[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16295-16296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7196]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Telemanagement Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 11, 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''), Telemanagement Forum (``the 
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, Vodafone AirTouch plc, Newbury, Berkshire, England, 
United Kingdom; E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany; WatchMark 
Corp., Bellevue, WA; American Management Systems, Minnetonka, MN; 
NetNumber, Lowell, MA; and Redback Networks, San Jose, CA have become 
Corporate Members. PeopleSoft Inc., Pleasanton, CA; Applied Innovation 
Inc., Dublin, OH; Acanthis, Les Algorithmes-Bat. Aristote, Cedex, 
France; Quallaby Corporation, Lowell, MA; Metro-Optix, Inc., Plano, TX; 
LightSand Communications, Inc., Milpitas, CA; WebMethods, Inc., 
Fairfax, VA; Cable & Wireless Optus, Chatswood, New South Wales, 
Australia; Blue Band, Inc., Broomfield, CO; PrismTech Limited, Tyne & 
Wear, England, United Kingdom; Passport Corporation, Paramus, NJ; 
Photonex Corporation, Bedford, MA; Digital Fuel Technologies Ltd., 
Jerusalem, Israel; Digital Fairway Corp., Kanata, Ontario, Canada; 
Escosoft Technologies Ltd., New Delhi, India; Traian Internet Products 
AG, Cologne, Germany; Africa, Hertzelia, Israel; A 1 Metrix, Inc., El 
Dorado Hills, CA; Sigma Exallon Systems, Malmo, Sweden; Riversoft, San 
Francisco, CA; Monfox, LLC, Alpharetta, GA; Valtech, Addison, TX; 
Auspice Inc., Framingham, MA; CoManage, Wexford, PA; General Bandwidth, 
Austin, TX; Laurel Networks, Sewickley, PA; Maple Networks, San Jose, 
CA; Netscient Ltd., Redditch, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom; 
Precision Software, Irving, TX; Zaffire, Inc., San Jose, CA; MDSI 
Mobile Data Solutions Inc., Richmond, British Columbia, Canada; 
Smallworld Systems, Inc., Englewood, CO; Appian Communications, Inc., 
Boxborough, MA; Bluespring Software, Cincinnati, OH; Telecom Mgmt. 
Consulting Group, New York, NY; Insight Systems, Inc., Atlanta, GA; 
Netro Corporation, San Jose, CA; Astral Point, Chelmsford, MA; and 
Virtual Access, Ascot, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom have become 
Associate Members. Logan-Orvis International, Valbonne, France; Kanazia 
Telecommunication Development Centre, Mubai, India; GuideComm Systems, 
Herndon, VA; Institut National Des Telecommunications (INT), Cedex, 
France; Technology Research Institute, Sudbury, MA; Renaissance 
Strategy Worldwide, Inc., San Francisco, CA; and TMNG-The Management 
Network Group, Overland Park, KS have become Affiliate Members.
    The following members have changed their names: MCI Worldcom, Inc. 
is now called Worldcom, Inc., Clinton, MS; Corvia Networks Inc. is now 
called BrightLink Networks, Sunnyvale, CA; Ernst & Young is now called 
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Clark, NJ; Telecommunications Management 
Solutions is now called

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Telecommunications Management Networks de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Mexico 
City, Mexico; Bull is now called EVIDIAN, Billerica, MA; Metamor is now 
called PSINet Consulting Solutions, Houston, TX; and Tycom Submarine 
Systems is now called TyCom, Ltd., Eatontown, NJ.
    The following companies have cancelled their membership: Newbridge 
Networks Corporation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada; Corporate Renaissance, 
Inc., Concord, MA; Pluris, Inc., Cupertino, CA; IEL, Windsor, 
Berkshire, England, United Kingdom; ITS, Inc., Piscataway, NJ; National 
Communications Systems, Arlington, VA; Informix Software, Inc., Menlo 
Park, CA; Citizens Communications, Dallas, TX; RELTEC, Dorval, Quebec, 
Canada; Videotron, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; GE Capital Consulting, 
Somerset, NJ; and Hughes Network Systems, Germantown, MD.
    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 Forum intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1988, the 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 December 8, 1988 (53 FR 49615).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 1, 
2000. A notice for this filing has not yet been published in the 
Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-7196 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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