January 25, 1999

                                
      ADAM KRINSKY TO BECOME ACTING SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR 
              TO THE CHIEF,  INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
                                
   
     The FCC announced today that Adam Krinsky will be appointed Acting Senior Legal
Advisor to the Chief of the International Bureau.
              
     Since joining the Commission in February 1997, Krinsky has served as an attorney in the
Telecommunications Division of the International Bureau, where he worked on initiatives to
promote competition and market access opportunities in the global telecommunications market,
including implementation of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Basic
Telecommunications Services.   He also was responsible for international Internet issues and was
involved in several merger proceedings.  

     Prior to joining the Commission, Krinsky was an associate in the telecommunications
practice group at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Washington, D.C.  He received an A.B. from
Brown University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.  

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