NEWS
                                                                 May 10, 1996



               GREGORY ROSSTON NAMED ACTING CHIEF ECONOMIST, 
                           COMMON CARRIER BUREAU 


 Gregory L. Rosston has been named Acting Chief Economist of the Common Carrier
Bureau.  In addition to these new duties, he will continue to serve as  Deputy Chief
Economist of the Commission.  In his new position he ensure that the Bureau has available to
it the economic data and analysis it will need at it  implements the Telecommunications Act
of 1996

 Dr. Rosston has been Deputy Chief Economist of the Commission since September
1994.    In that capacity, he assisted the Commission in developing policies to promote
competition and innovation in the telecommunications marketplace working directly on a
variety of issues and ensuring economic input to Commission proceedings.  He will continue
to be involved in general FCC economic policies but will now be primarily concerned with
Common Carrier issues.

 Before becoming Deputy Chief Economist, Dr. Rosston served as a senior economist
in the Office of Plans and Policy for one and a half years.

 Prior to joining the Commission, Dr. Rosston worked as an economic consultant 
analyzing telecommunications and antitrust issues.  He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in
economics from Stanford University.  He received an A.B. in economics with honors from the
University of California, Berkeley. 

  "Greg will make invaluable contributions to the Common Carrier Bureau's
implementation of the Telecommunications Act," said FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. "These
next few months will be very busy for the Bureau and I know Greg's input will help to
ensure that our new rules will result in benefits to consumers and a more competitive
telecommunications industry."

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