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

In the Matter of              )
                              )
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND        )
   TELEGRAPH COMPANY          )
                              )
Application for authority     )  File No. I-T-C-94-511
to convey capacity in the     ) 
HAW-5 Cable System, and to    )
acquire and operate capacity  )
in the HAW-4/TPC-3 Cable      )                        
System.                       )

                          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-94-511 IS GRANTED, and American Telephone and Telegraph
Company (AT&T) is authorized to:

     a.  convey to Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd. (KDD) on an
     Indefeasible Right of User (IRU) basis a one-half interest in
     48 MAUOs in the HAW-5 Cable System; 

     b.  acquire from KDD on an IRU basis a one-half interest in 48
     MAUOs in the HAW-4/TPC-3 Cable System; 

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

     d.  use said facilities to provide AT&T's regularly authorized
     services between the United States, Hawaii and points in the
     Pacific area AT&T is authorized to serve.

          3.  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