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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554
In the matter of
                                )
TRANSATLANTIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
                                )
Application for global authority to operate as an)     File No. ITC-214-19980717-00496
international facilities-based and resale carrier)
                                 

              ORDER, AUTHORIZATION AND CERTIFICATE


   Adopted:  April 5, 1999              Released:  April 8, 1999

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, we find that the present and future public
convenience and necessity require a grant thereof.

     2.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that application File No. ITC-
214-19980717-00496 IS GRANTED, and Transatlantic Communications,
Inc. is authorized to:

          a.  provide global facilities-based services, pursuant to
     Section 63.18(e)(1) of  the Commission's Rules, 47 U.S.C.
     63.18(e)(1), between the United States and international
     points not specifically excluded by the Commission's Exclusion
     List, via U.S.-licensed international facilities not excluded
     by the Exclusion List;

          b.  provide international switched and private line services
     by the resale of international switched and private line
     services of other authorized international carriers,  pursuant
     to Section 63.18(e)(2) of the Commission's Rules, 47 U.S.C.
     63.18(e)(2).

     3.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the applicant shall file annual
circuit status reports in accordance with the requirements set
forth in 43.82 of the Commission's Rules and Rules for Filing of
International Circuit Status Reports, CC Docket No. 93-157, Report
and Order , 10 FCC Rcd 8605 (1995).

     4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that grant of this application is
subject to all the conditions set forth in Section 63.21 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 U.S.C. 63.21.

     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the applicant intends to
provide international call-back services through the use of
uncompleted call signalling, its authorization to resell
international switched voice and/or data services to provide these
services is expressly subject to the conditions listed in VIA USA 
LTD., et al.,  9 FCC Rcd 2284 (1994), affirmed in Order on
Reconsideration, 10 FCC Rcd 9540 (1995).
     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



                                                       Rebecca
Arbogast
                                                       Chief,
Telecommunications Division
                                                      
International Bureau