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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  News  Media  Contact: 
 September  19,  2001  Meribeth  McCarrick  at  (202)  418-  0654 
 e-  mail:  mmccarri@  fcc.  gov 


 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  ROGER  NOEL  TO  SERVE  AS  A  DEPUTY  CHIEF  OF 
 BUREAU’S  COMMERCIAL  WIRELESS  DIVISION 
 Washington,  DC  –  The  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  has  announced 
 that  Roger  Noel  will  serve  in  the  Bureau’s  Commercial  Wireless  Division  as  a  Deputy  Chief  with 
 responsibility  for  engineering  and  technology  matters. 


 Most  recently,  Noel  served  as  Chief  of  the  Division's  Licensing  and  Technical  Analysis 
 Branch,  where  he  supervised  the  Division's  engineering  and  licensing  staff  and  oversaw  the 
 implementation  of  the  Bureau's  Universal  Licensing  System  for  the  commercial  wireless  radio 
 services.  Prior  to  that,  he  served  as  Deputy  Chief  of  the  Policy  and  Rules  Branch  in  the  Bureau's 
 Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division.  Noel  has  also  served  as  Assistant  for  Aviation  and 
 Maritime  Services  in  the  FCC's  former  Private  Radio  Bureau. 


 Noel  holds  a  B.  S.  in  electrical  engineering  from  Virginia  Tech. 
 The  Bureau  announced  that  Senior  Engineer  Michael  Ferrante  will  serve  as  Acting  Chief  of 
 the  Licensing  and  Technical  Analysis  Branch  until  a  permanent  replacement  is  hired. 


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