BellSouth said it won an injunction Wed. in U.S. Dist. Court, Atl...
BellSouth said it won an injunction Wed. in U.S. Dist. Court, Atlanta, against Access Integrated Networks (AIN) for sales practices that confused small businesses into thinking they were dealing with BellSouth. “AIN repeatedly used BellSouth’s name and reputation to…
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its own benefit and misrepresented its relationship with BellSouth” to get customers to switch their phone service to AIN, BellSouth charged. Granting BS’s motion for a preliminary injunction, the court said such activity was “widespread” among AIN sales staff and it was “in the public’s interest to restrain AIN from creating further confusion.” The injunction prohibits AIN from saying it’s an affiliate of BellSouth, that AIN’s products are those of BellSouth or that a customer’s telephone service will remain with BellSouth if the customer accepts an AIN offer of service. BellSouth met with members of the FCC Enforcement Bureau Wed. to outline its concerns about the AIN issue but a bureau spokesman wouldn’t comment other than to confirm the meeting.