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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND          )
   TELEGRAPH COMPANY            )
                                )
Application to amend blanket    )  File No. I-T-C-93-123(a)
authorization to lease and      )
operate satellite voice-grade   )
bearer circuits between the     )
United States and points in     )
Central America, South America, )
the Caribbean area and Africa   )
during the years 1993-1997.     )

                          ORDER AND AUTHORIZATION

Adopted:  December 30, 1994             Released:

By the Chief, Telecommunications Division:

          1.   The Commission is considering the above-captioned
application, filed by American Telephone and Telegraph Company
(AT&T) pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, which requests authority to provide AT&T's SKYNET
service between the United States mainland and the U.S. Virgin
Islands, a domestic point.  No comments were received on this
application.  In its application, AT&T states that the requested
authority would be incidental to the primary international service. 
By its prior Order and Authorization, the Commission granted
authority to AT&T to provide SKYNET  service between the United
States and Puerto Rico.  We now find that grant of authority to
provide SKYNET service to the U.S. Virgin Islands is required by
the public convenience and necessity.
  
          2.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that application File No.
I-T-C-94-123(a) IS GRANTED, and AT&T's blanket authorization to
lease and operate satellite voice-grade circuits via appropriate
INTELSAT satellites between the United States and points in Central
America, South America, the Caribbean area and Africa for the years
1993-1997 is further amended to authorize AT&T to acquire units of
satellite utilization from Comsat for the provision of its SKYNET
service between the United States mainland and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.

          3.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this authorization is
limited to the provision of SKYNET service between the United
States mainland and the U.S. Virgin Islands which is incidental to
and part of primary international communications.

          4.   All other terms and conditions set forth in AT&T's
initial blanket authorization for the years 1993-1997 remain in
force.

          5.   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