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

In the Matter of
                                        )
MULTITECHNOLOGY SERVICES, L.P.          )
                                        )
Application for authority, pursuant to  )       File No. ITC-98-009-TC
Section 214 of the Communications Act of)
1934, as amended, to provide global resale services     )
between the United States and overseas points and to    )
transfer control of an authorized international carrier.)


MEMORANDUM OPINION, ORDER  AND AUTHORIZATION
     

   Adopted:  February 27, 1998                                         Released:  March 2, 1998

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

              1.      MultiTechnology Services, L.P. (MTS) and Cable Plus Holding Co. (Cable Plus),
pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, submitted the above-captioned
application requesting authority for MTS to provide resold international communications services, and
to transfer control of MTS to Cable Plus.  The application was placed on public notice on January 9,
1998.  No comments were received.

              2.      Cable Plus, a Washington corporation, does not hold any Section 214 authority. 
 However, an affiliate of Cable Plus, Cable Plus Company, L.P., has been granted global resale
authority.  MTS, a Texas limited partnership, is requesting authority pursuant to Section 214 to provide
resold international communications services.   Cable Plus and MTS have agreed that pursuant to the
requested transfer, MTS would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cable Plus.

              3.      Upon consideration of the application and in view of the foregoing, we conclude
that grant of the instant application will  serve the public interest, convenience and necessity.

              4.      Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the application of Cable Plus and MTS, File
No. ITC-98-009-TC IS GRANTED, and:

              a.      MTS is authorized to  provide international switched and private line services by
              the resale of international switched and private line services of other authorized
              international carriers, pursuant to Section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's Rules, 47
              U.S.C. 63.18(e)(2), and 

              b.       the transfer of control of MTS  to Cable Plus is authorized.
              5.      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that MTS may not -- and MTS' tariff must state
that its customers may not -- connect their private lines to the public switched network at either the U.S.
or foreign end, or both, for the provision of international switched basic services, unless the Commission
has authorized the provision of such services.  See 47 C.F.R. Sections 63.18(e)(2)(ii), (e)(3)-(4);
63.21(a).  The limitations in this paragraph are subject to the exception that MTS may engage in
"switched hubbing" consistent with Section 63.17(b) of the Commission's Rules.

              6.      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall file annual circuit addition
reports in accordance with the requirements set forth in 43.82 of the Commission's Rules and Rules for
Filing of International Circuit Status Reports, CC Docket No. 93-157, Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd
8605 (1995).

              7.      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that grant of this application is subject to all the
conditions set forth in Sections 63.15(b) and  63.21 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 63.15(b)
and 63.21.

              8.       This Order is issued under Section 0.261 of the Commission's Rules and is
effective upon adoption.  Petitions for reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for review
under Section 1.115 of the Commission's Rules may be filed within 30 days of the date of public notice
of this Order (see Section 1.4(b)(2)).

                      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                      Diane J. Cornell
                      Chief, Telecommunications Division
                      International Bureau