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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1302 
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 Before  the 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 United  Technological  Systems,  Inc., 
 Complainant  , 
 v. 
 MCI  WorldCom  Communications,  Inc., 
 Defendant. 


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 File  No.  E-  99-  32 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  13,  2000  Released:  June13,  2000 
 By  the  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division,  Enforcement  Bureau: 


 1.  On  November  5,  1999,  United  Technological  Systems,  Inc.  (Uni-  Tel)  filed  the  above-  captioned  formal  complaint  against  MCI  WorldCom  Communications,  Inc.  (MCI)  alleging, 
 among  other  things,  that  MCI  violated  sections  201  and  203  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as 
 amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  201  and  203,  by  misrepresenting  its  charges  for  telecommunications  services 
 t  o  Uni-  Tel. 


 2.  Subsequent  to  that  filing,  the  parties  entered  into  negotiations  in  an  effort  to  settle  the  matter  in  controversy.  On  June  12,  2000,  the  parties  filed  a  joint  motion  to  dismiss  the 
 complaint  wit  h  prejudice,  st  at  ing  that  all  mat  t  ers  pending  in  the  inst  ant  complaint  have  been  resolved. 


 3.  We  are  sat  isfied  that  dismissing  the  complaint  will  serve  the  public  int  erest  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  the  Commission. 


 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  4(  i),  4(  j),  and  208  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  154(  j),  and  208,  and  the 
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 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  the  above-  captioned  complaint  IS  GRANTED. 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  4(  i),  4(  j),  and  208  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  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  and  0.311,  that 
 the  above-  captioned  complaint  is  DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE  and  this  proceeding  IS 
 TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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