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



In the Matter of

Application of Verizon New England Inc., Bell
Atlantic Communications, Inc. (d/b/a Verizon
Long Distance), NYNEX Long Distance
Company (d/b/a Verizon Enterprise Solutions)
And Verizon Global Networks Inc., 
For Authorization to Provide In-Region,
InterLATA Services in Massachusetts
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CC Docket No. 00-176



                             ORDER

      Adopted:  December 18, 2000       Released:   December 18, 2000  

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     On September 22, 2000, Verizon New England Inc., et al., filed an application for
authorization to provide in-region, interLATA service originating in Massachusetts, pursuant to
section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  271.  On December
18, 2000, Verizon filed an ex parte letter in this docket withdrawing its application.  As such, we
hereby terminate this docket.  Verizon further expressed its intention to "shortly file to initiate a
new application" and to incorporate the existing record in this docket into the new application. 
We will consider such a request once Verizon files a new application.
2.     Accordingly IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections  0.91
and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that the proceeding in CC
Docket 00-176 IS TERMINATED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

                         Dorothy T. Attwood
                         Chief, Common Carrier Bureau