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                           Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554

Metrocall, Inc.                              )
)
Complainant,                       )
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v.                  )    File No. E-98-14
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BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc./               )
BellSouth Corporation                        )
                                   )
Defendant.                         )


                                   ORDER

Adopted: December 10, 1999                   Released: December 13, 1999

By the Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division, Enforcement Bureau:

1.     On January 20, 1998, Metrocall, Inc. (Metrocall) filed the above-captioned formal complaint
against BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. and BellSouth Corporation (BellSouth) alleging that BellSouth
improperly imposed charges for Direct Inward Dialing numbers and for facilities used to deliver traffic
originated traffic by BellSouth, in violation of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the
Commission's rules promulgated thereunder.  BellSouth filed an Answer and Affirmative Defenses on March
4, 1998, to which Metrocall filed a Reply on March 16, 1998.  Subsequent to the filing of the formal complaint,
the parties entered into negotiations in an effort to settle the matters in controversy.  On December 10, 1999,
Metrocall filed a Consent Motion for Withdrawal of Formal Complaint advising the Commission that it and
BellSouth had reached a mutually satisfactory settlement, and requesting that the complaint be dismissed.

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 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), 201(b), 208, and 251 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i), 154(j), 201(b), 208, and 251, 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 Metrocall's Consent Motion for Withdrawal of Formal Complaint IS GRANTED.

4.     IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaint IS DISMISSED WITH
PREJUDICE and that the proceeding IS TERMINATED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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