[Federal Register: October 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 203)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Telecommunications Industry Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 12, 2004, 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 Telecommunications 
Industry Association (``TIA'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of 
the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 
its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: The 
Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA. The nature and 
scope of TIA's standards development activities are: TIA is accredited 
by the American National Standards Institute (``ANSI'') to develop 
voluntary industry standards for a wide variety of telecommunications 
products. TIA's Standards and Technology Department is composed of five 
divisions which sponsor more than 70 standards-setting formulating 
groups in Fiber Optics, User Premises Equipment, Network Equipment, 
Wireless Communications and Satellite Communications.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23536 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]

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