[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56862-56863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28360]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd.

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 12, 2001, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Wireless Application Protocol 
Forum, Ltd. (``WAP'') 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, 4thpass Inc., Seattle, WA; Discretrix Technologies Ltd., 
Netanya, ISRAEL; Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, GERMANY; LightSurf 
Technologies, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA; Mahindra British Telecom Limited, 
Maharashtra, INDIA; MobileOne Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SINGAPORE; Omnisky 
Corporation, San Francisco CA; OneName Corporation, Seattle, WA; Sandia 
Research Corporation, Las Cruces, NM; and W-Phone, Inc., San Jose, CA 
have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Airwallet, Redwood 
City, CA; Alerts, Inc., Raleigh, NC; BarPoint.com, Deerfield Beach, FL; 
BrainDock.com, New York, NY; Concrete Media, New York, NY; DeLorme 
Mapping, Yarmouth, MN; eCash Technologies, Inc., Bothell, WA; ESRI, 
Inc., Redlands, CA; GeePS, Inc., Cranbury, NJ; GWcom, Inc., Santa 
Clara, CA; Ignition Corp., Bellevue, WA; LiveMind, San Francisco, CA; 
Luminant Worldwide Corporation, Dallas, TX; MDSI Mobile Data Solution, 
Inc., Richmond, British Columbia, CANADA; MobileWebSurf.com, Milpitas, 
CA; Open Market Inc., Burlington, MA; Pervasive Software Inc., Austin 
TX; Plexus Technologies, San Jose, CA; Portal Software, Incorporated, 
Cupertino, CA; Securant Technologies Inc., San Francisco, CA; Sinia 
Corporation, Mountain View, CA; STM Wireless, Inc., Irvine, CA; 
SUMmedia.com Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA; Vectrix, 
Dallas, TX; VeriFone, Santa Clara, CA; Veriprise Wireless Corporation, 
Alpharetta, GA; BulletN.net, Inc., Alpharetta, GA; Covigo, Belmont, CA; 
Mercator Software, Wilton, CT; Noblestar, Reston, VA; Novell Inc., San 
Jose, CA; OgilvyInteractive Worldwide, New York, NY; OZ.COM, 
Burlington, MA; Qwest Wireless, Denver, CO; Saraide, Nepean, Ontario, 
CANADA; ShopNow.com, North Seattle, WA; ThinAir Apps, New York, NY; 
Usha Communications Technology, Portland, OR; Winstar Communications, 
New York, NY; Cybird, Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; iNFOiSLIVE Corporation 
Limited, Hong Kong, HONG KONG--CHINA; China Mobile Communication 
Corporation, Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Hong Kong CSL 
Limited, Hong Kong, HONG KONG--CHINA; Japan Telecom Co, LTD, Tokyo, 
JAPAN; Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, Bangalore, INDIA; Zi 
Corporation, Hong Kong, HONG KONG--CHINA; Agence Virtuelle SA, Geneve, 
SWITZERLAND; Apar Infotech Limited, Maidenhead, UNITED KINGDOM; ASP 
Global Limited, Salford, UNITED KINGDOM; Cross Systems, Paris, FRANCE; 
Endero Plc, Helsinki, FINLAND; F-Secure Corporation, Espoo, FINLAND; 
iTouch Technologies, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Mobile News Channel (MNC), 
Lausanne, SWITZERLAND; Mosaic Software, Rondebosch, SOUTH AFRICA; MTDS 
Oy, Espoo, FINLAND; NavaraSoft Ltd., Shannon, County Clare, IRELAND; 
netdecisions, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Novo Meridian Oy, Espoo, FINLAND; 
NVision, West Bracknell, UNITED KINGDOM; Openet Telecom Limited, 
Dublin, IRELAND; Sessami, London, UNITED KINGDOM; smapCo, Hamburg, 
GERMANY; Vasco Data Security, Wemmel, BELGIUM; Visma ASA, Oslo, NORWAY; 
CAA-Computer Aided Animation GmbH, Filderstadt, GERMANY; Concert 
Communications, Ipswich, UNITED KINGDOM; Digital Mobility Ltd., London, 
UNITED KINGDOM; Orange Communications SA, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND; Telit 
Mobile Terminals Spa, Sgonico, ITALY; Wapit Ltd., Helsinki, FINLAND; 
and Partner Communications Co. Ltd., Rosh Ha'ayin, ISRAEL have been 
dropped as parties to this venture.
    The following companies have merged: Allaire Corporation, Newton, 
MA was acquired by Macromedia, San Francisco, CA; Mannesmann AG, 
Duesseldorf, GERMANY was acquired by Vodafone, Newbury, Berkshire, 
UNITED KINGDOM; PCS Innovations Inc., Brossard, Quebec, CANADA was 
acquired by Schulmberger, Montrouge, FRANCE; and Savos, Inc., New York, 
NY was acquired by GiantBear.com, White Plains, NY.
    The following members have changed their names: infinite 
Technologies is now Captaris, Owings Mills, MD; iXL Inc. is now iXL 
Enterprises, Inc., Atlanta, GA; SeraNova, Inc. is now Silverline 
Technologies, Piscataway, NJ; XYPoint Corporation is now 
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA; PageNet is now Arch 
Wireless, Plano, TX; Entrust Technologies Inc. is now Entrust, Plano, 
TX; Everypath.Com, Inc. is now Everypath, San Jose, CA; Spyglass, Inc. 
is now OpenTV, Inc., Mountain View, CA; Roger Cantel is now Rogers 
Wireless Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Cable & Wireless HKT is now 
Hong Kong CSL Limited, Hong Kong,

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HONG KONG--CHINA; J-PHONE Tokyo Co., Ltd. is now J-PHONE EAST Co., 
Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; DDI Corporation is now KDDI, Tokyo, JAPAN; Nedecom-
Network Development Consulting Plc. is now Endero Plc, Helsinki, 
FINLAND; Trema Treasury Management AB is now Trema Laboratories SARL, 
Valbonne, FRANCE; CMG Telecommunications & Utilities BV is now CMB 
Wireless Data Solutions B.V., Nieuwegein, THE NETHERLANDS; Eircell is 
now Eircell 2000 Plc, Dublin, IRELAND; Maxon Cellular Systems (DENMARK) 
A/S is now Maxon Telecom A/S, Aalborg Ost, DENMARK; and InfoCell is now 
Info2cell.com, Dubai Internet City, JORDAN.
    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 WAP intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On March 18, 1998, WAP 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 
31, 1998 (63 FR 72333). The last notification was filed with the 
Department on April 3, 2001. A notice was published in the Federal 
Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on May 23, 2001 (66 FR 
28549).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28360 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
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