NEWS                                                                       October 8, 1996

            FCC TO DEMO ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM AT CTIA'S WIRELESS
                   APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS, NV
                              October 7 - 8, 1996

     The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will demonstrate
its electronic filing system at CTIA's Wireless Applications Conference
in Las Vegas, NV from October 7-8, 1996 (Booth #400).  Electronic filing
allows potential bidders to file applications, bid for licenses and get
information about ongoing auctions using computers.  The Wireless
Applications Conference will be the first time the FCC's Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has brought its system to a trade
show in order to demonstrate the ease of using electronic filing. 

     "We are bringing our electronic filing system to CTIA's  show to
give more people an opportunity to try the system and ask questions,"
said Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief Michele Farquhar. 
"Our goal is to demonstrate the system's accessibility in a "hands-on"
environment."  

     This fall, the FCC has expanded the use of electronic filing so that
applications for almost all WTB services can be filed through this
means.  The services include: Personal Communications Services, Land
Mobile Radio Services, General Mobile Radio Service, Broadcast
Auxiliary Service, Amateur Radio Service and Interactive Video Data
Service license applications.

     Through the use of electronic filing, applicants have several
options:  (1) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), or the exchange of
business information electronically between organizations without
human intervention; (2) Electronic Transfer (ELT), or the exchange of
business information electronically in a designated record layout
provided to an organization by the FCC; and (3) Interactive point-to-
point filing over the FCC Wide Area Network (Interactive), or an
exchange of business information by accessing the FCC on-line
computer and interactively entering data.  In addition, the WTB will be
unveiling World Wide Web-based applications that will permit
applicants to file their applications over the Internet.  Electronic filing
is one of the ways in which WTB has improved upon its processes (see
attached).  
                                   - FCC - 

News Media contact: Kara Palamaras at (202) 418-0654  
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contact: Tom Dombrowsky at
(202) 418-0620