FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
August 11, 1999                                        Meribeth McCarrick at (202) 418-0654

              WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES 
             COMMERCIAL WIRELESS DIVISION PERSONNEL CHANGES
  
       The following personnel actions have taken place in the Wireless
  Telecommunications Bureau's Commercial Wireless Division:
  
  Bill Kunze Named Deputy Chief
  
       Bill Kunze has been named Deputy Chief of the Commercial Wireless Division.  He
  comes to the Commission from the consulting firm of McKinsey & Company and was
  previously an associate at Steptoe & Johnson and a law clerk to Chief Judge Gilbert Merritt
  on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Nashville.  Kunze holds B.A. and J.D.
  degrees from Yale University and an M.A. from the University of Chicago.
  
  Jeffrey Steinberg Named Deputy Chief
  
       Jeffrey Steinberg has been named Deputy Chief of the Commercial Wireless
  Division.  Steinberg has served as Special Counsel to the Commercial Wireless Division
  since January 1997.  He has also served as a Senior Attorney in the Wireless Bureau's
  Policy Division and as a Senior Attorney in the FCC's Cable Services Bureau.  Before
  joining the FCC in January 1994, Steinberg was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office
  of Sidley & Austin, and he was a law clerk to then-Judge Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Court
  of Appeals in Boston.  Steinberg holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Yale University.
  
  Suzan Friedman Named Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch
  
       Suzan Friedman has been named Deputy Chief of the Commercial Wireless
  Division's Policy and Rules Branch. Prior to her current position Friedman served as Senior
  Attorney in the Mass Media Bureau's Enforcement Division since March 1997.  She has
  also served as a Senior Attorney in the Common Carrier Bureau's Competitive Pricing
  Division.  Friedman holds a B.A. from American University and a J.D. from the New
  England School of Law.
    
  Cyndi Thomas Named Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch
  
       Cyndi Thomas has been named Deputy Chief of the Commercial Wireless Division's
  Policy and Rules Branch.  Thomas began working as a staff attorney and team leader in the
  Policy and Rules Branch in August 1996.  She has also served as a staff attorney in the
  Common Carrier Bureau's Policy and Program Planning Division.  In addition to working at
  the FCC, Thomas has been Director of Regulatory Affairs at the Personal Communications
  Industry Association, and an associate in the Washington, D.C. offices of Dickstein,
  Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky and Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer & Quinn.  Finally, Thomas has
  several years of business management experience. Thomas holds a B.A. from Miami
  University (Ohio) and a J.D. from American University.
  
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