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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  898 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 MCI  Telecommunications  Corporation, 
 Complainant, 
 v. 
 Illinois  Bell  Telephone  Company,  et  al., 
 Defendant. 


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 File  No.  E-  97-  19A 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  April  6,  2001  Released:  April  10,  2001 


 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  On  April  10,  1997,  MCI  Telecommunications  Corporation  (a/  k/  a  WorldCom,  Inc. 
 and  hereinafter  “WorldCom”)  filed  the  above-  captioned  formal  complaint  against  Illinois  Bell 
 Telephone  Company,  et  al.  (hereinafter  “SBC”),  in  which  WorldCom  alleged,  inter  alia,  that  SBC 
 violated  section  271  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  with  its  1-  800- 
 AMERITECH  calling  card  service.  1  SBC  denied  the  allegations.  On  October  19,  2000,  the 
 Commission  issued  an  order  granting  in  part  WorldCom’s  claims.  2  On  December  18,  2000, 
 WorldCom  filed  a  supplemental  complaint  against  SBC  seeking  damages  based  on  the 
 Commission’s  finding  of  liability.  SBC  denied  WorldCom’s  damages  claims. 


 2.  On  April  5,  2001,  WorldCom  and  SBC  filed  a  Joint  Motion  For  Dismissal,  in 
 which  the  parties  requested  that  WorldCom’s  supplemental  complaint  for  damages  be  dismissed 
 with  prejudice  and  that  the  proceeding  be  terminated.  In  support  of  their  motion,  the  parties 
 advised  the  Commission  that  they  had  settled  their  dispute  and  that  the  Commission’s  time  and 
 resources  would  best  be  served  by  dismissing  the  complaint. 


 3.  We  are  satisfied  that  dismissing  the  complaint  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. 


 1  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996,  Pub.  L.  No.  104-  104,  110  Stat.  56  (1996);  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  271  (1991  & 
 West.  Supp.  1999). 
 2  MCI  Telecommunications  Corp.  v.  Illinois  Bell  Tel.  Co.,  et  al.,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  15 


 FCC  Rcd  23184  (2000). 
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 4.  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,  0.311,  that  WorldCom’s  and  SBC’s  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  IS  GRANTED. 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that  the  supplemental  complaint  for  damages  in  the 
 above-  captioned  matter  IS  DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE  and  that  this  proceeding  is 
 TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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