April 4, 1994

FCC TO HOST PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON PCS ISSUES APRIL 11-12
        
The FCC's recently formed PCS Task Force will conduct one and one-half days of panel
discussions on Personal Communication Service issues currently before the Commission. 

The new Personal Communication Service (PCS) was established by the FCC in 1993.  PCS
encompasses an array of new wireless services.  Three broad categories of services are within
the PCS family: broadband PCS, narrowband PCS, and unlicensed PCS devices. 

The purpose of these panel discussions is to inform the FCC and others about different PCS
policy issues.  The panels, moderated by members of the PCS task force, will feature
representatives of providers, the financing community, economists and designated entities. 
FCC Commissioners may also be in attendance and may ask questions.  All panels will take
place at the FCC, 1919 M Street, N.W., in room 856.  The sessions are open to the public. 
George Mason University will not be carrying this program.  The schedule for the PCS panels
follows.

April 11, 1994
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.      Introductory remarks
                              Ralph Haller, Chief, Private Radio Bureau
                              Chair, PCS Task Force

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.     Welcome
                              Reed E. Hundt, Chairman, FCC
                              James H. Quello, Commissioner, FCC
                              Andrew C. Barrett, Commissioner, FCC
                              
10:00 a.m. - noon     Panel I: PCS Demand Predictions
                              Moderator:  Dr. Robert Pepper, Chief, Office of Plans and Policy
                              Panelists:
                              Dave Twyver, Northern Telecom
                              John Hulak, BIS Strategic Decisions
                              Daniel Trampush, Ernst & Young (Rural Telephone Cooperative)
                              Mark Lowenstein, Yankee Group
                              Thomas Stroup, PCIA
                              Andrew Roscoe, EMCI   
                              Dr. C.J. Wayland, GTE Personal Communications  Services-2-
                         


1:00 - 3:00 p.m.      Panel II:  Competitive Issues in the Wireless Communications Market
                              Moderator:  Dr. Michael Katz, FCC Chief Economist
                              Panelists:
                              Stan Besen, Charles River Associates
                              Jerry Hausman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                              Daniel Kelley, Hatfield Associates
                              Roger Noll, Stanford University
       
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.      Panel III:  Financing Perspectives on PCS
                              Moderator: Donald Gips, Deputy Chief, Office of Plans and
                              Policy
                              Panelists:
                              John Oxendine, BROADCAP
                              Nancy Peretsman, Salomon Brothers
                              Mark Roberts, Alex. Brown & Company
                              Al Hutson, AT&T Network Systems
                              Paul Rissman, Alliance Capital Management
                              Herbert  Wilkins, Syncom

April 12, 1994
9:00 a.m. - noon      Panel IV:  PCS Spectrum and Technical Issues
                              Moderator:  Dr. Thomas Stanley, FCC Chief Engineer
                              Panelists:
                              Lex Felker, Time Warner
                              Limond Grindstaff, Airtouch
                              George Murray
                              Charles Jackson, Strategic Policy Research
                              John Battin, Motorola
                              Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Qualcomm
                              Dr. David Nagel, Apple Computer Inc.
                              Sandy Abramson, UTAM
                              Jeffrey Rosenblatt, Comsearch

Copies of panelists prepared statements, together with a videotape of the panel discussions,
will be placed in the record of Docket 90-314.  Any interested party wishing to respond to
views expressed at the meeting should submit written statements by April 22, 1994 to ensure
their consideration.  Statements should be submitted to Gail Brown, Private Radio Bureau,
Room 5002, Federal Communications Commission, 2025 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20554, and copies should also be filed in Docket 90-314.

For more information about the PCS panels, contact Gail Brown at (202) 632-6940.  News
media contact:  Maureen Peratino or Susan Lewis Sallet at (202) 632-5050.

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