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


In the Matter of                 )
                                )
AirTouch Communications,         )
              Complainant,       )    File No. E-98-45
                                )
                             v.  )
                                )
Southern New  England  Telephone )
Co.,                             )
               Defendant


                              ORDER

   Adopted:  September 22, 2000         Released:  September  25, 

2000

By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution   Division, 
Enforcement Bureau:

This matter comes before the  Commission on the Motion for  Leave 
to Dismiss  Formal  Complaint filed  by  AirTouch  Communications 
(AirTouch).1  The above-captioned  complaint addresses a  dispute 
over whether,  pursuant  to  section 20.11  of  the  Commission's 
rules, reciprocal  compensation is  due  for the  termination  of 
telecommunications originating  on  the defendant's  network  and 
terminating on the complainant's network.2

We are satisfied  that dismissing this  complaint with  prejudice 
will serve the public interest by promoting private resolution of 
disputes and by eliminating the  need for further litigation  and 
the expenditure of further time and resources of the parties  and 
the Commission.

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), and  208, and the authority delegated  in 
sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  §§ 
0.111 and  0.311, that  the Motion  for Leave  to Dismiss  Formal 
Complaint IS GRANTED.


IT IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that the  above-captioned  complaint  is 
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and that this proceeding IS TERMINATED.



                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION





                              Frank G. Lamancusa
                              Deputy   Chief,   Market   Disputes 
                         Resolution Division
                              Enforcement Bureau



_________________________

1 AirTouch is now known  as Verizon Wireless Messaging  Services 
LLC.

2 This Complaint was  originally styled Message Center  Beepers, 
Inc. v. Southern New England Telephone Co., FCC File No. WB/ENF-
F-96-001.