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


In the Matter of                )
                                 )  IB Docket No. 96-261
   International Settlement Rates  )


        ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

     Adopted:  July 23, 1997  Released:  July 23, 1997

By the Chief, International Bureau:

      1.AT&T Corp. ("AT&T") has filed a motion for the confidential treatment of
documents that AT&T has filed under seal for inclusion in the record of the above-captioned
proceeding.  We grant AT&T's motion, finding that it will serve the public interest by
facilitating full development of the record in this proceeding while safeguarding the proprietary
and confidential information of AT&T.

      2.In the International Settlement Rates Benchmarks Notice ("Notice"), the
Commission proposed to calculate benchmarks for international settlement rates based in part on
foreign carriers' tariffed rates.  As part of the benchmarks calculations, the International Bureau
distributed international calls from the United States among service classifications, time periods,
and the destination of the calls.  We determined the distribution of minutes for each country in
part from information collected on AT&T customers' calls during a three month period that
began on January 6, 1996.  In its comments, ABS-CBN requested that we put this call
distribution data on the record.  The documents AT&T has filed under seal contain such call
distribution data.  AT&T states that this data "is competitively sensitive, not publicly disclosed in
AT&T's normal course of business, and exempt from disclosure under Sections 0.457 and 0.459
of the Commission's rules."  AT&T asserts that unauthorized disclosure could lead to substantial
competitive harm to AT&T.    

      3.Although we believe that U.S. international carriers would likely have call
distribution data on their U.S.-originated traffic and foreign carriers receiving settlement
payments would likely have the call distribution data on the U.S.-originated traffic that they
terminate, we nonetheless want to ensure that all parties have a full opportunity for notice and
comment on our proposed benchmark settlement rates.  We therefore find that adoption of
AT&T's motion will serve the public interest by facilitating full development of the record in this
proceeding while protecting the proprietary and confidential information of AT&T.  We
recognize that AT&T's call distribution data could provide competitors with competitively-
sensitive market and cost structure information about AT&T's operations.  In order to ensure that
the data contained in AT&T's documents are not used for any purpose other than to assist parties
in commenting fully on the proposals the Commission made in the Notice, we will allow AT&T
to make the proprietary and confidential call distribution data available pursuant to the
Confidentiality Agreement attached to its motion, the terms and conditions of which we find
reasonable.  Parties of record wishing to examine this data may do so at the premises of AT&T,
10th Floor, North Tower, 1120 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036, Monday through
Friday, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

      4.Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  4(i), and Sections 0.51, 0.261, 0.457 and 0.459 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.51, 0.261, 0.457, 0.459, that AT&T's motion for confidential
treatment IS GRANTED.  Nothing in this Order, or AT&T's Confidentiality Agreement, shall
restrict the Commission's authority to use information or materials obtained in the course of this
proceeding.

      5.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order shall be effective upon adoption.



  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



  Peter F. Cowhey
  Chief, International Bureau