[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 28519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13295]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Multiservice Switching Form (``MSF'')
Notice is hereby given that, on January 22, 1999, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Multiservice Switching
Forum (``MSF'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the
identifies 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 3Com, Westborough, MA;
AT&T, San Jose, CA; Abrizio, Inc., Mountain View, CA; Alcatel, Plano,
TX; Ascend Communications, Westford, MA; British Telecom, Ipswick,
Suffolk, United Kingdom; Bellcore, Morristown, NJ; Bellsouth, Atlanta,
GA; Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA; cplane Inc., Menlo Park, CA; ECI
Telecom, Petah Tikva, ISRAEL; FORE Systems, Warrendale, PA; Fujitsu
Network Communications, Raleigh, NC; Harris & Jeffries, Dedham, MA;
Hitachi Telecom, Norcross, GA; LM Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden; Lucent
Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ; MCIWorldCom, Richardson, TX; NEC
America, Irving, TX; NetCore Systems, Wilmington, MA; Newbridge
Networks, Kanata, Ontario, Canada; Nexabit Networks, Marlborough, MA;
Nortel Networks, Nepean, Ontario, CANADA; SBC Technology Resources,
Austin, TX; Sentient Networks, Milpitas, CA; Siemens, Boca Raton, FL;
Telecom Italia, Rome, Italy; Telia AB, Farsta, Sweden; and USWest,
Boulder, CO. The nature and objectives of the venture are to support
the rapid advancement of an efficient and compatible technology base
that promotes a competitive switching system technology; promoting
worldwide compatibility and interoperability; encouraging input to
appropriate national and international standards bodies; and
identifying, selecting, augmenting as appropriate, and publishing
multiservice switching system implementation agreements drawn from
appropriate national and international standards; conducting
cooperative research; developing proposals to be made to appropriate
national and international standards bodies in order to further
compatibility and interoperatability; developing publications and
information materials; and performing other activities permitted under
MSF's Bylaws in furtherance of the purpose and objects of MSF.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13295 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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