[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2090]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant To The National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act Of 1993--Optical Internetworking Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 5, 1998, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Optical Internetworking 
Forum has filed written notifications 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 Dynarc, Kista, SWEDEN; E.O.S.T., 
Jerusalem, ISRAEL; Epitaxx, West Trenton, NJ; FORE Systems, Warrendale, 
PA; Furukawa Electric, Santa Clara, CA; Indiana University, 
Bloomington, IN; Net Insight AB, Stockholm, SWEDEN; New Focus, Santa 
Clara, CA; Open Networks Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI; PMC Sierra, 
Burnaby, CANADA; Ryan Hankin Kent, South San Francisco, CA; Stratum One 
Communications, Santa Clara, CA; Tektronix, Beaverton, OR; USC, 
Arlington, VA; 3 Com, Boxboro, MA; ADC Telecommunications, Minneapolis, 
MN; Allied Signal, Morristown, NJ; AMCC, San Diego, CA; America Online, 
Reston, VA; AMP, Harrisburg, PA; Applied Fiber Optics, Fremont, CA; 
Argon Networks, Littleton, MA; Artel Video Systems, Marlboro, MA; 
Ascend Communications, Waterford, MA; Astral Point Communications, 
North Reading, MA; AT&T, Holmdel, NJ; Atmosphere Networks, Cupertino, 
CA; Bay Networks, Billerica, MA; Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ; BNed, Inc., 
San Francisco, CA; Bookham Technology, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND; Cerent 
Corporation, Petaluma, CA; Chromatis Networks, Chevy Chase, MD; Ciena, 
Palo Alto, CA; Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA; Corning, Inc., Corning, NY; 
CSELT, Torino, Italy; Deutsche Telekom, Berlin, GERMANY; Ditech, 
Sunnyvale, CA; DSC Communications, Ballerup, DENMARK; Enron 
Communications, Portland, OR; Ericsson, Richardson, TX; Frances 
Telecom, Lannion, FRANCE; Frontier Corporation, Rochester, NY; Fujitsu 
Network Communication, Richardson, TX; GPT Ltd., Coventry, ENGLAND; 
Helsinki Telephone Corporation, Helsinki, FINLAND; Hermes Europe 
Railtel, Hoeilaart, BELGIUM; Hewlett-Packard, San Jose, CA; Hitachi, 
Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN; JDS Fitel, Nepean, Ontario, CANADA; Juniper 
Networks, Mountain View, CA; Lightera Networks, Cupertino, CA; Lucent 
Technologies, Holmdel, NJ; LYNX, Rosh Haayin, ISRAEL; Marconi S.P.A., 
Genova, ITALY; Molecular OptoElectronics Corporation, Watervliet, NY; 
Monterey Networks, Richardson, TX; MRV Communications, Chatsworth, CA; 
NEC, Herndon, VA; Nexabit Networks, Marlborough, MA; Nokia 
Telecommunications, Espoo, FINLAND; Nortel, Nepean, Ontario, CANADA; 
Northchurch Communications, Andover, MA; NOVA Telecommunications, 
Columbia, MD; NTT, Tokyo, JAPAN; OKI Electric Industry, Tokyo, JAPAN; 
Optical Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA; Pipelinks, Santa Clara, CA; 
Pirelli Cables and Systems, Lexington, SC; Pluris, Inc., Cupertino, CA; 
Qwest Communications International, Denver, CO; RELTEC Corporation, 
Bedford, TX; Santec Corporation, Komaki, Aichi, JAPAN; Siemens AG, 
Muenchen, GERMANY; Sprint, Overland Parks, KS; Sumitomo Electric, Santa 
Clara, CA; Sycamore Networks, Tewksbury, MA; Tellabs, Lisle, IL; 
Tellium, Oceanport, NJ; Tyco Submarine Systems, Holmdel, NJ; Williams 
Network, Tulsa, OK; and Worldcom, Tulsa, OK. The nature and objectives 
of the venture are to promote the acceptance and implementation of 
interoperable products and services for data switching and routing 
using optical internetworking technologies and to support the rapid 
advancement of an efficient and compatible technology base that 
promotes a competitive marketplace.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2090 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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