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


Yellow Book USA, Inc.,                       )
                              )
     Complainant,                  )
                              )
     v.                       )    File No. EB-00-MD-013
                              )
Bell Atlantic Corporation, d/b/a Verizon     )
Communications; and its subsidiaries         )
and affiliates, including but not limited to,     )
Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc.;        )
New York Telephone Company, d/b/a  )
Bell Atlantic - New York; Bell Atlantic -    )
New Jersey, Inc.; Bell Atlantic -       )
Pennsylvania, Inc.; New England         )
Telephone and Telegraph Company,        )
d/b/a Bell Atlantic - New England;      )
Bell Atlantic - Maryland, Inc.; Bell         )
Atlantic - Virginia, Inc.; Bell              )
Atlantic - West Virginia, Inc.; Bell         )
Atlantic - Delaware, Inc.; and Bell          )
Atlantic - Washington, D.C.,            )
                              )
     Defendants.                   )

                            ORDER
     Adopted:  August 25, 2000               Released:  
August 28, 2000

By the Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division, 
Enforcement Bureau:

     1.   On July 21, 2000, Yellow Book USA, Inc. (Yellow 
Book USA) filed the captioned complaint against Bell 
Atlantic Corporation (Bell Atlantic), alleging, among other 
things, that Bell Atlantic violated section 222(e) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 222(e).  
In short, Yellow Book USA maintained that, since the date of 
enactment of section 222(e), Bell Atlantic's rates for 
subscriber list information (SLI) have been unreasonable 
because they have been based on the value of the SLI (as 
determined subjectively by Bell Atlantic) rather than on 
cost.

     2.   The parties recently entered into negotiations for 
the purpose of settling their dispute.  On August 25, 2000, 
they filed a joint motion to dismiss the complaint pending 
against Bell Atlantic with prejudice.

     3.   We are satisfied that dismissing the complaint 
will serve the public interest by promoting the private 
resolution of disputes and by eliminating the need for 
further litigation and the expenditure of further time and 
resources of the parties and this Commission.

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 
1, 4(i), 4(j), 208 and 222(e) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 154(j), 208 and 
222(e), and the authority delegated in sections 0.111 and 
0.311 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.111 and 
0.311, that the joint motion to dismiss the above-captioned 
complaint with prejudice IS GRANTED.

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned 
complaint IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and that the 
proceeding IS TERMINATED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                         Glenn T. Reynolds
                         Chief, Market Disputes Resolution 
Division
                         Enforcement Bureau