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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2723 
 _______________________________________________________________________ 


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


 ) 
 MCI  Telecommunications  ) 
 Corporation,  et  al.,  ) 
 ) 
 Complainants,  ) 
 ) 
 v.  )  File  Nos.  E-  96-  31,  E-  96-  42 
 ) 
 Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company,  ) 
 Pacific  Bell  and  Nevada  Bell  ) 
 ) 
 Defendants.  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  December  1,  2000  Released:  December  4,  2000 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  This  matter  comes  before  the  Commission  as  a  Joint  Motion  of  MCI 
 Telecommunications  Corp.  and  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company,  Pacific  Bell,  and 
 Nevada  Bell  to  Dismiss  With  Prejudice  (Joint  Motion).  The  above-  captioned  complaints 
 address  the  defendants’  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),  and  208 
 of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  151,  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  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  With  Prejudice  IS 
 GRANTED. 
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 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  above-  captioned  complaints  ARE 
 DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE  and  that  these  proceedings  ARE  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Radhika  V.  Karmarkar,  Deputy  Chief 
 Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division 
 Enforcement  Bureau 
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