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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.9

                                             GENERAL DIRECTION OF NETWORKS
                                             AND RADIOCOMMUNICATION
                                             119.206 0645

                                                           REGISTRATION NUMBER
                                                           24--SVA-96


REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PROVISION OF VALUE ADDED SERVICES

Based on Article 33 of the Federal Telecommunications Law the following
registration certificate is granted in accordance with the following terms:

Granted to:              American Telesource International de Mexico, S.A. de
                         C.V,

Address:                 Torres Adalid 7, Col. Del Valle, C.P. 03100

Legal Representative:    Jesus Enriquez Perez

Type of Service(s):      Electronic Data Exchange, Electronic Mail and Remote
                         access to Databases

Applications:            Transfer of documents through preestablished formats;
                         data and facsimile mailboxes; provision of general
                         interest data stored in databases; Internet access.

Public Network Utilized: Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.'s Public Telephone
                         Network

This registration certificate is governed by the General Communications Law, the
Federal Telecommunications Law, Telecommunications Regulations and all
applicable legislation issued; by the Contracts, Agreements, and Treaties
executed and those in the future to be executed and ratified by the Mexican
Government and by the conditions shown in this certificate.

In Mexico City, D.F. on February 23, 1996.

General Director

Lic. Luis Miguel Alvarez Alonso
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                                  CONDITIONS

1.   The registration for the provision of value added services supported by
     this certificate have an indefinite term. When the service provider stops
     providing the services for its own convenience, the provider must notify
     the Ministry of Communications and Transportation.

1.   To provide value added services, the provider agrees to solely utilize
     homologated equipment and public telecommunications networks authorized by
     the Ministry of Communications and Transportation.

1.   The Ministry of Communications and Transportation shall have the ability at
     any time to make administrative technical inspections at the provider's
     facilities and request additional information related with the value added
     services registered.

1.   The service provider must notify the Ministry of Communications and
     Transportation any modification in their address, legal representative,
     addition of new services or the transmission means utilized to provide the
     services.before any changes are made.

1.   Providing false information upon registering the value added services or in
     any other request made to the Ministry of Communications and Transportation
     will be reason to initiate any sanction proceedings.

1.   The value added services provider whose registration certificate is
     attached hereto must submit to the Ministry of Communications and
     Transportation on an annual basis and within 30 days after the anniversary
     date of this certificate, a completed "Annual Report of Value Added
     Services" for the purpose of maintaining updated information. By not
     submitting in a timely manner the above mentioned report, it shall be
     understood as desisting to continue to provide the services and shall
     automatically generate cancellation of its registration.

1.   The exercise of the rights derived from this registration implies the
     unconditional acceptance of all the terms by the service provider.

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cc:  Lic. Carlos Casasus Lopez Hermosa - Undersecretary of Communications and
     Technological Development.