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                                                                      Exhibit 15

            LETTER REGARDING UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION


To LCI International, Inc.:

We are aware that LCI International, Inc. has incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement its Form 10-Q for the quarters ending March 31, 1996 and
June 30, 1996, which includes our reports dated April 24, 1996 and July 24,
1996, respectively, covering the unaudited interim financial information
contained therein. Pursuant to Regulation C of the Securities Act of 1933, those
reports are not considered a part of the registration statement prepared or
certified by our firm or reports prepared or certified by our firm within the
meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

                                                             ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Washington, D.C.,
  November 6, 1996