January 25, 1999


     JOHN GIUSTI NAMED CHIEF, INTERNATIONAL SPECTRUM BRANCH,
PLANNING AND NEGOTIATIONS DIVISION, INTERNATIONAL BUREAU 

     The FCC today named John Giusti as Chief of the International Spectrum Branch in the
International Bureau's Planning and Negotiations Division.

     Most recently, Giusti served as Senior Attorney to the International Bureau's
Telecommunications Division.  In that capacity, Giusti worked extensively on FCC efforts to
reform the international settlements system and assisted in implementation of the U.S. obligations
under the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Basic Telecommunication Services.  Giusti
also has represented the FCC at meetings of the International Telecommunication Union,
including the Second World Telecommunication Policy Forum and Fifteenth Plenipotentiary
Conference. 

     Giusti joined the FCC in 1994 as an attorney in the Common Carrier Bureau.  While there,
he served as the lead attorney responsible for implementation of the accounting safeguard
provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

     Giusti earned a BS from the University of Florida, and a JD from Boston University
School of Law. 

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