NEWS



                                                                   October 30, 1995


REGINA KEENEY NAMED CHIEF, COMMON CARRIER BUREAU
            
       Regina M. Keeney has been named Chief of the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau. 
Keeney succeeds Kathleen M.H. Wallman, who is leaving the Commission to serve as Deputy
Counsel to the President of the United States.

       Keeney joined the Commission in October 1994 and served first as Chief of the
Wireless Telecommunications Task Force and then as Chief of the newly created Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.  In that role, Keeney oversaw the Commission's auctions of
electromagnetic spectrum and worked to develop fair rules of competition in the wireless
communications market and between wireless and other telecommunications service providers. 
Bureau-run auctions for a variety of services have raised $9 billion to date, and licenses
awarded through these auctions have been issued in record time to speed introduction of new
services to the public.  In addition, during the last year, the Wireless Bureau has cut by more
than half the existing backlog of applications and now "guarantees" processing of major and
minor applications within a limited number of days.  

       Before joining the FCC, Keeney served as the Senior Republican Counsel for
Communications to the Senate Commerce Committee.  She also has served in other roles at
the FCC and in private law practice.

       "Gina's experience as head of the Wireless Bureau and on Capitol Hill make her well
suited for this post," said Chairman Reed Hundt.  "She will bring to this new position both
her expertise and her enthusiasm, and both will be needed in what promises to be extremely
challenging months ahead."

       Keeney is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Law School.  She lives
with her husband, Terence J. Keeney, and their two daughters in McLean, VA.

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