FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:        News Media Contact:
  July 30, 1999                      Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500
  
  International Bureau Issues 1999 Report on International
      Negotiations, Spectrum Policy and Notifications
       
       The International Bureau today released its 1999 Report on International
  Negotiations, Spectrum Policy and Notifications  prepared by its Planning and
  Negotiations Division.  This 1999 Report updates and expands on previous editions
  published in 1997 and 1995.  The Report details the full range of bilateral negotiations
  and notification activities and catalogues the status of international spectrum usage
  agreements to which the Commission is a party.  This year's Report includes a chapter on
  spectrum policy and hyper-links to websites.
       
       Full implementation of U.S. domestic spectrum allocation plans depends upon
  achieving acceptable frequency sharing arrangements with other countries, principally
  along our northern and southern borders.  Thus, a major focus of this Report is spectrum
  coordination with Canada and Mexico.  Included in the Appendices are detailed outlines
  of the current agreements with both countries.
       
       In commenting on the Report, International Bureau Chief Donald Abelson stated,
  "This Report is an essential resource for those interested in international spectrum
  management.  In a single volume, the Report contains information on international
  agreements that will be of value to readers, especially those parties involved in current
  and future international technical coordination activities."
       
       Copies of this Report may be obtained from the Commission's contractor,
  International Transcription Services, 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20036,
  (202) 857-3800, or at the FCC World Wide Web site: http://www.fcc.gov.  Copies of the
  texts of the international agreements referred to in the Report are on file in the FCC
  Office of Public Affairs Reference and Information Center, located in room CY-A257 at
  the Portals 2 building, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C., 20554, (202) 418-0270.
       
       Inquiries or comments concerning the 1999 Report may be directed to Rick
  Engelman, of the International Bureau, at (202) 418-2150.
  
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