[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 72331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34653]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Frame Relay Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 2, 1998, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), The Frame Relay 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, ACADIA, 
Saint Peray, FRANCE; Case Technology, Watford, ENGLAND; Copper Mountain 
Networks, San Diego, CA; CoSine, Belmont, CA; Distributed Networking, 
Greensboro, NC; Netcom Systems, Chatsworth, CA; NRTC, Herndon, VA; PMC-
Sierra, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA; Seabridge, Tel-Aviv, 
ISRAEL; Tiara Networks, Fremont, CA; Timeplex Group, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 
have joined as worldwide members. American Research Group, Inc., Cary, 
NC; Current Analysis, Sterling, VA; ENAV, Rome, ITALY; IMS, Inc., 
Atlanta, GA; and Net Reality, Rishon Lezion, ISRAEL have joined as 
auditing members. Also, AccessLan Communications, San Jose, CA; 
Alphanet Telecom, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Andrew Corporation, Orland 
Park, IL; Ardent Communications, San Jose, CA; Chair for Computer 
Networks, Dresden, GERMANY; Compaq Computer, Houston, TX; Concert, 
Reston, VA; Conklin Instrument Corporation, Norcross, GA; Datacraft 
Asia Ltd., Taikoo Shing, HONG KONG; DHL Worldwide Express, Burlingame, 
CA; Digital Equipment Corporation, Reading, Berkshire, ENGLAND; FORE 
Systems, Andover, MA; GTE Labs, Taunton, MA; Herkimian Laboratories 
Inc., Rockville, MD; Interphase Corporation, Dallas, TX; Jupiter 
Technology Inc., Waltham, MA; Kaspia Systems, Inc., Beaverton, OR; 
Mantis Technology, Ltd., New York, NY; MobileComm, Irving, TX; Natural 
Micro Systems, Framingham, MA; Netopia, Alameda, CA; Network General 
Corp., Menlo Park, CA; Nokia Telecommunications, FINLAND; OKI America, 
Inc., New York, NY; OLICOM, Gdansk, POLAND; Polish Telecom, Warsaw, 
POLAND; RD6, Inc., Montreal, CANADA; Sourcecom Corporation, Westlake 
Village, CA; Telenetworks, Petaluma, CA; Tellabs, Ltd., Shannon, County 
Clare, IRELAND; TRA, St. Marys, KS; Trend Communications, High Wycombe 
Bucks, ENGLAND; Txport Transport, Madison, WI; and Wandel & Goltermann, 
Research Triangle Park, NC have been dropped as parties to this 
venture. ACSI has changed its name to e.Spire.
    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 Frame Relay Forum intends to 
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On April 10, 1992, The Frame Relay 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 July 2, 1992 (57 FR 29537).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 29, 
1997. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34653 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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