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 July  21,  2000 
 WILLIAM  W.  (BILL)  KUNZE  TO  BECOME  CHIEF  OF  THE  COMMERCIAL  WIRELESS 
 DIVISION  OF  THE  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU 


 Thomas  Sugrue,  Chief  of  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  has  named  Bill  Kunze 
 Chief  of  the  Bureau’s  Commercial  Wireless  Division. 


 The  Commercial  Wireless  Division  is  responsible  for  developing  policy  for  use  of  radio 
 spectrum  for  commercial  wireless  communications;  licensing  and  settling  disputes  arising  from  use 
 of  such  spectrum;  and  reviewing  mergers  and  acquisitions  involving  such  spectrum. 


 Since  June  1999,  Kunze  has  served  as  a  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Commercial  Wireless 
 Division.  In  that  position  Kunze  has  primarily  handled  merger  review,  build-  out  policy  issues,  and 
 licensing/  policy  matters.  Previously  Kunze  was  a  consultant  at  McKinsey  &  Company,  where  his 
 practice  focused  on  strategies  for  growth  in  deregulating  industries,  including  telecommunications 
 and  financial  services. 


 Kunze  was  also  an  associate  at  Steptoe  &  Johnson,  with  a  regulatory  and  antitrust  litigation 
 practice  which  primarily  focused  on  the  electric  power  industry,  including  proceedings  to  deregulate  the 
 industry  and  create  competitive  markets  for  power  sales.  Kunze  also  served  as  law  clerk  to  Chief  Judge 
 Gilbert  Merritt  on  the  U.  S.  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Sixth  Circuit  in  Nashville,  and  as  Acquisitions  Editor 
 and  Assistant  Manager  at  the  University  of  Chicago  Press,  Journals  Division. 


 Kunze  holds  B.  A.  and  J.  D.  degrees  from  Yale  University  and  an  M.  A.  from  the  University 
 of  Chicago.  In  addition,  Kunze  was  a  Fulbright  fellow  at  the  University  of  Bochum  in  Germany. 


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