ekrell@ulysses.att.com (02/17/91)
The U.S. Justice Department's anti-trust division collected its
largest ever fine from a single defendant when US West agreed to pay a
$10 million civil fine for violating the 1982 consent decree that
broke up AT&T.
US West admitted it violated the decree by offering a reverse
directory service and by providing computer hardware, personnel and
other support to run a debit card system for Atlantic Richfield Co.
through its Applied Communications Inc. subsidiary.
It also admitted to price discrimination by offering the GSA a lower
price on local exchange access if it purchased switching equipment
from US West instead of AT&T and it admitted to violating the MFJ's
ban on manufacturing telecomm equipment by designing and selling
operator workstations for DA and call assistance operators through
another subsidiary, Knowledge Engineering Inc.
Eduardo Krell AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
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