EXHIBIT 10.1.1

                              FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                                LOAN AGREEMENT

June 6, 1997

Telegroup, Inc.
2098 Nutmeg Avenue
Fairfield, Iowa 52556

Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to that certain Loan Agreement ("Loan Agreement"),
dated as of March 28, 1997, between Telegroup, Inc. ("Telegroup") and American
National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago ("Bank").  Unless defined herein,
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning provided to such terms in
the Loan Agreement.

     Telegroup has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement in certain
respects and Bank has agreed to do so in the manner described herein and
subject to the terms hereof, as follows.

     A.   Amendments.  The Loan Agreement is hereby amended as of the date
hereof as follows:

     1.   The term "Termination Date", as defined in Section 1.1 of the Loan
          Agreement,  is hereby amended to mean June 30, 1998.

     2.   The term "Revolving Note" , as defined in Section 2.2 of the Loan
          Agreement, is hereby amended to mean the First Amended and Restated
          Revolving Loan Promissory Note, dated as of the date hereof, made by
          Telegroup, Inc. in favor of the Bank.

     B.   Effectiveness.  The amendments described herein shall be effective
upon delivery to Bank of the following fully executed agreements and
instruments, all in form and substance satisfactory to Bank in its sole
discretion:

     1.   This First Amendment to Loan Agreement;  

     2.   The First Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Promissory Note; and
 
     3.   Secretary's Certificate as to corporate resolutions evidencing the
          approval of Telegroup, Inc.'s board of directors of the execution
          of all instruments and documents described herein.

 
     C.   Counterparts.  This First Amendment to Loan Agreement may be executed
in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

                                  Very truly yours,

                                  AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF
                                  CHICAGO

       
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO
AS OF THIS 6TH DAY OF JUNE, 1997.


TELEGROUP, INC.


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