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                            Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20554
     DA 97-1262
  In the Matter of     )
          )
TELEPORT TRANSMISSION COMPANY )
     Assignor,  )
     )
  and)
           )  
 MARITIME TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
      NETWORK, INC.)
     Assignee,  )
        )
 Application for authority,)  File No. I-T-C-97-235-AL    
 pursuant to Section 214 of  )
 the Communications Act of)
1934, as amended, to assign   )
 Section 214 authorization.)
     )
  PACIFIC & EASTERN DATA)
    TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, INC.)
     Assignor,)
     )
  and)
     )
 MARITIME TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
      NETWORK, INC.)
     Assignee,)
     )
 Application for authority,)  File No. I-T-C-97-236-AL
 pursuant to Section 214 of)
 the Communications Act of)
 1934, as amended, to assign)
 Section 214 authorization.)

                    MEMORANDUM OPINION, ORDER
                        AND AUTHORIZATION

  Adopted: June 13, 1997Released: June 17, 1997   

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

      1.Teleport Transmission Company (TTC), Pacific &
Eastern Data Transmission Services, Inc. (PEDTS) and Maritime
Telecommunications Network, Inc. (MTN). pursuant to Section 214
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, submitted the
above-captioned applications requesting authority to assign TTC's
and PEDTS' Section 214 authorization to MTN.  The applications
were placed on public notice on May 2, 1997.  No comments were
received.
      2.The applicants, all Colorado corporations, are
certified international communications carriers which provide a
variety of facilities-based and resale services between the
United States and various overseas points.  Applicants are
seeking to assign only those authorizations which grant authority
to provide facilities-based services via various non-U.S.
licensed satellite systems, since MTN has been granted global
authority pursuant to the Commission's new streamlined
procedures.     Applicants state that at present, the services
encompassed in the authorizations to be assigned are made
available to MTN by means of service agreements.  Grant of the
applications will allow MTN to provide the services directly and
more efficiently.

      3.Upon consideration of the applications and in view
of the foregoing, we conclude that consent to assignment of TTC's
and PEDTS' Section 214 authorizations to MTN will serve the
public interest, convenience and necessity.

      4.Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the applications,
File Nos. I-T-C-97-235-AL and I-T-C-97-236-AL ARE GRANTED, and we
consent to the assignment from TTC and PEDTS to MTN of their
respective Section 214 authorizations.

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

      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 MTN must continue to
maintain tariffs for the services authorized in this Order.

      7.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the MTN 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