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  MCI Communications - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the ATandT monopoly of American telephony.
MCI was founded as Microwave Communications, Inc. on 3 October 1963 with John D. Goeken being named the company's first president.
While MCI was performing this lobbying, the President's Task Force on Communication Policy issued a report recommending that specialized common carriers be allowed free access into the private line business.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MCI_Communications   (1567 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/MCI Communications
MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was instrumental in pushing legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly that dominated American telephony before the 1980s.
MCI was founded as Microwave Communications, Inc. in 1963 by John Goeken to offer long-distance telephone service for businesses between Chicago, Illinois and St.
MCI was licensed by the Federal Communications Commission in 1969 and began service under the name MCI Communications in 1970.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/MCI_Communications   (425 words)

  
 Document: Complaint in Cable and Wireless v. MCI and WorldCom, 6/10/98
In sum, MCI, MCI Telecom, and WorldCom have reopened or intend to reopen negotiations for the sale of the iMCI Business in violation of their contract with Cable and Wireless, resulting in immediate, severe, and irreparable harm to Cable and Wireless.
MCI Telecom has its principal place of business in this judicial district, the contract was in principal part negotiated in this judicial district, and many of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred in this judicial district.
MCI, MCI Telecom, and WorldCom are able to perform their obligations related to the Transaction as provided for in the contract.
www.techlawjournal.com /courts/mcicwcom/80610com.htm   (1307 words)

  
 HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
MCI, which started out in the 1960s as a scrappy competitor to ATandT before being acquired by Mississippi upstart WorldCom in 1988 and eventually collapsing into bankruptcy amid an accounting scandal, is the No 2 player in the multinational communications market behind ATandT.
MCI on Monday reported its fourth-quarter revenue fell 10 per cent to $5.0 billion from last year and reported operating income before depreciation and amortization of about $775 million, based on preliminary results.
MCI was formed as Microwave Communications Inc in the 1960s and was acquired in 1998 by WorldCom, a Mississippi long-distance telephone reseller that acquired about 60 companies in the 1990s.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/5934_1249047.htm   (630 words)

  
 chapter 22
MCI's use of satellites during the 1980s was not at all a mistake, however, but rather a necessary part of greater and deliberate business schemes.
In February 1983, MCI announced the largest purchase of satellite transponder capacity in telecommunications history: twenty-four transponders, carrying 48,000 circuits, were to be purchased for the Galaxy II and Galaxy III spacecraft under construction by Hughes Aircraft.
MCI's Washington-to-New York City fiber optical system was operational by March 1984, and by the end of that year, MCI proved that single-mode cable was enormously profitable.
history.nasa.gov /SP-4217/ch22.htm   (2786 words)

  
 OSCN Found Document:MCI Communications Corp. v. State
To decide if MCI is entitled to an immediate hearing because there has been a lengthy delay from the time of its application would be premature as the issues and the evidence have not been fully developed.
MCI regards the compensation order as neither a rate order nor an authorized fine or penalty, but as a form of money judgment granted as an adjudication of a purely private dispute for a claimed loss of profits.
MCI could have at any time since their application to the Corporation Commission was deferred, applied to this Court for a remedial writ.
www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeid=15135   (3554 words)

  
 WBOC MCI Communications Corporation Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
MCI is a leading creator and provider of communication and information technology services used by individuals and businesses in the United States and around the world.
Founded in 1968 and credited with first establishing competition in the long distance market, MCI today is a rapidly growing, diversified communications company with $18.5 billion in revenue and more than 55,000 employees worldwide.
MCI's portfolio of communications services is listed here, with details on opportunities and capabilites for each of the services.
www.nwboc.org /comci.html   (212 words)

  
 WashingtonPost.com: Post 200 -- MCI Communications Corp., Main Company Page
In November, MCI struck a deal to be acquired by British Telecommunications PLC for $21 billion, in what would be the largest foreign investment ever in a U.S. company.
MCI plans by the end of 1997 to invest $1.7 billion in building local phone service systems in 31 cities.
MCI canceled an online news project it was developing with News Corp. and announced it would reduce its stake in Murdoch's American Sky Broadcasting from 50 percent to 20 percent.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/business/longterm/post200/data/bftc003.htm   (333 words)

  
 PULP Opposed Sprint/MCI Merger
Pursuant to sections 214(a) and 310(d) of the Communications Act, the Commission must determine whether Applicants have demonstrated that granting a transfer of control of licenses and authorizations...
The Commission concluded that "such actions would be contrary to the purpose of the Communications Act, the obligations imposed on common carriers in the Communications Act, and the fundamental goal of the 1996 Act to bring communications services 'to all Americans.'" FCC 98-225, at para.
MCI WorldCom is a global leader in communications services with established operations in more than 65 countries encompassing the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.
archive.pulp.tc /html/merger.html   (3731 words)

