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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. 
(``WAP'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 29, 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''), 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, Acer Peripherals, 
Taiwan, Republic of China; Bell Atlantic Mobile, Bedminster, NJ; 
Bouygues Telecom, Velizy, Cedex, France; Bussan Systems, Tokyo, Japan; 
Connect Austria, Vienna, Austria; Denso Corp. (Shinichiro Imai), 
Aichiken, Japan; Dr. Materna--Systeme Software, Beratungen, Dornund, 
Germany; France Telecom, Issy Moulineaux, France; Glenayre Electronics, 
Duluth, GA; GSM Information Network, Arkel, The Netherlands; Hewlett 
Packard Corp., Grenoble, Cedex, France; ICO Global Communications, 
London, United Kingdom; LG Information & Communications Ltd., Seoul, 
Korea; Mercury Personal Communications; Herts, United Kingdom; Nortel 
(Northern Telecom), Richardson, TX; Omnitel Pronto Italia SPA, Milan, 
Italy; Orange Personal Communications, Bristol, United Kingdom; ORGA, 
Paderborn, Germany; Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA; RTS 
Wireless, Inc., Plainview, NY: Sony International, Aschheim-Dornach, 
Germany; Systems Engineering Consultants, Tokyo, Japan; Tecnomen OY, 
Espoo, Finland; Tegic Communications, Seattle, WA; Telefonica Moviles, 
Madrid, Spain; Telital, Segonico, Italy; Tokyo Digital Phone, Tokyo, 
Japan; Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Tu-Ka Cellular Tokyo Inc., 
Tokyo, Japan; and Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA have been added as 
parties to this venture.
    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 Wireless Application Protocol Forum, 
Ltd. (``WAP'') intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On March 18, 1998, Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd. 
(``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 September 
17, 1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13293 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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