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$// O&A, Star Telecom, Intl Ext of Lines, DA-96-804//$

$/ 63.01 Contents of Applications/$
$/300.214 Extension of Lines/$

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

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
STAR VENDING, INC. d/b/a           )
    STAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.  )
                                   )
Application for authority to       ) File No. I-T-C-96-152
acquire and operate facilities     )
in the CANUS-1 Cable System        )
for provision of international     )
common carrier services between    )
the United States and Canada.      )

                   ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE

Adopted:   May 10, 1996            Released:

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

          1.   Upon consideration of the above-captioned
uncontested application, filed pursuant to Section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED
that the present and future public convenience and necessity
require a grant thereof.

          2.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that application File
No. I-T-C-96-152 IS GRANTED, and Star Vending, Inc. d/b/a Star
Telecommunications, Inc. (Star Telecom) is authorized to:

     a.   acquire on an Indefeasible Right of User basis and
     operate one E-1 circuit in the CANUS-1 cable System; and

     b.   use said facilities to provide its regularly authorized
     services, including switched voice and data and private line
     services, between the United States and Canada.

          3.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that our authorization of
Star Telecom to provide private lines as part of its authorized
services is limited to the provision of such private lines only
between the United States and Canada -- that is, private lines
which originate in the United States and terminate in Canada or
which originate in Canada and terminate in the United States. 
The limitation in this paragraph is subject to the exception
contained in Section 63.17 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.
63.17. 
          4.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall
file copies of any operating agreements entered into with its 
foreign correspondents with the Commission within 30 days of
their execution, and shall otherwise comply with the filing
requirements contained in Section 43.51 of the Commission's
Rules, 47 C.F.R. 43.51.

          5.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall
file a tariff pursuant to Section 203 of the Communications Act,
47 U.S.C. 203 and Part 61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.
Part 61, for the services authorized in this Order.

          6.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall
file the annual reports of overseas telecommunications traffic
required by Section 43.61 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.
43.61.

     `    7.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall
file annual circuit status reports in accordance with the
requirements set forth in Rules for Filing of International
Circuit Status Reports, CC Docket No. 93-157, Report and Order,
10 FCC Rcd 8605 (1995).

          8.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall
file a separate Section 214 application for any additional
circuits it seeks to operate via the CANUS-1 Cable system.

          9.  This Order is issued under Section 0.261 of the
Commission's Rules and is effective upon adoption.  Petitions for
reconsideration under Section 1.106 or applications for review
under Section 1.115 of the Commission's Rules may be filed within
30 days of the date of public notice of this Order (see Section
1.4(b)(2)).

               FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



               Diane J. Cornell
               Chief, Telecommunications Division
               International Bureau