May 11, 1994


          CHAIRMAN HUNDT WILL TAKE PART IN FIRST ALL FIBER-OPTIC
              TRANSATLANTIC VIDEOCONFERENCE USING COMPETITIVE
               ACCESS CONNECTIONS WITH SIR BRYAN CARSBERG, 
             DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAIR TRADING, UNITED KINGDOM

      Chairman Hundt will make the first all fiber-optic
transatlantic call using competitive access connections by having
a videoconference between the FCC and UK at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday,
May 25, in Room 856 at the FCC headquarters building, 1919 M St.,
NW.   

      MFS Communications Co. is providing the technical
demonstration using solely competitive networks between the
Chairman and Sir Bryan Carsberg, the United Kingdom's Director
General of Fair Trading.

      Both officials plan to discuss informally the value of
competition and the benefits of bringing competition to users
during the videoconference.

      The press is invited to attend.

                                 -FCC-

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