[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8476-8477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4124]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--the Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 12, 1997, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), The Asymmetrical Digital 
Subscriber Line Forum (``ADSL'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, the following companies have joined ADSL: 
Microcom, Norwood, MA; Telstra, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; Cayman 
Systems, Stoneham, MA; Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., 
Richardson, TX; IMB-T.J. Watson Research lab, Hawthorne, NY; Newbridge 
Networks, Kanata, Ontario, CANADA; Rad Data Communications, Ltd., Tel 
Aviv, ISRAEL; SMC, Irvine, CA; Xyplex Networks, Santa Clara, CA; and 
Ascend Communications, Westford, MA.

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    US West and Cascade Communications have canceled their membership 
in ADSL.
    No other changes have been made in the membership, nature or 
objectives of ADSL. Membership remains open, and ADSL intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 15, 1995, ADSL 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 July 25, 
1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 38058).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 15, 
1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 10, 1997 (62 FR 47690).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-4124 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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