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                           Before the 
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C. 20554
     DA 97-1475
    In the matter of)
     )
 WORLDPORT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
     )
 Application for authority to  ) File No. I-T-C-97-275-AL
  operate as an international)
  resale carrier and to assign )
  Section 214 authorization of)
  Telenational Communications,)
   Limited Partnership.)
     
               ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE

   Adopted: July 7, 1997Released: July 16, 1997  

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

      1.WorldPort Communications, Inc. (WorldPort),
pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, submitted the above-captioned application requesting 
authority to provide global international resale services and to
assign the Section 214 authorization of Telenational
Communications, Limited Partnership (TNC) to WorldPort. The
application was placed on public notice on May 23, 1997.  No
comments were received.

      2.On April 23, 1997, WorldPort entered into an
agreement to purchase the operating assets of TNC.  TNC's
subsidiary, International Message Telephone Service, Inc., is
authorized to provide international switched message telephone
services.  Since the authority granted there was for resale of
basic switched services only, the instant application also
requests authority to provide global resale services pursuant to
Section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's Rules.

      3.Upon consideration of the application, we find
that the public convenience and necessity require a grant
thereof.

      4.Accordingly, it is ordered that application File
No. I-T-C-97-275-AL IS GRANTED, and  WorldPort is authorized to:

      a. 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); and
      b.the assignment of TNC's Section 214 authorization to
     WorldPort is authorized.
 
      5.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all terms and
conditions of any Commission orders granting authority to TNC to
provide common carrier services are now applicable to WorldPort.

      6.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall
file annual circuit addition reports in accordance with the
requirements set forth in 43.82 of the Commission's Rules and
Rules for Filing of International Circuit Status Reports, CC
Docket No. 93-157, Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd 8605 (1995).

      7.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.

      8.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the applicant
intends to provide international call-back services through the
use of uncompleted call signaling, its authorization to resell
international switched voice and/or data services to provide
these services is expressly subject to the conditions listed in
VIA USA Ltd., et al., 9 FCC 2288(1994), and the Order on
Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 9540 (1995).

          9.  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