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


In the Matter of                        )
                                   )
COMSAT CORPORATION,                )
                                   )
     Complainant,                       )
                                   )
v.                                 )    File No. E-99-08
                                   )
IDB MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,   )
                                   )
     Defendant.                         )
                                                  

                         ORDER ON REVIEW

Adopted: July 13, 2000                                      
Released: July 17, 2000

By the Commission: 

     1.  The Commission has before it an Application for Review 
filed by COMSAT Corporation1 pursuant to section 1.115 of the 
Commission's rules.2  COMSAT requests review of a May 5, 2000 
order by the Enforcement Bureau,3 which dismissed with prejudice 
a complaint COMSAT filed against IDB Mobile Communications, Inc. 
pursuant to section 208 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended (the Act).4 The Bureau determined that both the doctrine 
of res judicata and section 207 of the Act 5 precluded COMSAT 
from bringing the complaint.
 
     2.  Upon careful review of the Application for Review and 
the entire record herein, we conclude that COMSAT has failed to 
demonstrate that the Enforcement Bureau erred.  The Enforcement 
Bureau properly decided the matters raised below, and we uphold 
its decision for the reasons stated in its Order.  

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 4(i), 
4(j), 207, and 208 of the Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 207, 
208, and section 1.115(g) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 
1.115(g), that the Application for Review filed by COMSAT 
Corporation IS DENIED and this proceeding IS TERMINATED WITH 
PREJUDICE.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

                    
                              Magalie Roman Salas 
                              Secretary
_________________________

1  Application for Review of COMSAT Corporation, File No. E-99-08 
(filed June 7, 2000).

2  47 C.F.R. § 1.115.

3  COMSAT Corporation v. IDB Mobile Communications, Inc., 
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 7906 (Enf. Bur. May  5, 
2000). 

4  47 U.S.C. § 208.

5  47 U.S.C. § 207.