[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 218 (Monday, November 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66673-66675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26551]
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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 August 7, 2008, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), TeleManagement Forum (``the
Forum'') filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its
membership. 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, Defense
Science and Technology Organization, Edinburgh, South Australia,
AUSTRALIA; Acando AS, NORWAY; acuma solutions limited, Manchester,
UNITED KINGDOM; ADTRAN, Inc., Huntsville, AL; AGGAROS, Barcelona,
SPAIN; Agora Data Systems, McLean, VA; Aiphion Corporation, Princeton
Junction, NJ; Amartus, Dun Laoghaire, IRELAND; Anglo African
Outsourcing Ltd., Quatre Bornes, Plaine Wilhems, REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS;
Auspice Corporation, Waltham, MA; Austar Entertainment, Ultimo, NSW,
AUSTRALIA; Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Manama,
BAHRAIN; BESHARA GROUP, Salmiyah, KUWAIT; Bharti Airtel Ltd., Sector
39, Gurgaon, Haryana, INDIA; Bizitek, Istanbul, TURKEY; Booz Allen
Hamilton, Inc., McLean, VA; BTC Mobile (PTY) Ltd., Gaborone, BOTSWANA;
celsius technologies, Charleroi, BELGIUM; Center of Excellence, Abu
Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; Centre for Development of Advanced
Computing (CDAC), Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA; codecentric
GmbH, Solingen, GERMANY; Critical Software, SA, Coimbra, PORTUGAL;
Crown Interactive Limited, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Datentechnik Austria
GmbH & Co KG, Wien, AUSTRIA; dave milham consulting, Woodbridge,
Suffolk, UNITED KINGDOM; Deloitte, London, UNITED KINGDOM; eBIZ
mobility, Bet Shemesh, ISRAEL; ECtel, Rosh Ha'ayin, ISRAEL; Effortel
Russia, Moscow, RUSSIA; Emnico Technologies Ltd, Westlea, Swindon,
UNITED KINGDOM; Empresa De Telecommunicaciones De Bogota S.A. E.S.P.,
Bogota, COLUMBIA; Etihad Atheeb Telecom Co., Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA;
Freestone Ltd, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Georg-August Universitat,
Gottingen, GERMANY; GISDATA GROUP, Zagreb, CROATIA; Globus Consulting,
03730 Javea, Alicante, SPAIN; Groundhog Technologies, Cambridge, MA;
HTK Ltd, Ipswich, UNITED KINDGDOM; Ingenium Technology, Monza, Milano,
ITALY; Integra Consultores C.A., Caracas, Estado Miranda, VENEZUELA;
IntellPower, Johnannesburg, Gauteng, SOUTH AFRICA; Interfacing
Technologies Corp., Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; InterSoft, Melbourne,
Victoria, AUSTRALIA; Iowa Communications Network, Des Moines, IA;
iPass, Redwood Shores, CA; Ixonos Plc, Helsinki, FINLAND; JDSU Test &
Measurement, Milpitas, CA; JSC ``IPNET'', Moscow, RUSSIA; JSC
UKRTELECOM, Kyiv, UKRAINE; Kentrox, Inc., Hillsboro, OR; Kordia,
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND; LINKdotNET, Cairo, EGYPT; Men & Mice, Reykjavik,
ICELAND; Microtest Education Center, Moscow, RUSSIA; moreCom as,
Halden, NORWAY; NAB, Washington, DC; Neotel, Johannesburg, Gauteng,
SOUTH AFRICA; Neptuny, Milan, ITALY; NZ Communications Ltd., Auckland,
NEW ZEALAND; Ontology Systems, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Oy Swot
Consulting Finland Ltd, Tampere, FINLAND; Perot Systems TSI (India)
Ltd., Noida, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA; Prio, Inc., Overland Park, KS;
Prodapt Corporation, Fremont, CA; Qvantel Software Solutions Ltd.,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA; Radiografica Costarricense S.A, San
Jose, COSTA RICA; Satorai Solutions, Inc., Washington, DC; Selatra
Limited, Cork, IRELAND; Sentech, Fourways, Gauteng, SOUTH AFRICA;
Sequoia Telecom Associates, San Rafael, CA; serima Consulting sp. Zo.
