[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7201-7203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3805]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Optical Internetworking Forum (``OIF'')
Notice is hereby given that, on October 3, 2001, pursuant to
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Optical Internetworking
Forum (``OIF'') 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, STMicroelectronics, Nepean, Ontario, Canada; Matsushita
Communication Industrial, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; Wipro, Bangalore,
Karnataka, India; ADVA Optical Networking, Berlin, Germany; Future
Communications Software, San Jose, CA; Norlight Telecommunications,
Brookfield, WI; Hughes Software Systems Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana, India;
Intelligent Telecom, Daedok-gu, Taejon, Republic of Korea; Vectron
International, Hudson, NH; Marvell Technology, Moshav Manof, Israel;
Zaiq Technologies, Woburn, MA; Sonera Carrier Networks Ltd., Oulu,
Finland; Tiburon Networks, Andover, MA; API Networks, Inc., Concord,
MA; Cognigine, Freemont, CA; NOVILIT, Marlborough, MA; GMD, Sankt
Augustin, Germany; Kawasaki LSI, San Jose, CA; Multiplex, South
Plainfield, NJ; Acelo Semiconductor, Oxnard, CA; Nakra Labs, North
Andover, MA; Sky Optix, Red Bank, NJ; Advantest America, Beaverton, OR;
ITSD, Ministry of Management Services, Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada; Modelware, Red Bank, NJ; Ixia, Calabasas, CA; Alliance
Communications USA, Tamiment, PA; Entrada Networks, Inc., San Diego,
CA; InterOptical, Inc., Saratoga, CA; National Semiconductor, Santa
Clara, CA; Virata Corporation, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United
Kingdom; Data Connection, Enfiend, Middlesex, United Kingdom; TRW,
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Redondo Beach, CA; BellSouth Telecommunications, Atlanta, GA; BT,
Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom; Hi/fn, Los Gatos, CA; Japan Telecom,
Tokyo, Japan; New Focus, San Jose, CA; Riverstone Networks, Santa
Clara, CA; ZettaCom, Santa Clara, CA; Foundry Networks, San Jose, CA;
Gennum Corporation, Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Raza Foundries, San
Jose, CA; RF Micro Devices, Billerica, MA; Actel, Sunnyvale, CA;
OpNext, Yokohama, Japan; El Paso Networks, Houston, TX; Fiberhome
Telecommunications, Wuhan, People's Republic of China; ZTE Corporation,
Shenzhen, People's Republic of China; NetTest, Markham, Ontario,
Canada; SDL, Palo Alto, CA; Amkor Technology, Chandler, AZ; Lara
Networks, San Jose, CA; NEL America, Inc., Yokohama, Japan; CIR,
Charlottesville, VA; Entridia, Irvine, CA; Emperative, Boulder, CO;
Accelight Networks, Warrendale, PA; Intelliden, Colorado Springs, CO;
Allegro Networks, San Jose, CA; Jennic, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United
Kingdom; Jedai Broadband Networks, Red Banks, NJ; Inphi, Westlake
Village, CA; Internet Machines, Agoura Hills, CA; Aralight, Jamesburg,
NJ; Gemfire, Palo Alto, CA; Village Networks, Edtontown, NJ; Parama
Networks, San Jose, CA; Phyworks, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom;
PacketLight Networks, Round Rock, TX; Bit Blitz Communications,
Milpitas, CA; NurLogic Design, San Diego, CA; All Optical Networks,
Inc., San Diego, CA; Wavium AB, Stockholm, Sweden; Syntera
Communications, Fremont, CA; Mintera, Lowell, MA; T-Networks, Inc.,
Allentown, PA; Photonami, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada; SiOptic
Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA; West Bay Semiconductor, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada; Blueleaf Networks, Sunnyvale, CA; MindTree
Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Xelerated Packet
Devices, Stockholm, Sweden; Movaz Networks, Inc., Nepean, Ontario,
Canada; Polaris Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA; Sililcon Packets, Inc.,
San Jose, CA; Intune Technologies, Ltd, Dublin, Ireland; Power X
Networks, Sale, Cheshire, United Kingdom; Tropic Networks, Inc.,
