NEWS                                                             June 18, 1996
                                       
                                       
                      TROY F. TANNER NAMED CHIEF OF THE
                           INTERNATIONAL BUREAU's 
                         POLICY & FACILITIES BRANCH,
                         TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION 

       Mr. Troy F. Tanner,  a Senior Legal Advisor to the International Bureau Chief, has returned to
the Policy & Facilities Branch of the Telecommunications Division to assume the role of Branch Chief. 
As Branch Chief, Mr. Tanner will direct and coordinate Branch activities including the authorizing of all
U.S. international telecommunications service providers, and the monitoring and enforcing of the
Commission's international settlements policy.

       Mr. Tanner has been with the Commission since 1991. Prior to becoming a Senior Legal
Advisor, Mr. Tanner was an attorney advisor in the Policy & Facilities Branch. While at the FCC, Mr.
Tanner has worked on several Commission proceedings focusing on questions of U.S. market entry by
foreign entities.  He also spearheaded the Commission's recent proceeding streamlining the international
Section 214 authorization process.  

       Prior to joining the FCC, Mr. Tanner spent over three years in private practice with the
communications law firm of Reddy, Begley and Martin.  He received his law degree from George
Washington University and graduated with a B.A. in International Relations with Honors from Brigham
Young University.  Mr. Tanner is an active member of the Federal Communications Bar Association,
and Co-chair of the Telecommunications Committee of the D.C. Bar's Computer and
Telecommunications Law Section.  He resides in Burke, Virginia, with his wife, Stacy, and three
children.

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