[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2090]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant To The National Cooperative Research and
Production Act Of 1993--Optical Internetworking Forum
Notice is hereby given that, on October 5, 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''), Optical Internetworking
Forum has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities
of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The
notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual
damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act, the identities of the parties are Dynarc, Kista, SWEDEN; E.O.S.T.,
Jerusalem, ISRAEL; Epitaxx, West Trenton, NJ; FORE Systems, Warrendale,
PA; Furukawa Electric, Santa Clara, CA; Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN; Net Insight AB, Stockholm, SWEDEN; New Focus, Santa
Clara, CA; Open Networks Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI; PMC Sierra,
Burnaby, CANADA; Ryan Hankin Kent, South San Francisco, CA; Stratum One
Communications, Santa Clara, CA; Tektronix, Beaverton, OR; USC,
Arlington, VA; 3 Com, Boxboro, MA; ADC Telecommunications, Minneapolis,
MN; Allied Signal, Morristown, NJ; AMCC, San Diego, CA; America Online,
Reston, VA; AMP, Harrisburg, PA; Applied Fiber Optics, Fremont, CA;
Argon Networks, Littleton, MA; Artel Video Systems, Marlboro, MA;
Ascend Communications, Waterford, MA; Astral Point Communications,
North Reading, MA; AT&T, Holmdel, NJ; Atmosphere Networks, Cupertino,
CA; Bay Networks, Billerica, MA; Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ; BNed, Inc.,
San Francisco, CA; Bookham Technology, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND; Cerent
Corporation, Petaluma, CA; Chromatis Networks, Chevy Chase, MD; Ciena,
Palo Alto, CA; Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA; Corning, Inc., Corning, NY;
CSELT, Torino, Italy; Deutsche Telekom, Berlin, GERMANY; Ditech,
Sunnyvale, CA; DSC Communications, Ballerup, DENMARK; Enron
Communications, Portland, OR; Ericsson, Richardson, TX; Frances
Telecom, Lannion, FRANCE; Frontier Corporation, Rochester, NY; Fujitsu
Network Communication, Richardson, TX; GPT Ltd., Coventry, ENGLAND;
Helsinki Telephone Corporation, Helsinki, FINLAND; Hermes Europe
Railtel, Hoeilaart, BELGIUM; Hewlett-Packard, San Jose, CA; Hitachi,
Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN; JDS Fitel, Nepean, Ontario, CANADA; Juniper
Networks, Mountain View, CA; Lightera Networks, Cupertino, CA; Lucent
Technologies, Holmdel, NJ; LYNX, Rosh Haayin, ISRAEL; Marconi S.P.A.,
Genova, ITALY; Molecular OptoElectronics Corporation, Watervliet, NY;
Monterey Networks, Richardson, TX; MRV Communications, Chatsworth, CA;
NEC, Herndon, VA; Nexabit Networks, Marlborough, MA; Nokia
Telecommunications, Espoo, FINLAND; Nortel, Nepean, Ontario, CANADA;
Northchurch Communications, Andover, MA; NOVA Telecommunications,
Columbia, MD; NTT, Tokyo, JAPAN; OKI Electric Industry, Tokyo, JAPAN;
Optical Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA; Pipelinks, Santa Clara, CA;
Pirelli Cables and Systems, Lexington, SC; Pluris, Inc., Cupertino, CA;
Qwest Communications International, Denver, CO; RELTEC Corporation,
Bedford, TX; Santec Corporation, Komaki, Aichi, JAPAN; Siemens AG,
Muenchen, GERMANY; Sprint, Overland Parks, KS; Sumitomo Electric, Santa
Clara, CA; Sycamore Networks, Tewksbury, MA; Tellabs, Lisle, IL;
Tellium, Oceanport, NJ; Tyco Submarine Systems, Holmdel, NJ; Williams
Network, Tulsa, OK; and Worldcom, Tulsa, OK. The nature and objectives
of the venture are to promote the acceptance and implementation of
interoperable products and services for data switching and routing
using optical internetworking technologies and to support the rapid
advancement of an efficient and compatible technology base that
promotes a competitive marketplace.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2090 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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