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


                              )
Sprint Communications              )
     Company, L.P.,                )         
                              )
     Complainant,                  )    
                              )
          v.                  )    File No. E-95-36
                              )    
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.      )
                                   )    
                              )
     Defendant.                    )

                              ORDER

     Adopted: September 18, 2000             Released: 
September 19, 2000

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


          1.   This matter comes before the Commission on 
the Joint Motion of Sprint Communications Company L.P. and 
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. to Dismiss With Prejudice 
(Joint Motion). The above-captioned complaint addresses the 
defendant's practice of improperly assessing carrier common 
line charges for interstate calls involving certain optional 
calling services. 

     2.   We are satisfied that granting this motion 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 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




                         Alexander P. Starr 
                         Chief, Market Disputes Resolution 
                    Division
                         Enforcement Bureau