     PUBLIC NOTICE

     Federal Communications Commission
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     Washington, D.C. 20554
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     Released: April 2, 1999

     FCC ANNOUNCES FORMATION
     OF THE
     TECHNOLOGICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

     The FCC today announced the formation of the Technological
Advisory Council. The
     Council, comprised of a diverse array of recognized
technical experts, will help provide
     the technical expertise the Commission needs to stay abreast
of innovations and new
     developments in the communications industry.

     In announcing the members of the Council, Chairman Kennard
stated: "I am thrilled that
     so many extraordinarily talented and respected individuals
have been willing to share
     their time and expertise with the Commission. The work of
this Council will continue to
     increase in importance as the Commission strives, during a
period of exceptionally rapid
     technological change, to fulfill its responsibilities to the
public ."

     Dr. Robert Lucky, Corporate Vice President, Telecordia
(formerly Bellcore) will serve
     as Chair of the Council and Dr. Jules Bellisio, Chief
Scientist, Telecordia, will serve as
     Executive Director. Dr. Stagg Newman, Chief Technologist for
the Commission, will
     serve as the Designated Federal Officer.

     Dale Hatfield, Chief of the Office of Engineering and
Technology, who will serve as
     Alternate Designated Federal Officer for the Council, said
"We are eager for the council
     to analyze the difficult technical issues facing the
Commission in such areas as spectrum
     management, convergence, and the Internet. Sound technical
advice is essential to our
     developing the best policies to serve the public."

     The first meeting of the Council will be April 30, 1999,
from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in the
     Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington,
D.C. The Council
     will discuss organizational matters, be briefed on key
technical issues facing the
     Commission, and will work to define the issues that the
Council will address. The public
     is invited to attend.

     The Chair and members of the Council are as follows:

     Chair

     Dr. Bob Lucky - Vice President & Officer in Charge of
Applied Research, Telecordia
     Technologies, formerly Bellcore (Bell Communications
Research).

     Members of the Technological Advisory Council

     Mr. Bruce Allen - Vice President and General Manager, Harris
Corporation,

     Mr. Jose M. Alvarez Caban - Assistive Technology Specialist,
Puerto Rico Assitive
     Technology Project, University of Puerto Rico.

     Dr. Vincent Cerf - Senior Vice President, Internet
Architecture and Technology, MCI
     Worldcom.

     Ms. Susan Estrada - President and CEO, Aldea Communication.

     Mr. Bran Ferren - Executive Vice President for Creative
Technology and Research
     Development, Disney/ABC.

     Dr. Richard Green - President and CEO, CableLabs,

     Ms. Christine Hemrick - Vice President, Technology
Communications, Office of the
     CTO, Cisco Systems, Inc.

     Mr. Dewayne Hendrick - General Manager, Wireless Business
Unit, Com21.

     Mr. Ross Ireland - Vice President - Engineering, SBC.

     Mr. Kalle Kontson - Division Technology Manager, Center for
Electromagnetic
     Science and Vice President IIT Research Institute

     Dr. Charles E. Jackson - Independent consultant.

     Dr. William Lee - Chief Scientist, AirTouch/Vodaphone.

     Dr. Paul Liao - Chief Technology Officer, Panasonic and
President of Panasonic
     Technologies.

     Dr. Wah Lim - Vice President for Technology and Development
for Hughes Space and
     Communications Company.

     Dr. Robert Martin - Chief Technology Officer of Bell Labs,
Lucent.

     Dr. David Nagel - President AT&T Labs and CTO for AT&T,

     Mr, Glenn Reitmeier, Vice President, DTV and Web Media,
Sarnoff Laboratories.

     Mr. Dennis Roberson - Vice President & CTO, Motorola.

     Dr. Marvin Sirbu - Profesor of Engineering and Public
Policy, Professor of Electrical &
     Computer Engineering, Professor - Graduate School of
Industrial Administration, and
     Chairman of the Information Networking Institute, Carnegie
Mellon University.

     Dr. Greg Vanderheiden - Professor - Human factors Group,
Dept. of Industrial
     Engineering, University of Wisconsin, and Director of Trace
Research and Development
     Center.

     Mr. Jack Waters - VP of Network Engineering, Level 3
Communications.

     Dr. Pat White - Director, Telecommunications Practice, AD
Little. Robert Zitter -
     Senior Vice President, Technology Operations, Home Box
Office.

     Executive Director

     Dr.Jules A.Bellisio, Chief Scientist/Executive Director,
Telecordia Technologies,
     formerly Bellcore (Bell Communications Research).

     Designated Federal Officer

     Dr. Stagg Newman, Chief Technologist, Federal Communications
Commission.

     Alternate Designated Federal Officer

     Dale Hatfield, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology,
Federal Communications
     Commission.

     For further information, contact Jack Linthicum at
202-418-2441 voice,
     202-418-1918 fax, jlinthic@fcc.gov.

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