Andover, MA; Sierra Monolithics, Redondo Beach, CA; Radiant Photonics,
Inc., Austin, TX; Alphion, Eatontown, NJ; Santur, Fremont, CA; Helic
S.A., Alimos, Athens, Greece; GigaTera, Dietikon, Switzerland;
CoreOptics, Nuenberg, Germany; RedClover Networks, Palo Alto, CA:
Kirana Networks, Red Bank, NJ; GWS Photonics, Philadelphia, PA;
Lumentis, Haagersten, Sweden; TriCN San Francisco, CA; TelOptica,
Richardson, TX; Paracer, Santa Clara, CA; net Brahma Technologies,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India; StartaLight Communications, Mountain View,
CA; Xlight Photonics, Tel Aviv, Israel; Kodeos Communications, South
Plainfield, NJ; Dowslake Microsystems, Santa Clara, CA; CIVCOM, Petach-
Tikva, Israel; Applice Optoelectronics, Sugar Land, TX; QOptics, New
York, NY; VSK Photonics, Irvine, CA; Optillion, Kista, Sweden; Galazar
Networks, Nepean, Ontario, Canada; Blue Sky Research, Milpitas, CA;
Peta Switch Solutions, Santa Clara, CA; Efficient Channel Coding,
Brooklyn Hts, OH; Bitmath, Fremont, CA; Corona Optical Systems,
Lombard, IL; Clearwater Networks, Los Gatos, CA; Zepton Networks,
Cupertino, CA; Silicon Bridge, Fremont, CA; Dorsal Networks, Columbia,
MD; Coherent Telecom, San Jose, CA; Aeluros, Palo Alto, CA; Zagros
Networks, Rockville, MD; Interoute, London, England, United Kingdom;
XLOptics, Santa Clara, CA; Integral Access, Chelmsford, MA; Celox
Networks, Hudson, MA; Genoa, Fremont, CA; Ntechra, San Jose, CA;
TeraOp, Lod, Israel; Zenfinity, Iselin, NJ; Sphera Optical Networks,
New York, NY; G2 Networks, Monterey, CA; Ilotron, West Malling, Kent,
England, United Kingdom; Cognet Microsystems, Los Angeles, CA; Looking
Glass Networks, Addison, TX; Sahasra Networks, Palo Alto, CA; and
Internet Photonics, Shrewsbury, NJ have been added as parties to this
venture.
Also, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; Telefonica de Espana,
Madrid, Spain; Virtual Photonics, San Francisco, CA; Allayer
Communications, San Jose, CA; Powercom, Hellerup, Denmark; Japan Direx,
Tokyo, Japan; Micrel-Synergy Semiconductor, Santa Clara; CA; Linear
Technology, Milpitas, CA; Alliance Communications USA, Tamiment, PA;
InterOptical, Inc., Saratoga, CA; Entrada Networks, Inc., San Diego,
CA; Transwitch Corporation, Shelton, CT; Amkor Technology, Chandler,
AZ; Artel Video Systems, Marlboro, MA; Enron Broadband Services,
Portland, OR; Level 3 Communications, Louisville, KY; ZTE Corporation,
Shenzhen, Nanshan, People's Republic of China; NetTest, Markham,
Ontario, Canada; LANCAST, Nashua, NH; Scientific Atlanta,
Lawrenceville, GA; ON Semiconductor, Phoenix, AZ; Stratos Lightwave,
Chicago, IL; Net Insight, Stockholm, Sweden; Axsun Technologies,
Billercia, MA; China Advanced Info-Optical Network, Beijing, People's
Republic of China; Dynarc, Kista, Sweden; Equipe Communications,
Westford, MA; Luminous Networks, San Jose, CA; Nanovation, Miami, FL;
Santec Corporation, Komaki, Aichi, Japan; SpectraSwitch, Santa Rosa,
CA; TELE-WORX, Garland, TX; YAFO Networks, Columbia, MD; IronBridge
Networks, Lexington, MA; Mayan Networks, San Jose, CA; AdventNet, San
Jose, CA; Gotham Networks, Acton, MA; Cidra, Wallingford, CT;
IPOptical, Herndon, VA; Native Networks, Petah, Tikva, Israel;
ConnectCom MicroSystems, Irvine, CA; Terawave Communications, Hayward,
CA; Seneca Networks, Rockville, MD; Fast-Chip, Los Altos, CA; Point
Reyes Networks, San Jose, CA; Chorum Technologies, Richardson, TX;
Celox Networks, South Borough, MA; Information Management Systems,
Atlanta, GA; Luxcore, Atlanta, GA; Panstera, San Jose, CA; Kromos
Technology, Los Altos, CA; Reversi Networks, Sunnyvale, CA; Dark Matter
Network Technologies, Natick, MA; Corrigent Systems, San Francisco, CA;
DigiLens, Sunnyvale, CA; nSerial, Santa Clara, CA; Ntechra, San Jose,
CA; TeraOp, Lod, Israel; Zenfinity, Iselin, NJ; Sphera Optical
Networks, New York, NY; G2 Networks, Monterey, CA; Ilotron, West
Malling, Kent, United Kingdom; Looking Glass Networks, Addison, TX;
Azanda Network Devices, Sunnyvale, CA; Sahasra Networks, Palo Alto, CA;
and Internet Photonics, Shrewsbury, NJ have been dropped as parties to
this venture.
