[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13718]


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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 
(``ADSL'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 21, 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''), 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 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, 2Wire, Milpitas, 
CA; Belgacom, Brussels, Belgium; Cirrus Logic, Fremont, CA; Secant 
Technologies, Research Triangle Park, NC; MCI Worldcom, Richardson, TX; 
Milgo Solutions, Inc., Sunrise, FL; Nortel Networks, Morrisville, NC; 
and Alcatel USA, Raleigh, NC have been added as parties to this 
venture. Also, MCI Telecommunications, Richardson, TX; Racal Data 
Group, Sunrise, FL; Bay Networks, Gaithersburg, MD; Nortel, Harlow, 
Essex, United Kingdom; Yurie Systems, Inc., Landover, MD; Alcatel 
Telecom, Antwerp, Belgium; DSC Communications, Petaluma, CA; and 
Netspeed, Austin, TX have been dropped as parties to this venture.
    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 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber 
Line Forum (``ADSL'') intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 15, 1995, the Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line Forum 
(``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 FR 
338058).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 8, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13718 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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