Before the
               Federal Communications Commission

In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
Pacific Bell Communications         )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214           )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended         )          ITC-214-19970303-00131   
                                     
to Resell Switched and Private Line Voice         )         (Previous File No. ITC-97-161)
and Data Services Between "In-Region" Points          )
in the United States and all International Points          )
                                     )
                                     )
Pacific Bell Communications         )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214           )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended         )          ITC-214-19970303-00127
to Provide Facilities-Based Switched and         )          (Previous File No. ITC-97-162)
Private Line Voice and Data Services Between          )
"In-Region" Points in the United States and            )
all International Points             )
                                     )
                                     )
Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.       )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214           )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,        )          ITC-214-19971205-00763
to Offer as an International Facilities-Based Carrier      )                              (Previous File No. ITC-97-776)
Switched Services and Private Line Voice and Data          )
Services Between "In-Region" Points in the        )
United States and all International Points Except          )
Chile, South Africa, and Switzerland         )
                                     )
                                     )
Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.       )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214           )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,        )          ITC-214-19971205-00762
to Offer as an International Resale Carrier      )          (Previous File No. ITC-97-777)
Switched Services and Interconnected and         )
Non-Interconnected Private Line Voice and Data         )
Services Between "In-Region" Points in the        )
United States and all International Points Except          )
Chile, South Africa, and Switzerland         )
Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., and          )
NYNEX Long Distance Company         )
                                     )
Applications for Authority Pursuant to Section 214          )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,         )         ITC-214-19971223-00812
to Resell International Services of U.S. Carriers          )                              (Previous File No. ITC-98-004)
to Provide all Authorized Services Between the        )
United States and Gibraltar         )
                                     )
                                     )
Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., and          )
NYNEX Long Distance Company         )
                                     )
Applications for Global Authority Pursuant to          )
Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934,         )         
as Amended, to Provide all Authorized Facilities-          )                              ITC-214-19971223-00813
Based Services Between the United States and           )         (Previous File No. ITC-98-002)
all International Points Except Gibraltar        )
                                     )
                                     )
Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., and          )
NYNEX Long Distance Company         )
                                     )
Applications for Authority Pursuant to Section 214          )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,         )         ITC-214-19971223-00811
to Resell International Services of U.S. Carriers          )                              (Previous File No. ITC-98-003)
to Provide all Authorized Services Between the         )
United States and all International Points        )
Except Gibraltar                     )
                                     )
                                     )
BellSouth Long Distance, Inc.       )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214          )                              
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,         )         
to Provide Global Facilities-Based and Resale of       )         ITC-214-19980709-00459
Switched, Private Line, Data, Television,         )         (Previous File No. ITC-98-499)
and Business Services Originating from Points in       )
the State of Louisiana, and Terminating at all         )
International Points.               )
                                
                             ORDER

Adopted:  January 4, 2000               Released:  January 5, 2000

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

 1.  Pacific Bell Communications (Pacific), Southwestern Bell Communications Services,
Inc. (Southwestern), Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc./NYNEX Long Distance Company
(BACI/NYNEX-LD), and BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (BellSouth-LD) (collectively, "Applicants")
have each filed applications seeking authority pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended (Act) to provide international services between "in-region states" as defined in
Section 271(i) of the Act, and international points.  Pursuant to Section 63.12 of the Commission's rules,
the Bureau deemed these applications ineligible for streamlined processing and provided public notice
that, because the applications raise questions of extraordinary complexity, an additional 90-day period
for review was needed.  On our own motion, we dismiss without prejudice these applications as
prematurely filed, to the extent specified below.

 2.  Applicants should file new applications for authority to provide international service
originating in a particular in-region state concurrently with, or after, their affiliated Bell Operating
Company (BOC) files an application under Section 271 for authority to provide in-region, interLATA
services in that state.  Alternatively, Applicants may file their new applications for authority to provide
international service originating in a particular in-region state once the affiliated BOC has received
Section 271 authority for that state.

