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Startec Global Holdings Corporation
Startec Global Communications Corporation
10411 Motor City Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
November 12, 1998
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Kathleen Krebs, Esq.
Mail Stop 4-7
Re: Startec Global Holdings Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-4
File No. 333-61693
Request for Withdrawal
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with a request from the staff of the Division
of Corporation Finance, the undersigned, Startec Global
Communications Corporation (the "Company") and Startec Global
Holdings Corporation ("Holdings"), pursuant to Rule 477 of the
rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, hereby requests the withdrawal of the above-referenced
Registration Statement on Form S-4, which was filed on August 18,
1998. The Company's Form S-4 was mistakenly transmitted via
EDGAR by the printer using the CIK code for Holdings, which is an
affiliate of the Company. No securities of the Company or
Holdings were offered or sold pursuant to the above-referenced
Registration Statement.
Should you have any questions about this matter, please feel
free to contact Robert B. Murphy or Thomas L. Hanley of Schnader
Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP at (202) 216-4211 or (202) 216-4212,
respectively.
Very truly yours,
Startec Global Communications Corporation
By: /s/ RAM MUKUNDA
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Ram Mukunda
President and Chief Executive
Officer
