******************************************************** NOTICE ******************************************************** This document was converted from WordPerfect or Word to ASCII Text format. Content from the original version of the document such as headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers will not show up in this text version. All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc. from the original document will not show up in this text version. Features of the original document layout such as columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins will not be preserved in the text version. If you need the complete document, download the Word or WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 Illinois Bell Tel. Co. d/b/a ) Ameritech Illinois, et al., ) ) Complainants, ) ) v. ) File No. E-99-24 ) Frontier Communications ) International, Inc.; WorldCom, Inc.; ) and, One Call Communications, Inc. ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER Adopted: September 15, 2000 Released: September 18, 2000 By the Deputy Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division, Enforcement Bureau: 1. The above-captioned complaint proceeding consolidated three cases referred by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. One of these cases, Ameritech Illinois v. Frontier Communications International, Inc., was previously dismissed with prejudice.1 The remaining parties recently filed motions to dismiss their claims with prejudice.2 The above- captioned complaint addressed the lawfulness of an Ameritech Illinois tariff revision regarding the payment of set use fees for pay telephones. 2. We are satisfied that granting these motions to dismiss with prejudice 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), 201(b) and 208, 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 WorldCom Joint Motion to Dismiss and the One Call Joint Motion to Dismiss ARE GRANTED. 4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaint IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and that this proceeding IS TERMINATED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Frank G. Lamancusa Deputy Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division Enforcement Bureau _________________________ 1 Illinois Bell Tel. Co. d/b/a, Ameritech Illinois et al. v. Frontier Communications International, Inc. et al., 15 FCC Rcd 9010 (2000). 2 Illinois Bell Tel. Co. d/b/a, Ameritech Illinois et al. v. WorldCom, Inc., E-99-24 (Civil Action No. 98-C-3195 (N.D. Ill.)), Joint Motion For Voluntary Dismissal Of WorldCom, Inc., With Prejudice, filed June 30, 2000 (WorldCom Joint Motion to Dismiss); Illinois Bell Tel. Co. d/b/a, Ameritech Illinois et al. v. One Call Communications, Inc., E-99-24 (Civil Action No. 98-C-6162 (N.D. Ill.)), Joint Motion For Voluntary Dismissal With Prejudice, filed September 6, 2000 (One Call Joint Motion to Dismiss).