data and private
     line services, between the United States and the Dominican
     Republic.
      3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of
InfoAccess to provide private lines between the United States and
the Dominican Republic as part of its authorized services is
limited to the provision of such private lines only between the
United States and the Dominican Republic -- that is, private
lines which originate in the United States and terminate in the
Dominican Republic or which originate in the Dominican Republic
and terminate in the United States.  In addition, InfoAccess may
not -- and InfoAccess' 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 the Dominican
Republic end, or both, for the provision of international
switched basic services, unless authorized to do so by the
Commission upon a finding that the Dominican Republic 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 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.

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

     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



     Diane J. Cornell
     Chief, Telecommunications Division
     International Bureau