NEWSReport No.  CC 96-16                  COMMON CARRIER ACTION  September 20, 1996


ALAN C. HASSELWANDER TO HEAD NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING
     COUNCIL 

     Chairman Reed E. Hundt announced today that Alan C. Hasselwander has agreed to
serve as Chairman of the North American Numbering Council (NANC).  The Commission
established the NANC under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C., App. 2 (1988)(FACA) to advise the Commission, among other things, on numbering
issues, such as implementation of the FCC's number portability rules. 

     Mr. Hasselwander has over 35 years of experience in telecommunications.  He joined 
Rochester Telephone Corporation in 1958 as a Telephone Craftsman and held a variety of
positions within the company in the course of his career.  Mr. Hasselwander became Chief
Executive Officer of Rochester Telephone in 1984 and served in that position until his
retirement in 1992.  Mr. Hasselwander currently is a member of the Board of Directors of
Frontier Corporation (formerly Rochester Telephone), a holding company with substantial
interests in the local exchange, interexchange and wireless telecommunications industries.   

     During his career, Mr. Hasselwander served in senior positions in various industry
organizations, including as President of the United States Telephone Association (USTA). 
He chaired several USTA committees, including the Long Range Planning Committee, the
Plant Committee, and the Traffic Committee, and served as Co-Chairman of the
Bell/Independent Network Planning Committee.  He also chaired an Advisory Committee at
the Public Utility Institute of the University of Michigan.  

     Mr. Hasselwander has been recognized for his many contributions to the
telecommunications industry.  He is a member of the Hall of Fame of the New York State
Telephone Association and in 1993 received the Distinguished Service Award from USTA. 
The Simon Graduate School of Management at the University of Rochester presented its
Distinguished Alumnus Award to Mr. Hasselwander in 1988.
     
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     Among its various responsibilities, the NANC will:  (i) select and guide a neutral
administrator of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP); and (ii) apply Commission
policy to resolve issues arising in the administration of the NANP, and conduct initial dispute
resolution.  The NANP Administrator will process number resource applications and
maintain administrative numbering databases, but operational details and additional activities
of the NANP Administrator are to be determined by the NANC.  The Commission, with
other NANP member countries, will oversee the NANC.

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