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January 31, 1996
                               
FCC Announces Next Meeting
        to Discuss Implementation of Toll Free 888 Database


      The FCC will hold the fourteenth in a series of meetings with the industry to track the
deployment of the new toll free 888 area code.  These meetings are part of the Commission's
overall plan to conserve use of the existing toll free 800 numbers and accelerate the
availability of the new toll free 888 numbers. 

       This meeting will be held on Wednesday Febraury 7, 1996 and will begin at 9:00
a.m. The meeting is open to the public and will be held at Bellcore, Room B1-B2, 2101 L
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  A tentative agenda meeting is attached.  If you are giving a
presentation, please bring 60 copies.

       This meeting will address any implementation issues that may arise during the
deployment of the 888 database.  There will be reports from various industry segments,
including local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers and switch vendors.   

       Future meetings will continue to be held approximately every two weeks throughout
planning for 888 deployment.  Documents from these meetings will be available for public
viewing the day after each meeting at the FCC, 2025 M Street, N.W., Room 6010, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m.  Copies of these documents are available from the Commission's copy
contractor, ITS, 202/857-3800.

       The FCC is holding these meetings as part of its overall effort to smooth the transition
from the existing toll free 800 number system to the new toll free 888 system.  The FCC
continues to work with the 800 service provider industry to conserve the existing 800 numbers
and to ensure the efficient use of these resources.  

       Questions about this meeting should be directed to Mary De Luca at (202) 418-2334. 

    -FCC-                   Portable 888 Implementation Meeting
                             February 7, 1996
                            Tentative Agenda 

1.   9:00 to 9:10   Updated Status of 800 Numbers by Michael Wade, President, Database
                    Service Management, Inc. (DSMI)

2.   9:10 to 9:20   Update from the RBOC 888 Implementation by the National 800
                    Product Team

3.   9:20 to 9:30   Update from the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) by Don Werner,
                    Assistant Moderator 

4.   9:30 to 9:50   888 Readiness Update - Vendors
                    Bellcore (SCP), Nortel, Siemens, AT&T

5.   9:50 to 10:00  888 Readiness Update - Trade Associations 
          USTA

6.   10:00 to 10:15 888  Readiness Update from Interexchange Carriers
          MCI, Sprint, AT&T

7.   10:15 to 10:30 888 Readiness Update from Large Local Exchange Carriers
           United,  SNET, Cincinnati Bell, GTE

8.   10:30 to 11:00 Updated Readiness Report from Regional Bell Operating Companies
                    Pacific Bell, Ameritech, SBC, Bell Atlantic, US West,  NYNEX,
                    BellSouth
          
9.   11:00Wrap-up