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                                 Before the
                      Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554
                                        
In the Matter of                        )
                                        )            
MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION )
                                        )
                                        )
               Complainant,                  )
                                        )
          v.                            )         File No. E-97-43
                                        )
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,   )
INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC.    )
MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,   )
and OHIO BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY,   )
WISCONSIN BELL, INC.                    )
d/b/a AMERITECH OPERATING COMPANIES     )
AMERITECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.          )
                                        )
               Defendant.               ) 


                             ORDER

     Adopted:  December 7, 1999;        Released: December 7, 1999

By the Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division, Enforcement Bureau:
                                
       1.      On August 8, 1997, MCI Telecommunications Corporation ("MCI") filed a formal
complaint against the above-referenced defendants (collectively referred to as "Ameritech").  Therein,
MCI alleged that the defendants' provision of in-region interLATA service, as part of its "Friendly Users"
trial, violated, inter alia, section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.   

     2.   On December 6, 1999, MCI filed with the Commission a "Motion for Voluntary
Dismissal of its Complaint."  In its Motion, MCI represented that, after reviewing the record thus far
established in the proceeding, it had determined that it no longer wished to pursue this action against
Ameritech, and, therefore, believed that its resources, as well as those of other parties to the proceeding,
including the Commission, might be better spent in other undertakings.

     3.   We believe that the dismissal of this complaint will serve the public interest by  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 Section 0.111 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.111 that the above-captioned
complaint IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
     

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                              

     

                              Glenn Reynolds
                              Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division
                              Enforcement Bureau