Robert C. Atkinson Elected to Arbinet Board of Directors
June 16 2005 - 1:12PM
PR Newswire (US)
Robert C. Atkinson Elected to Arbinet Board of Directors NEW
BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shareholders of
Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARBX), the world's leading
electronic market for trading, routing and settling communications
capacity, elected Robert C. Atkinson, director of policy research
at the Columbia Institute for Tele- Information (CITI) at Columbia
University, to the Board for a three-year term. Mr. Atkinson will
serve on the Company's audit committee. "Bob Atkinson's expertise
and credentials in telecom law and public policy over the past 30
years make him a significant addition to the Arbinet board of
directors," comments J. Curt Hockemeier, chief executive officer
and president of Arbinet. "His guidance on strategic, legal and
regulatory issues in the global telecom and Internet industries
will be invaluable to the board and to our business partners."
Robert Atkinson has been an expert in telecom law and public policy
since the mid-1970s, with a focus on the development of local
telephone competition since 1985. As the Director of Policy
Research at CITI, Mr. Atkinson conducts academic research related
to telecommunication regulation and public policy. Prior to joining
CITI in mid-2000, Mr. Atkinson was the deputy chief of the FCC's
Common Carrier Bureau where he was responsible for developing,
implementing and enforcing FCC policies governing interstate
telecommunications services including merger reviews. In 2001, the
FCC appointed him to be the chairman of the North American
Numbering Council, the group advising the FCC on matters affecting
the availability and utilization of telephone number resources in
North America. Prior to his FCC tenure, Mr. Atkinson was
responsible for the regulatory, public policy and external affairs
activities of Teleport Communications Group (TCG), the nation's
first Competitive Access Provider (CAP) and Competitive Local
Exchange Carrier (CLEC). In 1994, he became senior vice president
for legal, regulatory & external affairs when his role was
expanded to include responsibility for TCG's legal department. When
AT&T acquired TCG in July 1998 and TCG became AT&T Local
Services, he was vice president and chief regulatory officer of
AT&T Local Services until he joined the FCC. Mr. Atkinson is a
graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Government and Foreign Affairs. He also received a law
degree (JD) from the Georgetown University Law Center. While at
Georgetown, he was a member of the Georgetown Law Journal. He is
presently admitted to the bar in New Jersey. About Arbinet Arbinet
is the leading electronic market for trading, routing and settling
communications capacity. Members of the exchange, consisting
primarily of communications service providers, buy and sell voice
calls and Internet capacity based on route quality and price
through its centralized, efficient and liquid marketplace. Members
place orders through a web-based interface. Its fully automated,
highly scalable trading platform matches these orders using
proprietary software and delivers them through state-of-the-art
facilities. Contact: Chris Reid Arbinet-thexchange 1.732.509.9160
Carolyn M. Robertson STC Associates 1.212.725.1900 ext 204
DATASOURCE: Arbinet CONTACT: Chris Reid of Arbinet-thexchange,
+1-732-509-9160, or , or Carolyn M. Robertson of STC Associates,
+1-212-725-1900 ext 204, or Web site: http://www.arbinet.com/
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