FCC INFORMATIONAL AUCTION SEMINAR THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1994

     On Thursday, July 28, the FCC will hold an informational
seminar on future auctions of the regional and Metropolitan
Trading Area (MTA) narrowband personal communications services
(PCS) licenses. The seminar will be held at the University of
Maryland, Adele H. Stamp Student Union, located in College Park,
Maryland. The seminar will take place from 6 to 9 p.m.  

     Seminar attendees will learn about the process from FCC
experts and be able to ask any questions that they may have
concerning participating in future auctions.

     Narrowband PCS will include advanced voice paging, two-way
acknowledgment paging, data messaging, and both one-way and two-
way messaging and facsimile.  It will be licensed on a
nationwide, regional, Major Trading Area (MTA) and Basic Trading
Area (BTA) basis.  Only the ten available nationwide narrowband
PCS licenses will be included in the July auctions, with auctions
involving the MTA and BTA licenses to take place in the Fall of
1994. 

     The first of these auctions will begin on July 25th with the
auctioning off of ten nationwide licenses for narrowband personal
communications services.                                  
     
     "These first-ever airwaves' auctions should involve as many
people as possible," said Chairman Reed E. Hundt.  "Our hotlines
have received over 6,000 calls from people interested in
receiving information about auctions.  We will continue to hold
seminars and to provide as much information as possible to all
potential bidders."

     There is no charge for the seminar, but individuals are
encouraged to register in advance by calling (202) 637-FCC1
(3221) or (202) 637-FCC2 (3222) (fax). For more information on
auctions in general, call the FCC's Auctions Hotline at (202)
418-1400; hearing impaired customers can contact the hotline via
Text Telephone at (202) 632-6999.  For information about either
the narrowband or IVDS auctions, call (202) 637-FCC1 or (202)
637-FCC2.

     Press contact: Audrey Spivack at (202) 418-0500.
Auction contractor:  Tradewinds International Inc. at (202) 637-
FCC1 or (202) 637-FCC2 (fax).