Page "NCR Corporation" Paragraph 47

:... dvantages of vertical integration had motivated ATT's earlier acquisition of NCR are outweighed by its costs and disadvantages .... o varying degrees, many of the actual and potential customers of Lucent and NCR are or will be competitors of AT & T's communications services businesses.

NCR believes that its efforts to target the communications industry have been hindered by the reluctance of AT & T's communications services competitors to make purchases from an AT & T subsidiary.