IXC COMMUNICATIONS INC
424B3, 1999-08-05
TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIOTELEPHONE)
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Prospectus Supplement No. 16
  dated August 5, 1999                          Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
(to Prospectus dated August 28, 1997)           Registration No. 333-33421

                            IXC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
         1,400,000 SHARES OF 7 1/4% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK DUE 2007
     (LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $100 PER SHARE) AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
               INTO WHICH THE PREFERRED STOCK IS CONVERTIBLE AND
                    97,481 ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

        This Prospectus Supplement supplements information contained in that
certain Prospectus dated August 28, 1997, as supplemented by Prospectus
Supplement No. 1 dated September 10, 1997, Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated
September 24, 1997, Prospectus Supplement No. 3 dated October 7, 1997,
Prospectus Supplement No. 4 dated November 12, 1997, Prospectus Supplement No. 5
dated December 19, 1997, Prospectus Supplement No. 6 dated January 13, 1998,
Prospectus Supplement No. 7 dated February 6, 1998, Prospectus Supplement No. 8
dated February 13, 1998, Prospectus Supplement No. 9 dated March 31, 1998,
Prospectus Supplement No. 10 dated April 22, 1998, Prospectus Supplement No. 11
dated May 15, 1998, Prospectus Supplement No. 12 dated June 24, 1998, Prospectus
Supplement No. 13 dated August 6, 1998, Prospectus Supplement No. 14 dated
January 5, 1999 and Prospectus Supplement No. 15 dated May 24, 1999
(collectively, the "Prospectus") relating to the offer and sale by (i) the
Convertible Preferred Selling Holders of (a) up to 1,400,000 shares of 7 1/4%
Junior Convertible Preferred Stock Due 2007, par value $0.01 per share (the
"Convertible Preferred Stock"), of IXC Communications, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") and (b) the shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share (the "Common Stock") of the Company (including any shares of Common
Stock resulting from an adjustment to the conversion price of the Convertible
Preferred Stock pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Certificate of
Designation governing the Convertible Preferred Stock) issuable upon conversion
thereof and (ii) the Telecom One Selling Holders of 97,481 shares of Common
Stock. This Prospectus Supplement is not complete without, and may not be
delivered or utilized except in connection with, the Prospectus. Capitalized
terms used herein but not defined have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Prospectus.

        The following table supplements the information set forth in the
Prospectus under the heading "Selling Holders--Convertible Preferred Selling
Holders" with respect to certain Convertible Preferred Selling Holders and the
number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such
Convertible Preferred Selling Holders that may be offered and sold pursuant to
the Prospectus, as supplemented, to add the following number of shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Convertible Preferred
Selling Holders previously listed in Prospectus Supplement No. 2, Prospectus
Supplement No. 9 and Prospectus Supplement No. 14 to the table set forth in
the Prospectus:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         NUMBER OF SHARES
                                                          OF CONVERTIBLE
  CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SELLING HOLDERS                  PREFERRED STOCK
- ---------------------------------------                  ----------------
<S>                                                      <C>
Goldman, Sachs & Co.*....................................    129,300
</TABLE>

        Because the Convertible Preferred Selling Holders listed above and in
the Prospectus under the caption "Selling Holders--Convertible Preferred Selling
Holders" may, pursuant to the Prospectus, as supplemented, offer all or some
portion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, no estimate can be given as to the
amount of Convertible Preferred Stock that will be held by the Convertible
Preferred Selling Holders upon termination of any such sales.

        Furthermore, the Convertible Preferred Selling Holders identified in the
table set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Selling Holders" may have
sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of their Convertible
Preferred Stock or Common Stock since the date on which they provided the
Company with information regarding their Convertible Preferred Stock or Common
Stock, and the Company has not made any independent inquiries as to the
foregoing.

        Unless otherwise noted, all information provided in this Prospectus
Supplement is as of August 5, 1999.

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*   Goldman, Sachs & Co. has engaged in transactions with and performed various
    investment banking and other services for the Company in the past, and may
    do so from time to time in the future.



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