 3.  Requiring applicants to tailor their applications to seek in-region international authority
for a particular state for which they seek Section 271 authority is consistent with our recent Order
granting authority to BACI/NYNEX-LD to provide international service originating from the State of
New York and from outside the in-region states of Bell Atlantic Corporations' local operating companies
(collectively, the Bell Atlantic BOCs), and terminating at all international points except Gibraltar.  We
granted authority for international services originating in the State of New York because the Commission
had granted to Bell Atlantic New York, one of BACI's and NYNEX-LD's affiliate BOCs, Section 271
authority for in-region interLATA services in the State of New York.  We deferred consideration of the
BACI/NYNEX-LD applications to the extent they requested authority to provide international service
originating in the Bell Atlantic BOCs' other in-region states.  We dispose of those portions of the
applications here, along with the BACI/NYNEX-LD application for authority to provide international
service to Gibraltar originating in the Bell Atlantic BOCs' in-region states other than New York and
Pacific's, Southwestern's, and BellSouth-LD's applications to provide international services originating in
their in-region states.
 
 4.  We note that BellSouth-LD's application is limited to services originating in the State of
Louisiana, and was filed concurrently with the application of BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth
Telecommunications, Inc., and BellSouth-LD (collectively BellSouth), for authority to provide in-region
interLATA services in the State of Louisiana pursuant to Section 271 of the Act. This was BellSouth's
second application for authorization under section 271 to provide interLATA services in the State of
Louisiana, and the Commission denied the application.  We endorse BellSouth-LD's efforts to
coordinate its request for authority to provide in-region international services with BellSouth's filing of a
Section 271 application, and BellSouth-LD's tailoring of its international request to the particular state
for which BellSouth seeks 271 authority.  We conclude that BellSouth still must file a new application
the next time it files an application for 271 authority, particularly because the information in the
application which we dismiss today, as well as the other BOC's applications, most likely is outdated.  We
encourage other BOCs to coordinate and tailor in the same manner their applications for authority to
provide in-region international services.
                                
 5.Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Pacific Bell Communications Application
File No. ITC-214-19970303-00131 (previous File No. ITC-97-161); Pacific Bell Communications
Application File No. ITC-214-19970303-00127 (previous File No. ITC-97-162); Southwestern Bell
Communications Services, Inc., Application File No. ITC-214-19971205-00763 (previous file No. ITC-
97-776); Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc., Application File No. ITC-214-19971205-
00762 (previous File No. ITC-97-777); BellSouth Long Distance Application File No. ITC-214-19980709-
00459 (previous File No. ITC-98-499); Bell Atlantic Communications Inc./NYNEX Long Distance
Company Inc. Application File Nos. ITC-214-19971223-00813 (previous File No. ITC-98-002) and ITC-
214-19971223-00811 (previous File No. ITC-98-003) (to the extent they were not previously granted);
and Bell Atlantic Communications Inc./NYNEX Long Distance Company Inc. Application File No. ITC-
214-19971223-00812 (previous File No. ITC-98-004) (to the extent it seeks authority to provide services to
Gibraltar originating in the in-region states of the Bell Atlantic Corporations' local operating companies
other than New York) are dismissed without prejudice for the reasons discussed herein, and the above-
named applicants should file new applications for authority to provide international service originating in
a particular in-region state concurrently with, or after, their affiliated Bell Operating Company files an
application, under Section 271 of the Communications Act, as amended, for authority to provide in-
region, interLATA services in that state.  Alternatively, Applicants may file their new applications for
authority to provide international service originating in a particular in-region state once the affiliated Bell
Operating Company has received Section 271 authority for that state.
      1.  This action is taken under the authority of Sections 4(i) and 4(j) of the Communications 
Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), (j), and the delegated authority of Section 0.261 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.261.
 
