[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18855-18856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9110]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Bell Communications Research, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 29, 1994, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Bell Communications 
Research, Inc. (``Bellcore'') has filed written notifications on behalf 
of Bellcore; AT&T Corporation (AT&T); Bell Atlantic Network Services, 
Inc. (``Bell Atlantic''); BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. 
(``BellSouth''); and Pacific Telesis Group (``Pacific'') simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of 
the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking 
the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act, the identities of the parties are Bellcore, Livingston, NJ; 
AT&T, Murray Hill, NJ; Bell Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD; BellSouth, 
Atlanta, GA; and Pacific, San Ramon, CA. Bellcore; AT&T Bell Atlantic; 
BellSouth; and Pacific entered into Articles of Collaboration, 
effective as of October 31, 1994, establishing a consortium to engage 
in a collaborative research effort of limited duration in order to gain 
further knowledge in the area of multiwavelength optical fiber 
communications technology, including weavelength division multiplexing 
and cross-connect networking architectures, and hybrid optical 
integration technology, and to better understand the applications of 
such technology for telecommunications networks, particularly exchanged 
and exchange access and interexchange service networks.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-9110 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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