Founder of Airfone wins big settlement with GTE

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The GTE Corp has settled its court case with John D. Geoken, who was the designer of the first air-to-ground telephone service. Geoken's company, Airfone Inc, was sold to GTE in 1986. The original sale agreement included a clause that prevented Geoken from competing with the Airfone in the same market. The final settlement for Geoken is reported to amount to $15.5 million. The settlement follows many months of damaging testimony by Geoken in the court case in which he suggested GTE had misled the FCC into thinking the market for such communications services was small to prevent the agency issuing more licenses to competitors. As part of the settlement Geoken will now remove his petition to the FCC not to grant GTE a permanent license to offer air-to-ground services.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Contracts, GTE Corp., GTE, Licensing agreements, Telecommunications, Geoken, John D., Airfone Inc.

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Bell Atlantic, U.S. settle bid dispute

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Bell Atlantic Corp and the United States Department of the Treasury settled a dispute over whether or not Bell Atlantic had provided misleading information in a bid for a $100 million government contract. The agreement lifted the suspension from making bids on government contracts for the nation's largest provider of local telephone service that was put into effect on Apr 3, 1990. Bell Atlantic denied misleading information and the Treasury Department declined to comment on whether it still believed that misrepresentation had been made. The government contract in question will provide a digital communications system with more than 20,000 phone lines and 16 locations.

Bell Atlantic Corp., BEL, Fraud, Public contracts, Government contracts, United States. Department of the Treasury

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3 New York judges allow release of some phone data

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Three New York judges have ruled that the New York Telephone Co will be allowed to release a limited number of documents relating to a proposed rate increase. The judges ruled that certain written testimony filed by parties opposing the rate increase and any documents that witnesses may mention in hearings can be released by the telephone company. New York Telephone Co applauds the judges' decision. It is noted that 99 percent of the protected material is still under a gag order. The telephone company had been fearful that information it regarded as trade secrets might be released by a more open ruling.

Investigations, Pricing Policy, New York Telephone Co., Investigation, New York (State). Public Service Commission, New York. Public Service Commission

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