NEWS
                                                                   July 16, 1996



                CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS FOR ECONOMICS FORUM 
                 ON ANTITRUST AND ECONOMIC ISSUES INVOLVED
               IN BELL OPERATING COMPANIES INTERLATA ENTRY.

       The FCC has confirmed the following participants for the forum on July 23 from 1:00PM
- 5:00PM.  


       Tim Brennan - University of Maryland and President's Council of Economic Advisors
       Jerry Hausman - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
       Nina Cornell - Consultant
       Robert Willig - Princeton University
       Andrew Joskow - U.S. Department of Justice


 The event will take place in the Commission Meeting Room (856) at 1919 M Street, NW,
Washington, DC.
       

       For more information, call Meribeth McCarrick at the Commission at (202) 418-2043.



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