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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1384 
 Before  the  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 WASHINGTON,  DC  20554 
 MCI  Telecommunications  Corp.,  ) 
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 Complainant,  ) 
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 v.  )  File  No.  E-  97-  18 
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 Pacific  Bell,  ) 
 ) 
 Defendant.  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  21,  2000  Released:  June  22,  2000 
 By  the  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division,  Enforcement  Division: 
 1.  On  April  10,  1997,  MCI  Telecommunications  Corp.  (“  MCI”)  filed  the  formal 
 complaint  captioned  above  against  Pacific  Bell  alleging  that  Pacific  Bell’s  refusal  to  provide  MCI 
 access  to  customer  proprietary  network  information  for  customers  switching  local  phone  service 
 from  Pacific  Bell  to  MCI  violated  sections  201(  b)  and  251(  c)(  4)(  B)  of  the  Communications  Act  of 
 1934,  as  amended.  See  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  201(  b),  251(  c).  On  June  16,  2000,  MCI  filed  a  Motion  for 
 Voluntary  Dismissal  of  Proceeding  that  asks  the  Commission  to  terminate  the  complaint  captioned 
 above. 


 2.  We  are  satisfied  that  dismissing  the  complaint  will  serve  the  public  interest  by 
 promoting  the  private  resolution  of  disputes  and  by  eliminating  the  need  for  further  litigation  and 
 expenditure  of  resources  by  the  parties  and  the  Commission. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  1,  4(  i),  4(  j),  201(  b),  and  251(  c) 
 of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  151,  154(  i),  154(  j),  201(  b),  251(  c), 
 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  unopposed  Motion  for  Voluntary  Dismissal  of  the  complaint  IS  GRANTED. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  complaint  IS  DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE 
 and  that  the  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED  effective  immediately  upon  the  Release  Date  of  this 
 Order. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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