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


In the Matter of                        )
                                        )       
PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE      )
COMPANY                                 )
Complainant                             )
                                        )       File No.  IC- 92-05769
v.                                      )
                                        )       
WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.              )
Respondent                              )
                                        )       
                                        )
In the Matter of                        )
                                        )       
WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.              )       NAL/Acct. No. 216E10001
                                        )
                                        )
and                                     )
                                        )
MANILA PENINSULA HOTEL                          )       NAL/Acct. No. 216E10002
Apparent Liability for Forfeiture       )

                   ORDER 
             
Adopted:        September 30, 1998      Released:       October 5, 1998 

By the Commission:

        1.      On January 23, 1993, the Commission issued a Notice of Apparent Liability that
ordered: (1) World Communications, Inc. (WorldCom) and the Manila Peninsula Hotel (Hotel) to pay
forfeitures of $200,000, each, for reselling international private lines (IPLs) without authorization
under Section 214(a) of the Communications Act; and (2) WorldCom to pay an additional $6,000 for
failing to adhere to restrictions in its tariff on the use of international private lines in violation of
Section 203(c) of the Communications Act.  The Commission took this action in response to an
informal complaint filed by the Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT) which alleged that the
Hotel charged one of its guests for making two calls to the United States on January 24, 1992, over
private lines provided to the Hotel by Globe-Mackay Cable and Radio Corporation on the Philippine
end and WorldCom on the U.S. end, and that the Hotel continued to resell IPLs in violation of the
Communications Act and our rules.  We now conclude that there is insufficient evidence to order
forfeitures against WorldCom and the Hotel.  

      2.      For the foregoing reason, we grant WorldCom's request that we cancel the
forfeitures against itself and the Hotel.

                              ORDERING CLAUSE

      3.     Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 1.106(j) of our rules, 47 C.F.R.
1.106(j), the forfeitures in the above-captioned NAL are cancelled.
      
      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


      Magalie Roman Salas
      Secretary