[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57843-57844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24607]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Telemanagement Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 7, 2000, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Telemanagement Forum (``the 
Forum'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its membership status. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, GE Information Services, Inc., Tampa, FL; US West, Inc., 
Denver, CO; Omnitel Pronto Italia S.p.A., Corsico (MI), ITALY; 
CASEwise, Waltham, MA; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, 
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Agilent Technologies, South Queensferry, 
West Lothian, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM; Global Crossing, Morristown, 
NJ; and MTN RSA, Sandton, SOUTH AFRICA have become Corporate Members. 
Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma City, Osaka, 
JAPAN; CEGETEL, Paris la Defense Cedex, FRANCE; Inlogic Software, Inc., 
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Saville, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA; 
Videotron, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; USHA Martin Telekom Ltd., 
Calcutta, INDIA; Wisor, Rockville, MD; Connectus, Chantilly, VA; 
Mobistar SA, Brussels, BELGIUM; Vitria Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; 
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Kansas City, KS; Sigma Systems 
Group, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Popkin Software & Systems, Inc., 
Leamington Spa Warks, Warwickshire, England, UNITED KINGDOM; Mediation 
Technology Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; IFS Nordic AB, Solua, 
SWEDEN; Lockheed Martin IMS, Communications Industry Services, 
Washington, DC; Williams Communication Group, Tulsa, OK; Stentor, 
Managing Consultant--Data Services Engineering, Ottawa, Ontario, 
CANADA; Ennovate Networks, Inc., Boxborough, MA; Avisto S.A., Sophia 
Antipolis, FRANCE; Bosch Telekom Software, Systeme GmbH & Co. KG, 
Backnang, GERMANY; Pluris, Inc., Cupertino, CA; eMis eMerging 
Information Systems, Inc., Morrisville, NC; Sirius Software GmbH, 
Oberhaching, GERMANY; Orchrestream, London, England, UNITED KINGDOM; 
Actiz, London, England, UNITED KINGDOM; NextLink, Bellevue, WA; Aptis 
Software, San Antonio, TX; Telrad Networks, Lod, ISRAEL; Leading Edge 
Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Objectif Pty Ltd., North Sydney, New 
South Wales, AUSTRALIA; Cellcom Israel, Inc., Herzliya B, ISRAEL; BMS 
Corporation, Denver, CO; Avnisoft Corp., Sunnyvale, CA; Velankani 
Information Systems, Somerset, NJ; Jetstream Communications, Los Gatos, 
CA; Altus Solutions, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA; 
Objectswitch, Irving, TX; Mer Telemanagement Solutions, Bnei Brak, 
ISRAEL; Avilin Ltd., Raanana, ISRAEL; Abobase Systems Ltd., Tallinn, 
ESTONIA; Smartrek Ltd., Wabern, SWITZERLAND; Samsung Electronics Co., 
Ltd., Seohyeon-Dong, Pundang-Gu, Sungnam-Shi, Kyunggi-Do, REPUBLIC

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OF KOREA; Star Home Ltd., Tel Aviv, ISRAEL; ViewGate Networks, 
Alexandria, VA; Chromatis Networks, Bethesda, MD; Cambio, Reston, VA; 
Deriveitt, LLC, Campbell, CA; and Conmitel Technologies, Cork, IRELAND 
have become Associate Members. EPS, McKinney, TX; BBW Consulting 
Services, Aylmer, Ontario, CANADA; US Web/CKS, Toronto, Ontario, 
CANADA; Laboratory For Telecommunications, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA; State 
of California Telecommunications Division, Sacramento, CA; and Cohen 
Communications Group, New York, NY have become Affiliate Members.
    The following existing members have changed their names: Kokusai 
Denshin Denwa Col., Ltd. is now KDD Corp., Saitama, JAPAN; Lightera 
Networks is now Ciena, Cupertino, CA; Wandel & Golterman, Ltd. is now 
Wavetek Wandel Goltermann, Plymouth, Devon, England, UNITED KINGDOM; 
Beechwood Data Systems is now Cap Gemini Telecommunications, Clark, NJ; 
Accunet Ltd. is now Axarte, Newbury, Berkshire, England, UNITED 
KINGDOM; Open Technology Pty., Ltd. is now Open Telecommunications, 
Ltd., North Sydney, AUSTRALIA; FirstTel Systems is now Ceon, Redwood 
Shores, CA; Nokia Telecommunications is now Nokia Networks Oy, Espoo, 
FINLAND; Object-Mart Inc. is now Optical Networks, San Jose, CA; 
InConcert, Inc. is now Tibco/Inconcert, Cambridge, MA; Spazio ZeroUno 
S.p.A. is now Advanced Network Solutions S.p.A., Vimodrone, ITALY; 
Lockheed Martin IMS, Communications Industry Services is now NeuStar, 
Inc., Washington, DC; InLogic Software, Inc. is now Daleen 
Technologies, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; and Hermes Europe Railtel-Her 
Network Services BVBA is now Global Telesystems Group (GTS), Hoeilaart, 
BELGIUM.
    Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Col. Florida, Mexico D.F., 
MEXICO; Premisys Communications Inc., Fremont, CA; Bosch Telekom Inc., 
Gaithersburg, MD; Netmansys, Meylan, FRANCE; Infostrada, SJA, Milan, 
ITALY; Expertsoft Corporation, Reston, VA; John E. Watson, Consultant/
Developer, Telecom Software Solutions, Morgaton, GA; DEJ Consulting, 
Madrid, SPAIN; Versant Object Technologies, Menlo Park, CA; O.Tel.O 
Communications, Koln, GERMANY; X-Cel Communications Ltd., Camberley, 
Surrey, England, UNITED KINGDOM; Worldbridge Broadband Services, Inc., 
Nashville, TN; Visual Networks, Hudson, MA; Ernst & Young, LLP., 
Sacramento, CA; ITTI, Ltd., Pozman, POLAND; JK Zcom, Inc., Manassas, 
VA; Dynamic Consulting International, Berrocales Del Jarama, SPAIN; 
ETRI, Taejon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; GRC International, Inc., Vienna, VA; 
Ukranian Research Institute of Communications (UNDIZ), Kyiv, UKRAINE; 
National Westminster Bank PLC, Kegworth, Derby, England, UNITED 
KINGDOM; INRIA Lorraine, Botanique, Villers-Les-Nancy, FRANCE; 
Verdonck, Klooster & Associates BV, Zoetermeer, THE NETHERLANDS; 
Concert Communications Company, Reston, VA; Metapath, Bellevue, WA; 
Liacom Systems, Holon, ISRAEL; Novadigm, Inc., Saddle Brook, NJ; 
Teligent, Herndon, VA; Sprint PCS, Lenexa, KS; Cintel, Santafe de 
Bogota, D.C., COLUMBIA; Saville, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA; Teleglobe 
Canada, Inc., Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; ForeSystems, Dublin, IRELAND; 
Applied Digital Access-Canada, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA; 
Ascend Communications, Beachwood, OH; and Hanson Cooke, London, 
England, UNITED KINGDOM have been dropped as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and the Forum intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1988, the Forum filed its original notification 
pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of 
the Act on December 8, 1988 (53 FR 49615).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 8, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 21, 2000 (65 FR 15177).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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