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For Immediate Release:                                        News Media Contact:
July 14, 2011                                                        Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511  
e-mail: rosemary.kimball@fcc.gov
Walt Strack at (202) 418-1629
e-mail: Walt.Strack@fcc.gov
FCC TO HOLD SECOND ANNUAL “WIRELESS WORLD TRAVEL” WEEK: 
JULY 18-22
Blogs and Travel Tips to be Featured Each Day
Washington, DC -- International travelers have found that calling home or checking e-
mail while abroad can be very costly, or it can cost next to nothing.  Those who find it 
inexpensive are travelers who have done their homework and know their options.  To help these 
travelers know what their options are for international calling, texting and data downloading, the 
FCC is highlighting these issues the week of July 18-22, during its Second Annual “Wireless 
World Travel Week.”
During the week the Commission will be posting blogs by the Chiefs of the International 
Bureau and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, posting helpful tip sheets on 
international calling and highlighting issues of particular importance.  
Americans take more than 60 million international trips each year, and, increasingly, they 
want to stay connected while on the road.  What they don’t want is to come home and get a bill 
from their phone company for hundreds, even thousands, of dollars more than they expected.  
The information the FCC will be featuring next week will give travelers the information they 
need to avoid this “bill shock.”
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