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DA 94-1598
                                Before the
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20554
                                     
In the Matter of               )
                               )
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND         )
   TELEGRAPH COMPANY           )
                               )
Application for authority to   )  File No. I-T-C-94-509
acquire and operate capacity   )
in the Asia Pacific Cable      )
Network.                       )

                          ORDER AND AUTHORIZATION
                                   
Adopted:  December 27, 1994             Released: January 6, 1995

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. 
I-T-C-94-509 IS GRANTED, and American Telephone and Telegraph
Company (AT&T) is authorized to:

     a.  acquire on an ownership basis and operate  16 half-MIUs
     in the Asia Pacific Cable Network, as follows:

          Segment                       No. of MIUs
          
          Japan-Hong Kong                    7
          Japan-Thailand                     3
          Japan-Malaysia                     3
          Japan-Singapore                    2
          Japan-Indonesia                    1

     b.  lease a one-half interest in and operate necessary
     overseas connecting facilities; and


     c.   multiply the bearer channels authorized herein, through
     the use of Digital Circuit Multiplication Equipment, to obtain
     the maximum number of circuits available; and

     d.  activate and operate these facilities to provide AT&T's
     regularly authorized services between the United States and
     points in the Pacific area AT&T is authorized to serve.
     
          3.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the authority herein is
granted subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the C&MA
for the Asia Pacific Cable Network, as well as any Commission Order
granting authority to acquire and operate facilities in the Asia
Pacific Cable Network.

          4.  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