[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 34405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13875]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--the Digital Subscriber Line Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 7, 2004, 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 Digital Subscriber Line Forum 
(``DSL'') filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its 
membership. 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 
Digital Broadcast, Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, SWITZERLAND; AIMS (INT), 
Dunfermline, Fife, UNITED KINGDOM; Carrier Access Corporation, Roanoke, 
VA; Caspian Networks, San Jose, CA; Ellacoya Networks, Merrimack, NH; 
Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wein (FTW), Wien, AUSTRIA; Matav, 
Budapest, HUNGARY; P-Cube Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; TNO Telecom, Delft, THE 
NETHERLANDS; and Foxconn, Taipei Hsien, TAIWAN, have been added as 
parties to this venture. Also, 1-800 FAST DSL, La Jolla, CA; 4i2i, 
Bucksburn, Aberdeen, UNITED KINGDOM; Abocom, Miao-Lih Hsuan, TAIWAN; 
ACACIA, Saint-Peray, FRANCE; AccFast Technology Corp., Hsinchu, TAIWAN; 
ARESCOM, INC., Fremont, CA; ASTRI, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, HONG KONG; 
AT&T Laboratories, Florham Park, NJ; Aztech Systems, Sinagpore, 
SINGAPORE; BI Technologies, Fullerton, CA; BroadMAX Technologies, 
Industry, CA; Cesky Telecom, Praha 3, CZECH REPUBLIC; Cidco 
Communications Corporation, Morgan Hill, CA; Delta Networks, Taipei, 
TAIWAN; DrayTek Corp., Hsinchu, TAIWAN; Efficient Networks, Dallas, TX; 
ETI, Noerresundby, DENMARK; Gatespace AB, Goteborg, SWEDEN; Harris 
Corporation, Camarillo, CA; Incognito Software, Vancouver, British 
Columbia, CANADA; Infratel Communications, Huntingdon Valley, PA; ITI 
Limited, Bangalore, Karataka, INDIA; Lite-On Technology, Chung-Ho 235, 
Taipei Hsien, TAIWAN; Next Level Communications, Jersey City, NJ; 
NextGenTel, Bergen, NORWAY; NTT Corporation, Chiba-shi, JAPAN; 
Panasonic Communications, Tokyo, JAPAN; PCCW Limited, Quarry Bay, HONG 
KONG; Pine-net, Broken Bow, OK; Rad Data Communications, Tel Aviv, 
ISRAEL; Sagem Group, Paris, FRANCE; Sumida, San Diego, CA; Sun 
Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA; Suttle, Eden Prairie, MN; Telefonica CTC 
Chile, Santiago, CHILE; Teradyne, Deerfield, IL; TUV Rheinland of N.A., 
Pleasanton, CA; US Robotics, Schaumburg, IL; Valo Inc., Petaluma, CA; 
Xilinx, San Jose, CA; and Zyxel Communications, Anaheim, CA, have been 
dropped as parties to this venture.
    Globespan Virata, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM, has merged into 
Conexant, Red Bank, NJ.
    KI Consulting & Solutions, Rudsjoterassen, SWEDEN, is now called 
TietoEnator, Haninge, SWEDEN.
    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 DSL intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 15, 1995, DSL 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 38058).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 31, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 24, 2004 (69 FR 8483).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-13875 Filed 6-18-04; 8:45 am]
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