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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

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

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 6, 2003, 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 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, NG Technologies, Richardson, TX has been added as a party 
to this venture. NetTest has changed its name to Navtel Communications, 
Markham, Ontario, CANADA; and ECI Telecom has changed its name to Veraz 
Networks, Petah Tikva, ISRAEL. Also, Anda Networks, San Jose, CA; Bay 
Packets, Fremont, CA; Calix Networks, Petaluma, CA; Catena Networks, 
Morrisville, NC; Ericsson, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Gallery IP Telephony, 
Raanana, ISRAEL; Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ; Mitel Networks, Kanata, 
Ontario, CANADA; Net.com, Fremont, CA; NexVerse, San Jose, CA; Nortel 
Networks, Nepean, Ontario, CANADA, Pelago Networks, Marlborough, MA; 
Telica, Marlborough, MA; University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and 
WorldCom, Richardson, TX have been dropped 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 MSF intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 22, 1999, MSF 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 
May 26, 1999 (64 FR 28519).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 9, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 15, 2002 (67 FR 69245).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-16455 Filed 6-27-03; 8:45 am]

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