[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48736-48737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20150]


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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 April 27, 2000, 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 Frame Relay Forum (FRF) 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, Expand 
Networks, Langhorne, PA has joined FRF as a worldwide member. Cable & 
Wireless Jamaica, Kingston, JAMAICA has joined FRF as an affiliate 
member. Krawutschke Consulting & Management, Durmersheim, GERMANY has 
joined FRF as an auditing member. Digital Link Corporation, Sunnyvale, 
CA has

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changed its name to Quick Eagle Networks, Sunnyvale, CA. Also, 
Accesslan Communications, San Jose, CA; Agilent Technologies, Colorado 
Springs, CO; Ameritech Services, Hoffman Estates, IL; Assured Access 
Technology, Milpitas, CA; BellSouth Telecommunications, Birmingham, AL; 
CSELT, Torino, ITALY; e.spire Communications, Annapolis Junction, MD; 
Hi/fm, Carlsbad, CA; Hughes Network Systems, Germantown, MD; Make 
Systems, Cary, NC; Maker Communications, Framingham, MA; Netcom 
Systems, Chatsworth, CA; Nokia Telecommunications, Burlington, MA; 
Nortel DASA, Friedrichshafen, GERMANY; Nuera Communications, San Diego, 
CA; o.tel.o, Koeln, GERMANY, Seabridge, Hod Hasharon, ISRAEL; Scitec 
Communications Systems, Sydney, AUSTRALIA; Telcordia Technologies, 
Morristown, NJ; Teldat, Madrid, SPAIN; and TimePlex Group, Woodcliff 
Lake, NJ 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 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 8, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 28, 2000 (54 FR 24985).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20150 Filed 8-8-00; 8:45 am]
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