DOCKET UT-980276 Page 1
BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


Joint Application of    ) 
MIDCOM Communications, Inc.,  ) DOCKET UT-980276
and WinStar Wireless of Washington, Inc.,   ) 
for Authority to Transfer   ) ORDER GRANTING
Selected Property     ) APPLICATION
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  On March 4, 1998, MIDCOM Communications, Inc., (MIDCOM ), and WinStar 
Wireless of Washington, Inc.,  (WinStar), jointly filed an application with the 
Commission under the provisions of chapter RCW 80.12 and chapter WAC 480-143 
for an order authorizing the transfer of selected property from MIDCOM to 
WinStar.

  MIDCOM was registered as a telecommunications company in Docket 
UT-910520.  The order authorizing registration was based upon MIDCOM providing 
intrastate interexchange services.  

  WinStar was registered as a telecommunications company in Docket UT-960043. 
WinStar was authorized to provide switched interexchange and intraexchange 
services.  

  MIDCOM will transfer selected property and customer base to WinStar as 
defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement.  MIDCOM will cease operating as a 
telecommunications service provider upon finalization of this transaction.  
WinStar will continue to operate as a telecommunications company in Washington 
state.  The transfer of property and customer base will be made in a seamless 
fashion that will not affect the provision of telecommunication services in 
Washington.  The rates, terms, and conditions previously available to MIDCOM 
customers will not change as a result of the transaction. 


FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS:

  1. MIDCOM Communications, Inc., is a public service company subject to 
regulation by this Commission, under the provisions of chapters, RCW 80.12 and 
RCW 80.36.

  2. WinStar Wireless of Washington, Inc., is a public service company subject 
to regulation by this Commission, under the provisions of chapters, RCW 80.12 
and RCW 80.36.

  3. As to form, the application filed herein meets the requirements of chapter 
RCW 80.12 and the rules and regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant 
thereto.

  4. The proposed sale and transfer of selected property and customer base is 
not inconsistent with the public interest and should therefore be approved 
under the terms and conditions of this order.




O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:
  
  1. After the effective date of this order and subject to the conditions 
hereof, MIDCOM Communications, Inc., is hereby authorized to transfer selected 
property and customer base to WinStar Wireless of Washington, Inc. 

  2. Within thirty days of the effective date of this order, WinStar Wireless 
of Washington, Inc.,  shall file a letter stating it's proposed plan that 
incorporates the rates, terms, and conditions currently offered by MIDCOM 
Communications, Inc., into the currently effective tariff of WinStar Wireless 
of Washington, Inc.

  3. This order shall in no way affect the authority of this Commission over 
rates, service, evaluations, or accounts that may come before it, nor shall 
anything herein be construed as an acquiescence in any estimate or 
determination of cost or any valuation of property claimed or asserted.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 22nd day of July, 1998.



      CAROLE J. WASHBURN, Secretary