   
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
   
   
   
                              Rebecca Arbogast
                              Chief, Telecommunications Division
                              International Bureau

Before the
               Federal Communications Commission

In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
Pacific Bell Communications         )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214           )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended         )          ITC-214-19970303-00131        
to Resell Switched and Private Line Voice         )         (Previous File No. ITC-97-161)
and Data Services Between "In-Region" Points          )
in the United States and all International Points          )
                                     )
                                     )
Pacific Bell Communications         )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214           )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended         )          ITC-214-19970303-00127
to Provide Facilities-Based Switched and         )          (Previous File No. ITC-97-162)
Private Line Voice and Data Services Between          )
"In-Region" Points in the United States and            )
all International Points             )
                                     )
                                     )
Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.       )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214           )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,        )          ITC-214-19971205-00763
to Offer as an International Facilities-Based Carrier      )                              (Previous File No. ITC-97-776)
Switched Services and Private Line Voice and Data          )
Services Between "In-Region" Points in the        )
United States and all International Points Except          )
Chile, South Africa, and Switzerland         )
                                     )
                                     )
Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.       )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214           )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,        )          ITC-214-19971205-00762
to Offer as an International Resale Carrier      )          (Previous File No. ITC-97-777)
Switched Services and Interconnected and         )
Non-Interconnected Private Line Voice and Data         )
Services Between "In-Region" Points in the        )
United States and all International Points Except          )
Chile, South Africa, and Switzerland         )
Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., and          )
NYNEX Long Distance Company         )
                                     )
Applications for Authority Pursuant to Section 214          )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,         )         ITC-214-19971223-00812
to Resell International Services of U.S. Carriers          )                              (Previous File No. ITC-98-004)
to Provide all Authorized Services Between the        )
United States and Gibraltar         )
                                     )
                                     )
Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., and          )
NYNEX Long Distance Company         )
                                     )
Applications for Global Authority Pursuant to          )
Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934,         )         
as Amended, to Provide all Authorized Facilities-          )                              ITC-214-19971223-00813
Based Services Between the United States and           )         (Previous File No. ITC-98-002)
all International Points Except Gibraltar        )
                                     )
                                     )
Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc., and          )
NYNEX Long Distance Company         )
                                     )
Applications for Authority Pursuant to Section 214          )
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,         )         ITC-214-19971223-00811
to Resell International Services of U.S. Carriers          )                              (Previous File No. ITC-98-003)
to Provide all Authorized Services Between the         )
United States and all International Points        )
Except Gibraltar                     )
                                     )
                                     )
BellSouth Long Distance, Inc.       )
                                     )
Application for Authority Pursuant to Section 214          )                              
of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended,         )         
to Provide Global Facilities-Based and Resale of       )         ITC-214-19980709-00459
Switched, Private Line, Data, Television,         )         (Previous File No. ITC-98-499)
and Business Services Originating from Points in       )
the State of Louisiana, and Terminating at all         )
International Points.               )
                                
                             ORDER

Adopted:  January 4, 2000               Released:  January 5, 2000

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

 1.  Pacific Bell Communications (Pacific), Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.
(Southwestern), Bell Atlantic Communications, Inc./NYNEX Long Distance Company (BACI/NYNEX-LD), and
BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (BellSouth-LD) (collectively, "Applicants") have each filed applications seeking
authority pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act) to provide international
services between "in-region states" as defined in Section 271(i) of the Act, and international points.  Pursuant to
Section 63.12 of the Commission's rules, the Bureau deemed these applications ineligible for streamlined processing
and provided public notice that, because the applications raise questions of extraordinary complexity, an additional
90-day period for review was needed.  On our own motion, we dismiss without prejudice these applications as
prematurely filed, to the extent specified below.

 2.  Applicants should file new applications for authority to provide international service originating in
a particular in-region state concurrently with, or after, their affiliated Bell Operating Company (BOC) files an
application under Section 271 for authority to provide in-region, interLATA services in that state.  Alternatively,
Applicants may file their new applications for authority to provide international service originating in a particular
in-region state once the affiliated BOC has received Section 271 authority for that state.