o., Gliwice, POLAND; Shabakkat, Kuwait City, KUWAIT; Sigma Tao Factory,
S.A. de C.V., Queretaro, MEXICO; Signiant, Inc., Burlington, MA; SITA
CORP, South Plainfield, NJ; Streamcore, Puteaux, FRANCE; Summa Telecom,
Moscow, RUSSIA; TE Data, Dokki, Al-Jiza, EGYPT; Technology Training
Limited, Cheltenham, Glos, UNITED KINGDOM; TEDESCA.BIZ, Schwanebeck,
Berlin, GERMANY; Telecom Argentina, S.A., Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA;
Teleconex Comercio e servicos em Telecomunicacoes Ltda ME, Campinas,
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL; TmaxCore, Sungnam City, Gyeonggi-Do, SOUTH KOREA;
TTNet A.S. (Turkish Telecom), Sisli/Instanbul, TURKEY; U Mobile Sdn
Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA; UBlqube Solutions, Grenoble, FRANCE; US
Cellular, Chicago, IL; Velocent Systems Inc, Naperville, IL; Vertica
Systems, Inc, Andover, MA; Virtusa Corporation, Westborough, MA; Vivo,
SA, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL; Whitestein Technologies AG, Zug, SWITZERLAND;
Winitu Communications B.V., Bodegraven, THE NETHERLANDS; and Xebia BV,
Hilversum, THE NETHERLANDS, have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, 24*7 Telecom Services, Bear, DE; ACEWAY TELECOM TECHNOLOGY
CO., LTD, Beijing, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Actix, London, UNITED
KINGDOM; Acumen Solutions UK Ltd, London, UNITED KINGDOM;
AdvancedVoIP.com, Islamabad, PAKISTAN; Affinegy, Inc., Austin, TX;
Anseres Consulting & Project Management, Rendsburg, GERMANY; Applied
Broadband, Inc., Boulder, CO; Arkipelago Inc., Toronto, Ontario,
CANADA; Ars Logica, Trento, ITALY; BOYRA, Bogota, COLUMBIA; Brighthaul,
Herzelia, ISRAEL; Casema BV, Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS; Centre of
Software Engineering CSE, Hanoi, VIETNAM; China Link
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Communications LTD, Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Comergent
Technologies, Redwood City, CA; CYPRUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY
(CYTA), Nicosia, CYPRUS; Dialog, Milton, Queensland, AUSTRALIA; DiGi
Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, Shah Alam, Selangor, MALAYSIA; Embarq,
Overland Park, KS; eServGlobal, Malakoff, Paris, FRANCE; Fernbrook
Services, Montrose, Victoria, CANADA; Gamma Telecom, Newbury,
Berkshire, UNITED KINGDOM; Giza Systems, Giza, Cairo, Mohandessen,
EGYPT; ht systemberatung GmbH, Dorsten, GERMANY; iAxis Limited,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA; Ilog, Inc., Gentilly Cedex, FRANCE;
Industria, Dublin, IRELAND; JacobsRimell, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Kyak
Systems Ltd, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Level 3 Communications,
Broomfield, CO; Lounet Oy, Turku, FINLAND; Makendoski Telekomunikacii,
Skopje, MACEDONIA; Micro Research SA, Namur, BELGIUM; Multikabel,
Alkmaar, Noord, HOLLAND; Narus, Inc, Mountain View, CA; Neos Networks,
Reading, Berkshire, UNITED KINGDOM; Ness Technologies & Systems Group
(TSG), Tel Aviv, ISRAEL; Novabit Informationssysteme GmbH, Sauerlach,
GERMANY; Novell, Waltham, MA; NTG Clarity Networks Inc, Cairo, EGYPT;
Praxis High Integrity Systems Ltd, Bath, UNITED KINGDOM; Prepara2
America Inc, Miami, FL; PT. Smart Telecom, Jakarta, INDONESIA; S&T
Austria GmbH, Vienna, AUSTRIA; SITA, Cointrin, Geneva, SWITZERLAND;
Soluziona Mexico S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, MEXICO; SPIN SA UL. Wita
Stwosza 7, POLAND; Sterling Commerce, Dublin, OH; Sycamore Networks,
Inc., Chelmsford, MA; Terawave Communications Inc, Hayward, CA;
Tigerstripe, Inc., Seattle, WA; Virgin Media, Hook, Hampshire, UNITED
KINGDOM; and Virgin Mobile, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UNITED KINGDOM, have
withdrawn as parties to this venture.
