[Federal Register: May 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 101)]
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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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