Boeing May Leave Telephone Project: Boeing Computer...

Boeing May Leave Telephone Project: Boeing Computer Services is close to withdrawing from its work on the federal government’s mammoth FTS-2000 telecommunications system, following months of wrangling with its partner, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., industry sources reported. Boeing has produced computer software as a subcontractor to AT&T; under a 10-year contract. Spokesmen for the two said reports that Boeing has decided to back out are “premature.”