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             California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue, Room 5301            San Francisco, CA 94102

CONTACT: Armando Rendon          April 10, 1996        CPUC-027
         415-703-1366

                   P R E S S   A D V I S O R Y

         CPUC ROUNDTABLE ON FUTURE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

     Commissioners Henry M. Duque and Josiah L. Neeper of the
California Public Utilities Commission will co-sponsor a public
Roundtable Discussion on the future of telecommunications:
                Wednesday, April 17
                9:00 a.m. to Noon
                State Office Building Auditorium
                505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

     Participants may be available for questions immediately
after the close of the discussion.  They include:
     AT&T, PACIFIC STATES: Michael G. Antieri, President
     MCI METRO: Nate Davis, Chief Operating Officer
     PACIFIC BELL: Dave Dorman, Chairman and President
     AIRTOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, Inc.: Sue Swenson, V.P.; and,
         President and CEO of Cellular One
     GENERAL TELEPHONE OPERATIONS-WEST: Red Keith, Regional
     President of California
     SPRINT: Gary Owens, V.P., Integrated Services
     ROSEVILLE TELEPHONE: Brian Strom, President and CEO
     CALIFORNIA CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION: Spencer R. Kaitz,
         President and General Counsel
     INTEL CORPORATION: Ted Jenkins, V.P. and Director of
         Corporate Licensing
     UTILITY CONSUMERS ACTION NETWORK: Michael Shames, Executive
         Director

         The Roundtable Discussion will focus on the following
issues:
     o What role is envisioned for the telecommunications
       industry in California?
     o What services will different sectors of the
       telecommunications market provide to consumers by 1999?
     o Who will be the beneficiaries of a competitive
       telecommunications market; who, if any, will be left out?
     o Will companies compete on price, quality or packaging of
       services?  If all of these, what aspect of these
           competitive features will be most important?
     The event is open to the public.
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