  
 MCI Prepaid Phone Card Plus - Service Agreement
MCI and its distributors and agents make no express or implied representations or warranties about its or their services and disclaims any implied warranties, including, but not limited to, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use or non-infringement.
MCI and its distributors and agents do not authorize anyone to make a warranty on the company's behalf and you may not rely on any statement of warranty as a warranty by MCI.
The Terms are binding upon you and MCI and upon, respectively, your and MCI's agents and heirs.
prepaid.mci.com /ecommerce/service_agreement.jsp   (1630 words)

  
 Boston.com / Business / Verizon to Buy MCI in $6.75 Billion Deal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Shares of MCI, which have risen in recent weeks on word of its talks with Verizon and Qwest, fell 82 cents, or about 4 percent, to close at $19.93 on Nasdaq, while Verizon's stock shed 12 cents to close at $36.19 on the New York Stock Exchange.
MCI was acquired in 1998 by WorldCom, a Mississippi long-distance telephone reseller that bought about 60 companies in the 1990s.
MCI said its advisers included Greenhill and Co., J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. and Lazard Freres and Co. Verizon said its lead adviser was Bear Stearns Cos.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2005/02/14/verizon_to_buy_mci_for_68_bln_sources   (815 words)

  
 Verizon to buy MCI for $6.7 billion - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
MCI investors are said to have reacted poorly to the prospect of being paid with shares of stock in Qwest, a company marred by its own accounting scandals and a more questionable future.
MCI’s business isn’t as large as ATandT’s, but its network would give Verizon a national footprint with which to serve large companies hesitant to trust their communications to a regional service provider.
MCI also would jump-start that effort with its base of corporate clients and an established sales force.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6964419   (992 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: MCI Merger Report
MCI WorldCom Inc. will announce today that it is laying off 1,850 employees, or 2.5 percent of its work force, as part of a broad cost-cutting move after the recent merger of MCI Communications Corp. and WorldCom Inc., according to sources close to the company.
MCI's long-distance trunk lines connect with WorldCom's local fiber-optics network here and abroad, allowing less reliance on the regional Bell companies or foreign phone companies, which charge fees for access.
Morale among former MCI employees has wavered in the three months since the merger's completion, according to former employees, some of whom just recently left the company.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/business/longterm/mci/mci.htm   (702 words)

  
 Qwest raises MCI bid to $8.45bn - Computer Business Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
MCI's board of directors said it would respond by March 28 "after a thorough review of this revised offer".
MCI had been expected to respond to an already sweetened offer from Qwest by close of business Thursday, and the decision by Qwest to further sweeten the deal without waiting for an MCI response to its existing offer, is a sign of how desperately it wants to buy the second place long-distance carrier.
MCI has already accepted a $6.75bn deal from New York-based Verizon in mid February, and there are signs that Verizon is starting to losing patience with Qwest's sustained and highly effective campaign to convince MCI shareholders of the merits of Qwest's more valuable bid.
www.cbronline.com /article_news.asp?guid=F947DC3E-4ADC-44E4-92EE-BCD567EFAFE5   (463 words)

  
 97cv20471 Teitelbaum v MCI Communications Corp, et al - 8/28/97 Complaint
MCI kept silent, however, regarding the negotiations, even saying at one point during July that the deal was going "straight ahead." On August 14, 1997, in the Company's Form 10-Q Report for the quarter ended June 30, 1997, defendants brazenly, and misleadingly, announced that the Merger was set to close in the Fall of 1997.
MCI stated that there could be no assurance that any agreement would be entered into or that any transaction would be consummated.
Throughout the Class Period, the Individual Defendants and MCI individually and in concert, directly and indirectly, by the use and means of instrumentalities of interstate commerce and/or the mails, engaged and participated in a continuous course of conduct to conceal adverse material information about the financial condition of MCI as specified herein.
securities.stanford.edu /1008/WCOMM97/001.html   (3441 words)

  
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MCI understands these issues and is working with manufacturers and standards bodies to arrive at solutions that will allow carriers to offer interoperable, network based ATM service offerings.
MCI canceled an SMDS beta test that had been planned with Rockwell International Corp., Seal Beach, Calif. MCI was supposed to reschedule the test, but has yet to do so, according to Chuck Ramey, Rockwell's manager of network hardware-telecommunications services.
MCI takes great exception to the tone and content of your December 20, 1993 article, "Users Want Data Details From MCI." You quote me as saying "we clearly have a different approach [to ATM]," without giving your readers the opportunity to understand or evaluate that approach.
www.phreak.org /archives/The_Hacker_Chronicles_II/td2/td14_13.txt   (4193 words)

