[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-5595] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: March 10, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--MCI Telecommunications Corporation Notice is hereby given that, on January 24, 1994, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), MCI Telecommunications Corporation (``MCI'') has filed written notifications on behalf of MCI and Nokia Inc. (``Nokia'') simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties are MCI, Washington, D.C.; and Nokia, Irving, TX. This venture was created to investigate deployment strategies for personal communications services (PCS) in the United States initially utilizing the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) platform structure and open architecture, to develop widely- available specifications for PCS network equipment and to identify changes necessary to adapt existing GSM platform to the U.S. marketplace. Joseph H. Widmar, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 94-5595 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M