NEWS

     April 30, 1998

JAMIE RUBIN TO LEAVE THE COMMISSION

     Jamie Rubin has announced that he will be leaving the Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau on May 7, 1998,  to join the New York investment bank Allen & Co. as an associate
in the Corporate Finance group.  Allen & Co. is a small family-owned firm best known for its
work in media and entertainment, both as a financial and strategic advisor and as a principal
investor. 

     Rubin most recently served as Legal Advisor to the Chief of the Wireless Bureau. 
From December 1996 until August 1997 he worked for former FCC Chairman Reed E. Hundt
as Director of the Education Technology Task Force, helping craft the $2.25 billion initiative
now known as the Schools and Libraries Corporation.  He is a graduate of Harvard College
and Yale Law School. 


  -FCC-