Date/Time: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld LLP, 1333 New Hampshire Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036 (please report to security desk)

Topic: Functional Separation proposals under the European Commission review of the European Union’s Framework Directive

Please join us for a discussion focusing on the proposal to provide national regulators in the European Union with the authority (and perhaps obligation) to impose a functional separation regime akin to that adopted in the UK by OFCOM.

Panelists:  Sheba Chacko, Head, Global Operational Regulation and Americas Regulation, BT Americas Inc.; Wolfgang Jakubek, Managing Director, Deutsche Telecom; Scott Blake Harris, Partner, Harris, Wiltshire and Grannis LLP

Moderator:  Scott Blake Harris, Managing Partner, Harris, Wiltshire, & Grannis LLP

RSVP: No later than May 13 to Nick Alexander at Nicholas.Alexander@fcc.gov.

For questions: Contact Nick Alexander, Co-Chair, Wireline Practice Committee at Nicholas.Alexander@fcc.gov.

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