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



In the Matter of

Application by SBC Communications Inc.,
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and
Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc.
d/b/a Southwestern Bell Long Distance

Pursuant to Section 271 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 To Provide In-
Region, InterLATA Services In Texas
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CC Docket No. 00-4



                             ORDER

   Adopted:  April 6, 2000              Released:  April 6, 2000

By the Commission:  Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth issuing a separate statement.

1.     On April 5, 2000, SBC Communications Inc. and its subsidiaries, Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company and Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc., d/b/a Southwestern Bell Long
Distance (collectively, SBC) filed an application for authorization to provide in-region, interLATA service
in the State of Texas, pursuant to section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.
 271.  SBC had previously filed with the Commission an application for section 271 authority in the State
of Texas on January 10, 2000 (January 10 Application).   In its April 5 filing, SBC requests that the
Commission "restart the clock" on SBC's January 10 Application; in the alternative, SBC requests that the
Commission treat its filing as a withdrawal of its January 10 Application and a resubmission of the entire
record of Docket 00-4, including the April 5 filing, as a new application.  
2.     We grant SBC's alternative request to withdraw its January 10 Application and to initiate a
new application pursuant to section 271 based on the existing record in CC Docket 00-4 and the new
information provided by SBC in its April 5 filing.  The existing record of CC Docket 00-4 is hereby
incorporated into the new docket for SBC's new section 271 application, for which the Common Carrier
Bureau will be issuing a public notice. 



3.     Accordingly IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to 47 U.S.C.  154 (i)-(j), that SBC's request to
withdraw its application in CC Docket No. 00-4, and to initiate a new application pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 
271, IS GRANTED.  The proceeding in CC Docket 00-4 IS TERMINATED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         
                         
                         Magalie Roman Salas
                         Secretary