National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 Telemanagement Forum

Federal Register: November 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 218)

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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.

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