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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  29,  2004  Mark  Wigfield  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mark.  wigfield@  fcc.  gov 


 RUSSELL  HANSER,  TERRI  NATOLI  PROMOTED  AT  FCC  WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU 
 Hanser,  Natoli  Take  New  Positions  in  Competition  Policy  Division 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –Russell  Hanser  has  been  promoted  to  the  position  of  Special  Counsel  to  the  Chief  of  the  Competition  Policy  Division  at  the  FCC’s  Wireline 
 Competition  Bureau  by  Bureau  Chief  Jeffrey  Carlisle.  Mr.  Carlisle  also  promoted  Terri  B.  Natoli  to  the  position  of  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Division. 


 Headed  by  Chief  Thomas  Navin,  the  Competition  Policy  Division  develops  and  implements  policies  relating  to  competition  in  local  markets,  including  the  Triennial 
 Review  order,  deployment  of  broadband  and  Internet  telephony. 
 Mr.  Hanser  had  served  as  Senior  Attorney  and  Attorney  Advisor  in  the  Division  since  January  2003.  During  that  period,  he  was  team  leader  on  the  IP-  Enabled  Services 
 proceeding  that  is  investigating  the  policy  implications  of  Internet  telephony.  He  was  also  team  leader  in  developing  a  response  to  a  federal  court’s  remand  of  the  Triennial  Review 
 order.  He  worked  on  several  section  271  applications  filed  by  the  regional  Bell  telephone  companies  seeking  approval  to  provide  long-  distance  service,  as  well  as  various  matters 
 relating  to  the  Bells’  obligation  to  provide  unbundled  network  elements  to  competitors. 
 Mr.  Hanser  came  to  the  FCC  from  the  law  firm  of  Wilmer,  Cutler  &  Pickering,  where  he  specialized  in  telecommunications  law.  Before  that,  Mr.  Hanser  clerked  for  the 
 Honorable  Norman  H.  Stahl  of  the  U.  S.  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  First  Circuit.  In  1997,  Mr.  Hanser  received  his  J.  D.,  cum  laude,  from  Harvard  Law  School,  where  he  was  a 
 Primary  Editor  of  the  Harvard  Law  Review.  He  received  his  B.  A.,  magna  cum  laude,  from  Amherst  College  in  1994. 


 Ms.  Natoli  was  a  senior  attorney  in  Competition  Policy  Division,  where  she  recently  led  a  team  responsible  an  order  adopted  by  the  Commission  in  February  finding 
 that  the  Pulver.  com  VOIP  service  is  not  subject  to  traditional  telephone  regulation.  She  is  currently  working  on  a  number  of  Commission  initiatives  relating  to  broadband  and  voice 
 over  IP.  Ms.  Natoli  also  led  the  Bureau’s  team  that  arbitrated  an  interconnection  agreement  between  Verizon  Virginia  and  Cavalier  Telephone  pursuant  to  section  252(  e)(  5) 
 of  the  Act  and  worked  on  the  Triennial  Review  Order  and  a  variety  of  other  competition 
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 policy-  related  matters.  Ms.  Natoli  has  over  25  years  of  experience  in  state  and  federal  telecommunications  regulatory  matters,  including  corporate  positions  with  the  former  GTE 
 and  Sprint  (formerly  the  Southern  Pacific  Communications  Company)  as  well  as  private  practice.  Just  prior  to  joining  the  Commission  in  2002,  she  was  the  Vice  President  of 
 Regulatory  Affairs  and  Public  Policy  for  Teligent,  Inc.  which  she  joined  in  1997  after  representing  the  company  as  outside  counsel.  Ms.  Natoli  received  her  J.  D.  With 
 Distinction,  from  George  Mason  University  Law  School,  her  M.  S.  in  Telecommunications  from  George  Washington  University,  and  her  B.  A.  in  Economics,  summa  cum  laude,  from 
 Trinity  College,  Washington  D.  C. 


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