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


In the Matter of  )
                  )
Transaction Network Services, Inc.,        )
                  )
            Complainant,)
                  )
v.                )     File No. E-98-03
                  )
AT&T Corp.,       )
                  )
            Defendant.  )
                  

                                   ORDER

    Adopted:  February 4, 1998     ;      Released:  February 5, 1998


      By the Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common
Carrier Bureau:

      1.    The parties have executed a negotiated Confidentiality Agreement regarding treatment of
confidential material in the above-captioned proceeding.  Pursuant to Sections 0.459 and 1.727(a) of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.459, 1.727(a), the parties have requested the Commission to enter
an order accepting their agreement.

      2.    After due consideration, we are persuaded that the public interest would be served by
adopting the Confidentiality Agreement, a copy of which is appended hereto.  The Confidentiality
Agreement is consistent with Section 1.731 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.731, and should
facilitate the orderly exchange of relevant information in this proceeding.  

      3.    Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 4(j) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 154(j), and the authority delegated by Sections 0.91 and
0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that the parties' joint request for acceptance
of the Confidentiality Agreement appended hereto IS GRANTED.  Nothing in this Order, or the
Confidentiality Agreement appended hereto, shall restrict the Commission's authority to use information
or materials obtained in the course of this proceeding.




      4.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this ORDER shall be effective upon adoption.

                  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                  Kurt A. Schroeder
                  Chief, Formal Complaints and 
                     Investigations Branch
                  Enforcement Division
                  Common Carrier Bureau