AT&T Goes to Court Over Intel's Overdue Phone Bill

Computergram International, August 24, 1999

AT&T Co went to court last week in an attempt to get Intel Corp to pay its phone bill. It filed the suit last Wednesday over a bill for $5,164.07 plus attorney fees - only to withdraw the suit once the word got out. The company claimed the court action was a mistake due to the fact that it had sent the overdue bill to a collection agency.

"We're just going to find out what happened and try to resolve it with the customer,'' a conciliatory AT&T spokesman, Randy Shields, told the AP newswire. And Chuck Mulloy, Intel's legal spokesman, more used to fielding antitrust accusations or complaints from companies such as Intergraph Corp over patents, said "it sounds like an unfortunate mistake, and we'll move on from here."