NEWS
        May 2, 1997
   
        
                            KELLY CAMERON NAMED SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR FOR INTERNATIONAL
TRADE POLICY OF         THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
                  
     The FCC announced today that Kelly Cameron has been promoted to Senior Legal
Advisor for International Trade Policy of the International Bureau.  In this position, Cameron
will advise the Bureau Chief on matters related to the implementation of the recent WTO
Basic Telecommunications Agreement and future telecom trade initiatives.   
 
     Cameron has served the Federal Communications Commission in a variety of positions
since 1983.  Since the creation of the International Bureau in October, 1994, Cameron has
been a senior attorney in the Bureau's Telecommunications Division and was the primary
FCC negotiator in the World Trade Organization's Group on Basic Telecommunications
(GBT).  In the Commission's Common Carrier Bureau, he participated in the development
and implementation of policies governing cellular telecommunications systems, Personal
Communications Services, telecommunications rate regulation, interconnection services, and
international telecommunications, among others. From 1993-1994, Cameron was legal
assistant to the Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau.   

     Cameron received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Tufts
University in 1980.  In 1983, he received his law degree from Georgetown University Law
Center in Washington, DC

     Cameron lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Theresa Cameron, and their son
James.
   
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