The following members have changed their names: ADTRAN, Inc. to
Adtran; ADVA Optical Networking Ltd to ADVA AG Optical Networking;
Amdocs Management Limited to Amdocs Systems Europe Limited; Analysys
Mason to Catalyst IT Partners Ltd; Aricent to Aricent Technologies
(Holdings) Ltd; Bahrain Telecommunications (Batelco) to Batelco Group;
Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) to Bahrain
Telecommunications Company (BSC); BearingPoint INFONOVA GmBH to
BearingPoint; Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) to
Center for Development of Advanced Computing; Cirquent GmbH to Softlab
GmbH; Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation to Cognizant
Technology Solutions Corporation; ConceptWave Software to Concept Wave
Software; Datentechnik Austria GmbH & Co KG to Datenchnik Austria GmbH
& Co Nfg KG; Deloitte to Deloitte MCS Ltd; Elsag Datamat spa to Datamat
S.p.A; Empresa De Telecommunicaciones De Bogota S.A. E.S.P. to ETB
Colombia; Errigal Inc to Errigal Telecom Solutions; Hisashi Tada to
Personal; INTRACOM S.A. TELECOM SOLUTIONS to INTRACOM S.A. ITS-
International Turnkey Systems to ITS-Telecom Systems Group; JSC
UKRTELECOM to JSC ``UKRTELECOM''; MTN Group to MTN; NGOSS Lab of
Lanzhou University to Powerise Software Research of Lanzhou University;
Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG to Nokia Siemens Networks BV;
Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG to Nokia Siemens Networks Gmbh;
Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG to Nokia Siemens Networks Gmbh &
Co.KG; Ontology Systems to Ontology-Partners Ltd; OSSEra, Inc. to
OSSEra, Inc.1; Process Management Consulting GmbH to Process Man
GmbHagement Consulting; PT Smart Telecom to PT Wireless Indonesia;
Radiografica Costarricense S.A to RACSA (Radiografica Costarricense
SA); SAS to SAS Institute Global Services Pvt. Ltd.; Sigma Systems to
Sigma Systems Canada Inc; Software AG to webMethods; Subex to Subex
Azure Ltd.; Superna Business Consulting Inc to Superna Business
Consulting; Sygnity to Computerland; Telcominvest to Telecominvest;
Tele Design Servicos E Comercio De Telecomunicoes to Telconex Comercio
e Servicios em Telecomunicoes LTDA ME; Tellabs Operations, Inc to
Tellabs Oy; Turk Telekomunikasyon A.S. to Turk Telekomunikasyon A.S.;
U.S. Cellular to U.S. Cellular; Vivo, SA to Vivo; Windward IT
Solutions, LLC to Windward Consulting Group; Zain to Mobile
Telecommunications Company Group; Zain Bahrain to MTC-Vodafone
(Bahrain); Zain Bahrain to Zain (Bahrain); Zain Jordan to Jordan Mobile
Telephone Services-Fastlink; Zain Kuwait to Mobile Telecommunications
Company; and Ziggo to @Home.
The following members have changed their addresses: Acando AS to
NORWAY; Aventnet, Inc to Pleasanton, CA; Amartus to Dun Laoghaire,
IRELAND; ArchiTelco to Winchester, Hampshire, UNITED KINDGDOM; Bharti
Airtel Ltd to Gurgaon, Haryana, INDIA; BTC Mobile (PTY) Ltd to
Gaborone, BOTSWANA; CA to Portsmouth, NH; Center of Excellence to Abu
Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; codecentric GmbH to Solingen, GERMANY;
ConceptWave Software, Mississauga to Ontario, CANADA; Crown Interactive
Limited to London, UNITED KINGDOM; DataSynapse Inc. to New York, NY;
Datentechnik Wien to AUSTRIA; Deloitte to London, UNITED KINGDOM;
EMBARQ, Overland Park to KS; Emnico Technologies Ltd to Westlea,
Swindon, UNITED KINGDOM; Etihad Atheeb Telecom Co. to Riyadh, SAUDI
ARABIA; Freestone Ltd to London, UNITED KINGDOM; Georg-August
Universitat, Gottingen to Gottingen, GERMANY; GIP AG to Mainz, GERMANY;
Globus Consulting to Alicante, SPAIN; Groundhog Technologies to
Cambridge, MA; IBB Consulting Group to Philadelphia, PA; Innovative
Systems to Mitchell, SD; Inteligentis Limited to Maidenhead, Berkshire,
UNITED KINGDOM; Interfacing Technologies Corp to Montreal, Quebec,
CANADA; InterSoft to Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; iPass to Redwood
Shores, CA; Ixonos Plc to Helsinki, FINLAND; JDSU Test & Measurement to
Milpitas, CA; Kordia to Auckland, NEW ZEALAND; Kornel Terplan to
Hackensack, NJ; Kvazar-Micro Corporation BV to Amsterdam, THE
NETHERLANDS; MSTelcom to Luanda, ANGOLA; Nortel to Ottawa, Ontario,
CANADA; OMANTEL to Ruwi, Muscat, OMAN; Piran Partners LLP to London,
UNITED KINGDOM; Process Management Consulting GmbH to Muenchen,
GERMANY; Satorai Solutions, Inc. to Washington, DC; Signiant, Inc. to
Burlington, MA; Superna Business Consulting Inc to Ottawa, Ontario,
CANADA; Sybase SA to Johannesburg, Rivonia, SOUTH AFRICA; Sygnity to
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, POLAND; TeamQuest Corporation to IA; Technology
Training Limited to Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UNITED KINGDOM;
Telecom Argentina, S.A. to Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA; Telecom@Work to
Bornem, BELGIUM; TmaxCore to Sungnam City, Gyeonggi-Do, REPUBLIC OF
KOREA; TTI Telecom to Rosh Ha'ayin, ISRAEL; U.S. Cellular to Chicago,
IL; VicTrack to Docklands, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; Virtusa Corporation to
Westborough, MA; Vivo, SA to Sao Paulo, BRAZIL; and Whitestein
Technologies AG to Zug, SWITZERLAND.
No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned
activity of the group research project.
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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 February 14,
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 16, 2008 (73 FR 20714).
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-26551 Filed 11-7-08; 8:45 am]
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