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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  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:  April  7,  2003  Meribeth  McCarrick  at  (202)  418-  0654 
 e-  mail:  mmccarri@  fcc.  gov 
 PETER  A.  TENHULA  NAMED  ACTING  DEPUTY  BUREAU  CHIEF  OF  THE  WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU 


 Washington,  DC  –  –  John  Muleta,  Chief  of  the  FCC’s  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  has  announced  that  Peter  A.  Tenhula  has  been  named  Acting  Deputy  Bureau  Chief. 
 In  his  new  position,  he  will  oversee  matters  before  the  Bureau’s  Commercial  Wireless  Division  as  well  as  the  Bureau’s  Auctions  and  Industry  Analysis  Division. 


 “The  Wireless  Bureau  will  benefit  greatly  from  Peter’s  strategic  understanding  of  wireless  issues,”  said  Muleta.  “I’m  very  pleased  he  has  accepted  this  position  as  we  craft  a  new  regulatory 
 paradigm  for  wireless  communications.” 
 Tenhula  will  also  continue  to  serve  as  Director  of  the  FCC’s  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force  where  he  is  leading  the  next  phase  of  the  Task  Force’s  mission,  including  the  coordination  of 
 spectrum  policy  activities  within  the  FCC,  with  Congress  and  with  the  administration.  Before  moving  to  the  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force,  Tenhula  served  as  Senior  Legal  Advisor  to  Chairman 
 Michael  K.  Powell.  He  advised  Chairman  Powell  on  various  issues  including  wireless,  spectrum  and  international  issues. 


 Tenhula  started  his  career  at  the  FCC  in  1990  as  a  staff  attorney  in  the  Video  Services  Division  of  the  Mass  Media  Bureau.  From  1991-  1995,  he  worked  in  the  Administrative  Law 
 Division  of  the  FCC’s  Office  of  General  Counsel,  and  from  1995-  1997  he  served  as  Special  Counsel  to  the  FCC’s  General  Counsel. 


 During  his  12  ½  years  at  the  Commission,  Tenhula  has  had  extensive  experience  in  a  wide  range  of  important  wireless  policy  developments,  including  the  development  and 
 implementation  of  the  Personal  Communications  Services  (PCS)  and  the  FCC's  auction  program. 
 Before  joining  the  Commission,  Tenhula  served  as  a  legal  intern  with  U.  S.  Representative  Michael  G.  Oxley  and  the  National  Association  of  Broadcasters. 


 Tenhula  holds  a  B.  A.  degree  in  Telecommunications  from  Indiana  University,  Bloomington,  and  a  J.  D.  from  Washington  University  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  He  is  a  member  of 
 the  Missouri  Bar  and  the  Federal  Communications  Bar  Association.  Peter,  his  wife  and  three  young  children  live  in  Alexandria,  Virginia. 
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