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

In the Matter of
                                        )
TRANSOCEANIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.       )
AT&T SUBMARINE SYSTEMS, INC.            )
                                        )
Application for Consent to Transfer the Cable           )       File No. SCL-94-006-AL
Landing License for the St. Thomas-St. Croix Cable      )
System.                                 )


MODIFICATION OF CABLE LANDING LICENSE


   Adopted:  February 11, 1998                                         Released:  February 17, 1998

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

              1.      Transoceanic Communications, Inc. (TOCI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T
Corp., and AT&T Submarine Systems, Inc. (AT&T-SSI) submitted the above-captioned application
requesting modification of the Cable Landing License for the St. Thomas-St. Croix Cable to reassign
ownership from AT&T-SSI to TOCI. The application was placed on public notice on June 4, 1997.   No
comments were received.

              2.      Upon consideration of the application and in view of the foregoing, we conclude
that consent to the assignment of the Cable Landing License for the St. Thomas-St. Croix Cable from
AT&T-SSI to TOCI  will  serve the public interest, convenience and necessity.

              3.      Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the application, File No.SCL-94-006-AL IS
GRANTED, and we consent to the assignment of the Cable landing License for the St. Thomas-St. Croix
Cable from AT&T-SSI to TOCI.

              4.      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all terms and conditions of the Cable Landing
License or any other Commission orders granting authority to AT&T-SSI are now applicable to TOCI.
.
                 5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the St. Thomas-St. Croix  Cable Landing
License, File no. SCL-94-006 is hereby MODIFIED, pursuant to the provisions of "An Act Relating to
the Landing and Operation of Submarine Cables in the United States", 47 U.S.C. Sections 34-39 (1994)
and Executive Order No. 10530,  reprinted in 3 U.S.C. Section 301 app. at 459-60 (1994).              6.       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