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

AT&T Corp.,                                                            
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     Complainant)                                                             
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)
          v.                                                           
)                       File Nos. E-95-30
                                                                         
)                             and  E-99-15S
GTE NORTH, INC., GTE NORTHWEST, INC.                   )         
GTE WEST COAST, INC., GTE SOUTH, INC.                   )
GTE SOUTHWEST, INC., MIDWEST, INC.,                      )
GTE HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE CO., INC.,                        ) 
GTE ALASKTA, INC., GTE CALIFORNIA, INC.,             )
GTE FLORIDA, INC., CONTEL OF THE SOUTH, INC.,   )
CONTEL OF THE WEST, INC.,                                           
)
CONTEL OF MINNESOTA, INC.,                                       
)
CONTEL OF TEXAS, INC.,                                                  
)
CONTEL SYSTEM OF MISSOURI, INC.,                           )
KANSAS STATE TELEPHONE,                                          
)
CONTEL OF CALIFORNIA, INC., and                                )
THE MICRONESAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS            )
CORP.,                                                                                    
)

     Defendants.                   

                              ORDER

   Adopted: August  22, 2000            Released:   August    23, 

2000

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

1.   This matter comes before the Commission on the Joint  Motion 
  of  AT&T  Corp. and  GTE,  et  al. to  Dismiss  With  Prejudice 
  (``Joint  Motion'').   The  above-captioned  formal   complaint 
  addresses  the  defendants' practice  of  improperly  assessing 
  carrier  common line  charges  for interstate  calls  involving 
  certain optional calling services.

2.   We are satisfied that  dismissing this 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 of this Commission.

3.   Accordingly, IT IS  ORDERED, pursuant to  sections 1,  4(i), 
  4(j), 201(b),  and 208 of  the Communications Act  of 1934,  as 
  amended, 47  U.S.C. §§ 151,  154(i), 154(j), and  208, and  the 
  authority  delegated  in  sections  0.111  and  0.311  of   the 
  Commission's  rules,  47  C.F.R.  §§  0.111,  0.311,  that  the 
  parties' Joint Motion To Dismiss With Prejudice IS GRANTED. 

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

 

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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