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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                )
                                )
MCI WorldCom, Inc.              )       FCN-98-020
                                )
Notification Pursuant to        )
Section 63.11 of Foreign Carrier Affiliation)          
                                 

                              ORDER


          Adopted:  November 9, 1998         Released:  November 10, 1998

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

                                 
     1.   On September 14, 1998, the Commission authorized the transfer of control of MCI
Communications Corporation's (MCI) numerous Title II authorizations, including its authorization to
serve Brazil, to WorldCom.  Under the terms of the merger agreement, MCI became a wholly-owned
subsidiary of WorldCom and the combined company was renamed MCI WorldCom.  On the same day,
MCI notified the Commission under Section 63.11 of the Commission's rules of its acquisition of voting
control over Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunica‡ es S.A.-EMBRATEL (Embratel), the Brazilian long-
distance carrier.  MCI also conceded that the Commission's dominant carrier regulations now applied to
their provision of service on the U.S.-Brazil route.   In this order, we accept the commitment of MCI to
be regulated as dominant on the U.S-Brazil route and we note that neither MCI nor WorldCom has
submitted information to demonstrate that any of their subsidiaries qualify for non-dominant regulation
on the U.S.-Brazil route.  Accordingly, MCI WorldCom and its subsidiaries will be subject to the
Commission's dominant carrier regulations for service to Brazil as set forth in Section 63.10 of the
Commission's rules.

     2.   Accordingly,  IT IS ORDERED that MCI WorldCom and its subsidiaries shall be
regulated as a dominant carrier on the U.S.-Brazil route, pursuant to Section 214 of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 
214 and Section 63.10 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  63.10 and shall comply with the
requirements of paragraph (c) of that section.  The quarterly traffic reports filed pursuant to Section
63.10(c) must include the information required by Section 43.61 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 
43.61, for "resale of international switched services" on the U.S.-Brazil route.

     3.   This Order is issued under Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.261,
and is effective upon release.  Petitions for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for
review under Section 1.115 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.106, 1.115, may be filed within 30
days of the date of public notice of this order (see 47 C.F.R.  1.4(b)(2)).


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 




                              Diane J. Cornell
                              Chief, Telecommunications Division
                              International Bureau