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                                                      DA 96-1583 

                            Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20554



In the Matter of                             )
                                        )
Application of 280 Security Holdings, Inc. for         )
Determination of Exempt Telecommunications        )    File No. ETC- 96-14
Company Status under Section 34 of the Public Utility  )
Holding Company Act of 1935, as added by          )
Section 103 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 )    


                              ORDER


     Adopted: September 19, 1996             Released: September 19, 1996


By the General Counsel:

     1.   On July 26, 1996, 280 Security Holdings, Inc. ("280 Holdings") filed an
application with the Commission for a determination of "exempt telecommunications company"
("ETC") status pursuant to section 34(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
("PUHCA"), as added by section 103 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.  280 Holdings'
application was placed on public notice for comment on the adequacy and accuracy of the
application on July 29, 1996.  280 Security Holdings, Inc., Public Notice, DA No. 96-1204 (OGC
released July 29, 1996).  No parties filed any comments.  As explained below, 280 Holdings
satisfies the statutory criteria to merit a positive determination of ETC status and its application
is therefore granted. 

     2.   280 Holdings represents that it is a Delaware corporation which owns 85.87% of
the issued and outstanding stock of NSS National Security Services, Inc. ("NSS").  NSS in turn
owns 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of Automatic Detection Systems, Inc. ("ADSI"). 
280 Holdings is a privately held company whose current shareholders consist of both privately
held corporations and individuals.  None of the current shareholders of 280 Holdings are
themselves registered holding companies under PUHCA.  Moreover, no current shareholder of
280 Holdings is "affiliated," as that term is defined in PUHCA, with a registered public utility. 
However, in a third supplemental filing with the Commission, 280 Holdings informed the
Commission that it had entered into a Letter of Intent with Entergy Technology Holding
Company, an ETC affiliate of Entergy Corporation, a registered public utility holding company
under PUHCA, concerning the acquisition of 280 Holdings by Entergy. 
 
     3.   280 Holdings states that it is engaged, indirectly through NSS and ADSI, its
"affiliates" (as defined in PUHCA section 2(a)(11)(B)), exclusively in the business of providing
telecommunications services, information services, other services or products subject to the
jurisdiction of the Commission, and/or products or services that are related or incidental to the
provision of such products or services within the meaning of PUHCA section 34(a)(1). 
Specifically, the application reflects that the core business activity of NSS and its wholly-owned
subsidiary ADSI, is the provision of remote alarm monitoring and response services to
residential and commercial customers, primarily located in the states of North Carolina and
Alabama.  In the provision of remote alarm monitoring and response services, NSS and ADSI
will utilize telephone landlines or wireless facilities to receive, process and transmit emergency
and other information to and from customer premises and public safety entities.  Additionally, as
part of their business activities, NSS and ADSI will lease, sell, inspect and maintain monitoring
equipment used at customer premises to facilitate the provision of alarm monitoring services.  

     4.   Based upon the representations contained in 280 Holdings' application, we
determine that 280 Holdings is an exempt telecommunications company as that term is defined
in PUHCA section 34(a)(1), as amended.

     5.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the application of 280 Holdings IS
GRANTED.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Securities and Exchange Commission
SHALL BE NOTIFIED of this determination.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         William E. Kennard
                         General Counsel