**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS:**

**June 10, 2008 Clyde Ensslin at 202-418-0506**

**Robert Kenny at 202-418-2668**

**FCC Announces Further Details of Public**

**Hearing on Early Termination Fees**

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced further
details on a public hearing on early termination fees that will be
hosted on Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m. -- 1:30 p.m., in the
Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305).

**[Hearing information]{.underline}**:

**Date: June 12, 2008**

**Time: 10:00 a.m. (Eastern)**

**Location: FCC Headquarters Building**

> **Room TW-C305**
>
> **445 12^th^ Street, S.W.**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**[Agenda and List of Witnesses]{.underline}:**

**10:00 a.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks**

**10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion 1 -- Early Termination Fees: Consumer and
Industry Practices and Perspectives**

> **Anne C. Boyle**
>
> **Chair, Nebraska Public Service Commission**
>
> **Daniel L. Brenner**
>
> **Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy**
>
> **National Cable & Telecommunications Association**
>
> **Thomas W. Hazlett**
>
> **Professor of Law & Economics**
>
> **George Mason University School of Law**
>
> **Larry S. Landis**
>
> **Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission**
>
> **John F. Murphy**
>
> **Senior Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer**
>
> **The DIRECTV Group**
>
> **Patrick Pearlman**
>
> **Deputy Consumer Advocate**
>
> **West Virginia Public Service Commission, appearing on behalf of the
> National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA)**
>
> **Harold Schroer**
>
> **Individual Consumer**
>
> **Lee L. Selwyn, Ph.D**
>
> **President and Founder**
>
> **Economics and Technology Inc.**
>
> **Thomas J. Tauke**
>
> **Executive Vice President -- Public Affairs, Policy and
> Communications**
>
> **Verizon Communications**
>
> **Molly White**
>
> **Individual Consumer**

**12:00 p.m. -- 12:15 p.m. Break**

**12:15 p.m. Panel Discussion 2 -- Legal Implications**

> **Seamus C. Duffy**
>
> **Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP**
>
> **Pamela Gilbert**
>
> **Partner, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP**
>
> **Washington, D.C. Counsel, Cellphone Early Termination Fee Cases
> pending in Superior Court in Alameda County, California**
>
> **Christopher Guttman-McCabe**
>
> **Vice President, Regulatory Affairs**
>
> **CTIA**
>
> **Chris Murray**
>
> **Senior Counsel**
>
> **Consumers Union**
>
> **Alan R. Plutzik**
>
> **Attorney, Bransom, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser, LLP**
>
> **Counsel of Record for Wireless Consumers Alliance in FCC Docket Nos.
> 05-193 and 05-194**
>
> **Christopher J. Wright**
>
> **Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP**

**1:15 p.m. Closing Remarks**

**1:30 p.m. Adjournment**

The Commission will hear from expert panelists regarding the use of
early termination fees by communications service providers. The hearing
is open to the public and seating will be available on a first-come,
first-served basis.

The hearing will be webcast live and also archived for later viewing.
Access to the webcast, and additional information concerning the
webcast, will be available at <http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/>. Open
captioning will be provided for the webcast.

For a fee this meeting can be viewed live over George Mason University's
Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry the meeting
live via the Internet. To purchase these services call (703) 993-3100 or
go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.

Pursuant to section 1.1206 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §
1.1206, the hearing is part of a permit-but-disclose proceeding in which
*ex parte* presentations are subject to disclosure. For that reason,
notice of the hearing, a video recording of the hearing, and information
on accessing the webcast will be placed in the public record of docket
number 05-194.

The public may file comments or other documents with the Commission and
should reference docket number 05-194 when filing by paper or submit
your filing electronically by going to
<http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi> and enter proceeding
number 05-194. Filing instructions are provided at
<http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/>.

Sign language interpreters and open captioning will be provided for this
event.  Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are
available upon request.  Include a description of the
accommodation needed, and include a way we can contact you if we need
more information. Please make your request as early as possible.  Last
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.  You
may send an e-mail to [fcc504@fcc.gov]{.underline} or call the Consumer
& Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (Voice), 202-418-0432
(TTY).

Press inquiries should be directed to Clyde Ensslin at 202-418-0506 or
Robert Kenny at 202-418-2668.

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