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                                Before the
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20554
                                                       DA 97-1684
In the Matter of               )
                               )
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES, INC.      )
                               )
Application for authority,     )  File No. I-T-C-97-273-TC    
pursuant to Section 214 of     )
the Communications Act of      )
1934, as amended, to transfer  )
control to London Telecom      )
Network, Corp.                 )

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION, ORDER
                             AND AUTHORIZATION

Adopted:  July 31, 1997            Released:  August 7, 1997     

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

          1.   Strategic Alliances, Inc. (SAI) and London Telecom
Network, Corp. (LTN), pursuant to Section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, submitted the above-
captioned application requesting authority to transfer control of
SAI to LTN.   The application was placed on public notice on May
23, 1997.  No comments were received.

          2.   SAI, a Minnesota corporation, has been authorized
to provide international resale services.  LTN, a privately-held
Georgia corporation, does not currently hold Section 214
authorization.  SAI and LTN have agreed to a merger plan whereby
LTN will purchase 100% of the shares of SAI.  SAI would then
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of LTN, using the d/b/a London
Telecom Network, Corp.

          3.   Upon consideration of the application and in view
of the foregoing, we conclude that consent to transfer control of
SAI to LTN will serve the public interest, convenience and
necessity.   

          4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that application File
No. I-T-C-97-273-TC IS GRANTED, and the transfer of control of
SAI to LTN is authorized.

          5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all terms and
conditions of any Commission orders granting authority to SAI to
provide common carrier services remain in effect.


          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