 3.  Requiring applicants to tailor their applications to seek in-region international authority
for a particular state for which they seek Section 271 authority is consistent with our recent Order
granting authority to BACI/NYNEX-LD to provide international service originating from the State of
New York and from outside the in-region states of Bell Atlantic Corporations' local operating companies
(collectively, the Bell Atlantic BOCs), and terminating at all international points except Gibraltar.  We
granted authority for international services originating in the State of New York because the Commission
had granted to Bell Atlantic New York, one of BACI's and NYNEX-LD's affiliate BOCs, Section 271
authority for in-region interLATA services in the State of New York.  We deferred consideration of the
BACI/NYNEX-LD applications to the extent they requested authority to provide international service
originating in the Bell Atlantic BOCs' other in-region states.  We dispose of those portions of the
applications here, along with the BACI/NYNEX-LD application for authority to provide international
service to Gibraltar originating in the Bell Atlantic BOCs' in-region states other than New York and
Pacific's, Southwestern's, and BellSouth-LD's applications to provide international services originating in
their in-region states.
 
 4.  We note that BellSouth-LD's application is limited to services originating in the State of
Louisiana, and was filed concurrently with the application of BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth
Telecommunications, Inc., and BellSouth-LD (collectively BellSouth), for authority to provide in-region
interLATA services in the State of Louisiana pursuant to Section 271 of the Act. This was BellSouth's
second application for authorization under section 271 to provide interLATA services in the State of
Louisiana, and the Commission denied the application.  We endorse BellSouth-LD's efforts to
coordinate its request for authority to provide in-region international services with BellSouth's filing of a
Section 271 application, and BellSouth-LD's tailoring of its international request to the particular state
for which BellSouth seeks 271 authority.  We conclude that BellSouth still must file a new application
the next time it files an application for 271 authority, particularly because the information in the
application which we dismiss today, as well as the other BOC's applications, most likely is outdated.  We
encourage other BOCs to coordinate and tailor in the same manner their applications for authority to
provide in-region international services.
                                
 5.Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Pacific Bell Communications Application
File No. ITC-214-19970303-00131 (previous File No. ITC-97-161); Pacific Bell Communications Application File
No. ITC-214-19970303-00127 (previous File No. ITC-97-162); Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.,
Application File No. ITC-214-19971205-00763 (previous file No. ITC-97-776); Southwestern Bell
Communications Services, Inc., Application File No. ITC-214-19971205-00762 (previous File No. ITC-97-777);
BellSouth Long Distance Application File No. ITC-214-19980709-00459 (previous File No. ITC-98-499); Bell
Atlantic Communications Inc./NYNEX Long Distance Company Inc. Application File Nos. ITC-214-19971223-
00813 (previous File No. ITC-98-002) and ITC-214-19971223-00811 (previous File No. ITC-98-003) (to the extent
they were not previously granted); and Bell Atlantic Communications Inc./NYNEX Long Distance Company Inc.
Application File No. ITC-214-19971223-00812 (previous File No. ITC-98-004) (to the extent it seeks authority to
provide services to Gibraltar originating in the in-region states of the Bell Atlantic Corporations' local operating
companies other than New York) are dismissed without prejudice for the reasons discussed herein, and the above-
named applicants should file new applications for authority to provide international service originating in a
particular in-region state concurrently with, or after, their affiliated Bell Operating Company files an application,
under Section 271 of the Communications Act, as amended, for authority to provide in-region, interLATA services
in that state.  Alternatively, Applicants may file their new applications for authority to provide international service
originating in a particular in-region state once the affiliated Bell Operating Company has received Section 271
authority for that state.
      2.  This action is taken under the authority of Sections 4(i) and 4(j) of the Communications 
Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), (j), and the delegated authority of Section 0.261 of the Commission's rules,
47 C.F.R.  0.261.
 
   
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
   
   
   
                              Rebecca Arbogast
                              Chief, Telecommunications Division
                              International Bureau