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                            Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20554
                                                  DA 97-1966
In the Matter of                         )
                                    )
TERRALINK COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. )
                               )
Application for authority, pursuant to   )  File No. ITC-97-376-TC    
Section 214 of the Communications   )
Act of 1934, as amended, to transfer     )
control of  an authorized international  )
carrier.                       )   

                     ORDER AND AUTHORIZATION

Adopted:  September 11, 1997       Released: September 16, 1997   

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

          1.   Terralink Communications, Ltd. (TLC), pursuant to Section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, submitted the above-captioned application requesting
authority to transfer control of TLC from Joseph Tovey, John R. Taylor and Teddy G. Tomerlin,
as joint sharholders, to Joseph Tovey alone.   TLC also requests that its existing Section 214
authority be expanded to include all authority granted under a global facilities-based
authorization pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission's Rules.   The application was
placed on public notice on July 16, 1997.  No comments were received.

          2.   TLC, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the state of Texas,
is authorized to provide facilities-based international communications services via satellite
between the United States and various overseas points.  TLC is controlled by its single general
partner, Terralink Corporation (the Corporation), which owns 1% of the shares of TLC.  The
Corporation is currently owned by three shareholders, Joseph Tovey, John R. Taylor and Teddy
G. Tomerlin.  Pursuant to the proposed transaction, the shares of John R. Taylor and Teddy G.
Tomerlin would be transferred to Joseph Tovey, who would then own 100% of the shares of the
Corporation and would have control of TLC.

          3.   TLC is currently authorized to provide a variety of specific international
services via the INTELSAT, PanAmSat, Columbia and Orion satellite systems, as well as certain
limited international services via U.S. and foreign domestic satellite systems.  TLC is requesting
that the Commission expand its authority to the broader authority now granted to a global
facilities-based carrier pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(1) of the Commission's Rules.

          4.   Upon consideration of the application and in view of the foregoing, we
conclude that consent to transfer control of TLC from Joseph Tovey, John R. Taylor and Teddy
G. Tomerlin, together, to Joseph Tovey, alone, and expansion of TLC's authority to global
facilities-based authority, will serve the public interest, convenience and necessity.

          5.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the application of TLC, File No. ITC-
97-376-TC IS GRANTED, and:

          a.    the transfer of control of TLC to Joseph Tovey, as sole shareholder of Terralink
     Corporation, is authorized, and

          b.   TLC is authorized to 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;

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

          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