  
 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine: Mci's Dead Ringer - MCI Communications Corp. stock analysis - Brief Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
MCI shares represent the eroding residential and wholesale long-distance franchise, as well as local phone service, paging and consumer dial-up Internet access.
MCI reported first-quarter revenues of $3.6 billion, down 14% from the same period last year.
MCI expects to generate enough cash to cover its $278 million payout this year, and a spokesman adds that the dividend will continue to be paid "for the foreseeable future."
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1318/is_9_55/ai_77285784   (448 words)

  
 BT, MCI and Microsoft To Develop Global Intranet Services
BT, MCI and Microsoft are combining these capabilities in an expansion of their existing alliances to address the rapidly growing intranet market.
The second, to be rolled-out in early 1997, is for a fully managed, network-based intranet service for customers seeking a communications partner that can build and manage their intranet on a global basis.
Credited with opening up the U.S. long distance market for competition, MCI is now leading the charge to bring competition to the $100 billion local market, offering American consumers for the first time the freedom to choose their local carrier.
www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/1996/Nov96/mcimspr.mspx   (1260 words)

  
 Netscape Communications News Release
MCI will use the Netscape(TM) Navigator and Netsite(TM) Commerce Server software with integrated security as the turn-key solution for companies and consumers to conduct business on the Internet.
With 1993 revenue of nearly $12 billion, MCI Communications Corporation is one of the world's largest communications companies.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software to enable people and companies to exchange information and conduct commerce over the Internet and other global networks.
wp.netscape.com /newsref/pr/newsrelease4.html   (714 words)

  
 MCI - Vendors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
MCI has worked closely with industry leading vendors to develop and implement SIP enabled technology for its MCI Advantageservices.
It is through these relationships that MCI is able to provide its customers with consistent, high-quality communications.
MCI has certified two models of the market-leading Cisco PIX Security Appliance family.
business.mci.com /VandISolutions/vendors.htm   (479 words)

  
 TechWeb | News | New Roadblocks Face Verizon-MCI Merger
At the same time, large MCI stockholders, seeking to raise the $8.44 billion price that Verizon has agreed to pay for MCI, are drumming up support for an earlier rival bidder for MCI--Qwest Communications International--to re-ignite the bidding.
MCI had rejected its high bid of $9.74 billion after MCI said Verizon's strong financial position and other factors made the Verizon bid more attractive.
However, some of MCI's major stockholders are still hoping to entice Qwest to return and the Denver-based company is said to be considering their entreaties.
www.techweb.com /wire/networking/163100611   (990 words)

  
 Common Carrier WorldCom Merger Page
By the Amendment, WorldCom and MCI seek approval for a single, one-step transfer of control to WorldCom of licenses and authorizations held by MCI and its subsidiaries.
According to the Amendment, the revision is necessitated by the November 9, 1997 WorldCom and MCI agreement to merge the two companies, pursuant to which MCI will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of WorldCom.
By the Amendment, WorldCom and MCI seek to: (1) withdraw WorldCom's Step I transfer applications and the related request for STA; and (2) substitute MCI for the Voting Trustee as the transferor in WorldCom's Step II transfer applications.
www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Comments/worldcom   (1167 words)

  
 MCI CA : Internet : Managed Services : Consulting Services
MCI’s Consulting Services create solutions beyond the scope of standard offerings, drawing on the comprehensive array of available MCI technologies customized to your requirements.
With MCI Consulting Services, you get the technical expertise to overcome your technology challenges and solve business communications problems, as well as the professional expertise you may need to achieve your business goals.
MCI Canada’s Consulting Services offer a broad portfolio of services with multiple options to meet your business communications needs, implemented and supported by the most talented and experienced professionals in the industry.
global.mci.com /ca/internet/managed/consulting   (278 words)

  
 Scuttled deal deflates MCI, Nextel plans - Computerworld   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
MCI Communications Corp.'s decision last week to back away from its planned $1.3 billion investment in Nextel Communications, Inc. left holes in both companies' strategic plans.
Pressure on MCI to resuscitate the deal stems from the growing number of other wireless deals outright mergers and marketing alliances among cellular carriers.
MCI's original 17% stake in Nextel was then diluted, sources familiar with the talks said.
www.computerworld.com /printthis/1994/0,4814,8227,00.html   (470 words)

  
 Communications Headlines
Combined, MCI and Worldcom would become the No.2 long-distance giant, right behind AT&T. The companies together would carry more than half of the Internet's traffic, and be more than ready to take on the Bell regional companies.
They are being called by analyst "the communications company of the future" based on their push to digitize telecommunications.
MCI, for example, says hat of the 10,000 minutes of long distance calls terminated in the state, just three were with a local competitor.
www.adec.edu /user/headlines/1997/benton10-02.html   (1737 words)

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