The following members have changed their names: ID Inc. to Blueleaf
Networks, Sunnyvale, CA; ECI Telecom to LightScape Networks, Petah,
Tikva, Israel; Mitel Semiconductor to Zarlink Semiconductor, Kanata,
Ontario, Canada; Focused Research to New Focus, Santa Clara, CA; CSELT
to TILAB S.p.A, Torino, Italy; Xstream Logic, Inc. to Clearwater
Networks, Los Gatos, CA; Wavetek Wandel Goltermann to Acterna,
Germantown, MD; Versanetworks to Azanda Network Devices, Sunnyvale, CA;
Ditech Communications to Altamar Networks, Mountain View, CA; GTS
Network Systems to EBONE, Hoeilaart, Belgium; KDD R&D Laboratories to
KDDI R&D Laboratories, Kamifukuoka, Saitama, Japan; Tyco Submarine
Systems to TyCom, Eatontown, NJ; Chip2Chip to Velio Communications,
Milpitas, CA; Maple Networks to Maple Optical Systems, San Jose, CA;
CoreEl Microsystems to Paxonet Communications, Fremont, CA; Roshnee
Corporation to Inara Networks, San Jose, CA; National Security Agency,
U.S. Dept. of Defense, to Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, MD; Bravida
Corporation to Bravara, Palo Alto, CA;
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Princeton Networks to Princeton Optical Systems, San Jose, CA;
Princeton Optical Systms to FirstWave Intelligent Optical Networks, San
Jose, CA; Mannesmann Arcor AG & Co. to Arcor AG & Co., Eschborn,
Germany; Transparent Optical to Transparent Networks, Santa Clara, CA;
Continuum Networks to Intelliden, Colorado Springs, CO; Avagodro to
Inphi, Westlake Village, CA; Clifton Microsystem to Phyworks, Bristol,
Avon, United Kingdom; Galileo Technology to Marvell Technology, Moshav,
Manof, Israel; ASIC-Alliance to Zaig Technologies, Woburn, MA; TriCN
Associates, LLC to TriCN, San Francisco, CA; BTT (Broadband Transport
Technologies) to Acelo Semiconductor, Oxnard, CA; Solidum Systems
Corporation to Solidum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and GN Nettest to
NetTest, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
The following members have been involved with mergers: LightLogic,
Santa Clara, CA merged with Intel, Thousand Oaks, CA; Zaffire, San
Jose, CA merged with Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, San Jose, CA;
NewPort Communications, Irvine, CA merged with Broadcom Corporation,
San Jose, CA; Net-Hopper Systems, Norcross, GA merged with Spirent,
Honolulu, HI; Cyras Systems, Linthicum, MD merged with Ciena, Fremont,
CA; NetPlane, Dedham, MA merged with Conexant, San Diego, CA; Amber
Networks, Santa Clara, CA merged with Nokia, Petaluma, CA; SDL, Santa
Clara, CA merged with JDS Uniphase, Bloomfield, CT; Lara Networks, San
Jose, CA merged with Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, CA; Cognet
Microsystems, Los Angeles, CA merged with Intel, Thousand Oaks, CA;
Versatile Optical Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA merged with Vitesse
Semiconductor, Salem, NH; and NEL American, Inc., Saddle Brook, NJ
merged with NTT, Tokyo, Japan.
Centillium Communications, Fremont, CA; PhotonEx, Bedford, MA;
Geyser Networks, Sunnyvale, CA; Hyperchip, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
VIPswith, Brossard, Quebec, Canada; Jedai Broadband Networks, Red
Banks, NJ; and Free Electron Technology, Brewster, NY changed from
auditing to small principal members. LSI Logic, Milpitas, CA; Philips
Semiconductors, Tempe, AZ; and Maxim Integrated Products, Hillsborough,
OR changed from auditing to principal members.
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 Optical Internetworking Forum
(``OIF'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing
all changes in membership.
On October 5, 1998, Optical Internetworking Forum (``OIF'') 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 January 29, 1999 (64 FR 4709).
The last notification was filed with the Department on March 2,
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
section 6(b) of the Act on August 17, 2000 (65 FR 50219).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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