FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:               News Media contact: 
August 23, 1999                           Audrey Spivack at (202) 418-0500

       OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
                    LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE

       The FCC's Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO) has
launched a newly revised web page. The web site is accessible on the World Wide Web at
www.fcc.gov/ocbo. The new design of the web page will greatly enhance OCBO's efforts to
inform small businesses about Commission proceedings and business opportunities in
telecommunications, and is designed to be a vehicle for disseminating information on
telecommunications licensing and small business-related Commission rules.  The web site will
provide resource information aimed at telecommunications business opportunities, including
new media technologies, financing and technical assistance. 

       OCBO works to promote opportunities for ownership and employment in the
communications industry for small businesses.  The Office works with entrepreneurs,
industry, public interest organizations, and individuals to provide information about policies
to promote ownership and employment opportunities in the communications industry, and to
encourage participation in FCC proceedings.

       OCBO Director Francisco Montero said  "I am delighted with the new format of
the web page.  While we are still adding information, the new structure will transform the site
from a static platform to a more interactive clearing-house for information and links to
governmental and industry resources for small businesses and entrepreneurs. In the past, this
service has been handled solely through mailings or faxes."  The new web page already
contains news updates and links to some government agencies and industry groups, which
provide financial and technical consultation to entrepreneurs interested in launching new
communications-related businesses.
  
  The Office acknowledged the assistance of OCBO Attorney-Advisor Belford Lawson and
Charles Harrington of the Commission's Office of Public Affairs for their efforts in designing
and planning the web site.  For more information, contact the Office of Communications
Business Opportunities at 202-418-0990, or by e-mail through OCBO's web site.   

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