[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12725]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum (``ECTF'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 19, 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''), Enterprise Computer 
Telephony Forum (``ECTF'') 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, Advanced Telephony 
LLC, Altadena, CA; Philips Speech Processing, Hilversum, The 
Netherlands; Nokia Telecommunications, Helsinki, Finland; and Nortel 
Networks, Nashville, TN have become Principal Members. Converse Network 
Systems, Andover, MA; BST Communication Technology, GuangZhou, CHINA; 
ERNI Components, Chester, VA; Nitsuko Corporation, Cupertino, CA; Xiox 
Corporation, Manchester, NH; and Systems Integration Ltd., Aldermaston, 
England have become Auditing Members. Also, Nortel, Nashville, TN has 
been dropped as a Principal Member. Philips Speech Processing, 
Hilversum, The Netherlands; and Nokia Telecommunications, Helsinki, 
Finland have been dropped as Auditing Members.
    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 Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum 
(``ECTF'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1996, Enterprise Computer Telephony Form (``ECTF'') 
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 May 13, 1996 (61 FR 22074).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 20, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 29, 1999 (64 FR 4706).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-12725 Filed 5-19-99; 8:45 am]
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