[Federal Register: January 28, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 18)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Telemanagement Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 23, 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''), the TeleManagement Forum 
(``the Forum''), formerly known as the Network Management Forum, has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its

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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, Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (ETISALAT), Abu Dhabi, 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; MediaOne Group, Boulder, CO; and EHPT, Stockholm, 
SWEDEN have been added as Corporate Members.
    Slovak Telecom, Bratislava, SLOVAK REPUBLIC; Beechwood Data 
Systems, Clark, NJ; Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA; SSA 
Softwright, Langley, Berkshire, ENGLAND; StreamSoft, Inc., San Jose, 
CA; Kingston Communications PLC, Hull, ENGLAND; BSW Telecoms, Midrand, 
SOUTH AFRICA; Finnet Nine LTD., Tampere, FINLAND; Hermes Europe 
Railtel-Her Network Services BVBA, Hoeilaart, BELGIUM; Net2Net 
Corporation, Hudson, MA; Openet International, Dublin, IRELAND; Concert 
Communications Company, Reston, VA; Visionael, Tulsa, OK; Teleknowledge 
Group Ltd., Kfar Saba, ISRAEL; Nightfire Software, Inc., Berkeley, CA; 
Telkom SA, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA; Infostrada SJA, Milan, ITALY; Nextel 
Communications, Inc., McLean, VA; Teligent, Herndon, VA; Wandel & 
Goltermann, Ltd., Plymouth, Devon, ENGLAND; InConcert, Inc., Cambridge, 
MA; ComArch S. A., Krakow, POLAND; and Netscient Limited, Alvechurch, 
Worcestershire, ENGLAND have been added as Associate Members.
    Ernst & Young, LLP., Sacramento, CA; Broadband & Networking 
Consultants, Inc., Herndon, VA; Hanson Cooke, London, ENGLAND; 
Ukrainian Research Institute of Communications (UNDIZ), Kiev, UKRAINE; 
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, San Jose, COSTA RICA; United 
Systems, Ltd., Ipswich, Suffolk, ENGLAND; Conexus Global Information 
AG, Zurich, SWITZERLAND; and JK Zcom, Inc., Manassas, VA have been 
added as Affiliate Members.
    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 the Forum intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On October 21, 1988, the Forum 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 8, 1988 (53 FR 49615).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 3, 
1998. A notice for this filing has not yet been published in the 
Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2038 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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