November 4, 1998


     BOB CALAFF JOINS WIRELESS BUREAU AS ASSISTANT BUREAU CHIEF 

     Bob Calaff has been named Assistant Bureau Chief of the FCC's Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.  Calaff's responsibilities include working on matters involving the
Policy and Enforcement Divisions of the Bureau.  Calaff will also be coordinating Wireless
Bureau matters with the International Bureau and will serve as a liaison to Commissioner's
offices.  
 
          Calaff joined the Commission in November 1994 as an attorney in the Office of General
Counsel.  In April 1996, Calaff joined the Telecommunications Division of the International
Bureau.  From December 1996 to August 1998, Calaff served as Senior Counsel to the Chief of
the International Bureau, focussing on international telecommunications and satellite matters.

      Calaff earned a B.A.with honors from Harvard College in 1985, an M.P.A. from
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs in 1990, and a J.D. from
Columbia University School of Law in 1992.  He was a Zuckerman Fellow at the Columbia
School of International and Public Affairs from 1989-1990.  Calaff was President of the Hispanic
Bar Association of the District of Columbia from March 1996 - March 1997 and has been a
member since 1993. Prior to joining the Commission, Calaff was an associate in the Washington,
D.C. office of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy.

     Calaff lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
   
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