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


AT&T Corp.,                                                    
) 
                                                                          
)
                      Complainant,           )
                              )
                      v.                )    File No. EAD-
99-001
                              )
BellSouth Corporation              )
and its carrier subsidiaries and affiliates, )
including (but not limited to)               )
BellSouth Long Distance, Inc.      )
and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., )
                              )
                           Defendants.       )

                            ORDER
     Adopted:  October 2, 2000               Released:  
October 3, 2000

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

     1.   On January 29, 1999, pursuant to section 208 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act),1 and the 
Commission's Accelerated Docket procedures,2 AT&T Corp. 
(AT&T) filed a complaint against, among other defendants, 
BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (BellSouth).3  In short, the 
complaint alleged that, although the Commission has denied 
BellSouth's requests to provide in-region, interLATA 
services, BellSouth provides such services by issuing, 
selling, and marketing the BellSouth Prepaid Calling Card.  
BellSouth's conduct, AT&T claimed, violates section 271 of 
the Act.4

     2.   On March 10, 1999, the parties participated in a 
minitrial.  Twenty days later, the Common Carrier Bureau 
issued an order denying AT&T's claim.5  On April 14, 1999, 
AT&T timely filed an application for review.

     3.   On September 29, 2000, AT&T submitted a letter 
requesting leave to withdraw its application for review.  We 
are satisfied that granting AT&T's request will serve the 
public interest by eliminating the need for further 
litigation and the expenditure of further time and resources 
of the parties and this Commission.

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 
1, 4(i), 4(j), 208, and 271 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 154(j), 208, and 
271, and the authority delegated in sections 0.111, 0.311, 
and 1.115 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.111, 
0.311, and 1.115, that AT&T's application for review IS 
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, and that the captioned proceeding 
IS TERMINATED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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

1 47 U.S.C. § 208.

2 47 C.F.R. § 1.730.

3 AT&T also originally named BellSouth Corporation and 
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. as defendants.  These 
parties subsequently were dismissed from the litigation.

4 47 U.S.C. § 271.
5 AT&T Corp. v. BellSouth Corp., Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, 14 FCC Rcd 8515 (Com. Car. Bur. 1999).