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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C.  20554

    In the Matter of)
     )
 MCI Telecommunications Corporation,)
     )
       Complainant,)
       )File No. E-97-19
         v.)
     )
  Illinois Bell Telephone Company,)
 Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc.,)
 Michigan Bell Telephone Company,  )
 The Ohio Bell Telephone Company,  )
   Wisconsin Bell, Inc., )
d/b/a Ameritech Operating Companies and      )
  Ameritech Communications, Inc.,)
     )
       Defendants.)

                              ORDER

    Adopted:  July 1, 1997Released: July 2, 1997

By the Chief, Formal Complaints & Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

      1.On April 17, 1997, MCI Telecommunications Corporation filed the above-captioned formal
complaint against Illinois Bell Telephone Company, et al., ("Ameritech"), alleging that Ameritech had
violated Sections 201(b), 202(a), 251, 271 and 272 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.  On
June 3, 1997, US West Communications, Inc. filed with the Commission a motion to intervene as a
defendant in this proceeding.  On June 9, 1997, US West filed with the Commission a motion requesting
leave to withdraw its motion to intervene.

      2.We are satisfied that granting US West's request for leave to withdraw its motion to
intervene will serve the public interest by allowing for expedient resolution of this proceeding.

      3.Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i), 154(j), 208, and the authority delegated
in Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that US West's motion to
withdraw its motion to intervene IS GRANTED.


     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



     Kurt A. Schroeder
     Chief, Formal Complaints and 
       Investigations Branch
     Enforcement Division
     Common Carrier Bureau