Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554
                                   
In the Matter of                          )
                                     )          
MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION   )
and MCImetro ACCESS TRANSMISSION     )
SERVICES, INC.,                                )  
                                     )
                                     )
               Complainants,         )
                                     )
          v.                         )       File No. E-98-34
                                     )
BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION,           )
                                     )
               Defendant.            )


                             ORDER

      Adopted:  March 12, 1999;       Released: March 12, 1999

By the Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier
Bureau:

                                
       1.      On March 17, 1998, MCI Telecommunications Corporation and MCImetro Access
Transmission Services, Inc. (collectively, MCI) filed the above-captioned formal complaint against
Bell Atlantic Corporation (Bell Atlantic), challenging as unlawful the manner in which Bell Atlantic
provides, in the states of New Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia, its reverse directory assistance
service.  Specifically, MCI alleged that Bell Atlantic's provision of the subject reverse directory
assistance service violates multiple provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the
Act), including the separate affiliate requirements set forth in Section 272 of the Act, and Section
64.702 of the Commission's rules, which governs a Bell Operating Company's provision of enhanced
services.  MCI also alleged that Bell Atlantic discriminated against MCI, in violation of section
202(a) of the Act, by refusing to provide access to the 555 routing services, listing data, and billing
arrangements used by Bell Atlantic to provide its reverse directory assistance service.  

     2.   On March 5, 1999, MCI filed a "Motion for Voluntary Dismissal, Without Prejudice." 
In support of its motion, MCI states that the respective Bell Atlantic and MCI business and technical
units responsible for handling the business issues that underlie this proceeding are currently engaged
in negotiations designed, inter alia, to resolve the parties' above referenced dispute.  MCI also states
that the parties anticipate that the negotiations will ultimately result in the resolution of MCI's claims. 
Bell Atlantic has no objection to MCI's  motion. 

     3.   We believe that the dismissal of this complaint will serve the public interest by
promoting the private resolution of disputes and eliminating the need for further litigation and the
expenditure of further time and resources of the parties and of 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 authority
delegated in Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that
MCI's Motion for Voluntary Dismissal, Without Prejudice IS GRANTED.

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaint IS DISMISSED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE and this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
     

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                              

     

                              Alexander P. Starr
                              Chief, Formal Complaints 
                                   and Investigations Branch
                              Enforcement Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau