MCI Inc.

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MCI Inc. was a major American telecommunications company and long-distance service provider that played a key role in breaking AT&T’s monopoly before eventually being acquired by Verizon.

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MCI Inc. canonical 11
MCI Communications 6
MCI 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public company
telecommunications company
acquiredBy Verizon
surface form: Verizon Communications
acquisitionDate 2006
acquisitionValue approximately 8.5 billion US dollars
bankruptcyFilingDate 2002
competitor AT&T
Sprint Corporation
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateFounded 1963
dissolved 2006
emergedFromBankruptcy 2004
formerName MCI Inc. self-linksurface differs
surface form: MCI Communications Corporation

WorldCom, Inc.
foundedBy Jack Goeken
William G. McGowan
headquartersLocation Ashburn
surface form: Ashburn, Virginia

Clinton, Mississippi
Washington, D.C.
industry long-distance telephone service
telecommunications
keyPerson Bernard Ebbers
Michael Capellas
surface form: Michael D. Capellas

William G. McGowan
majorEvent WorldCom accounting scandal and bankruptcy
merger with WorldCom in 1998
networkType long-distance fiber-optic network
notableCase MCI v. AT&T
notableFor challenging AT&T long-distance monopoly in the United States
landmark antitrust litigation against AT&T
originalBusiness microwave carrier services
parentCompany Verizon
surface form: Verizon Communications
placeFounded Jackson, Mississippi
predecessor MCI Inc. self-linksurface differs
surface form: MCI Communications Corporation

WorldCom, Inc.
surface form: WorldCom
product calling cards
data communications services
frame relay and private line services
internet backbone services
local telephone service
long-distance telephone service
rebrandedAs MCI Inc. after WorldCom bankruptcy
regulatoryBody Federal Communications Commission
regulatoryEvent contributed to AT&T divestiture in 1984
roleInIndustry pioneer in competitive long-distance telephony in the US
serviceArea international telecommunications services
nationwide long-distance service in the United States
stockExchangeListing NASDAQ
successor Verizon
surface form: Verizon Business
tickerSymbol MCIP
WCOM

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Verizon acquired MCI Inc.
MCI Center sponsor MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI Communications
Vinton Cerf employer MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI
MCI Inc. formerName MCI Inc. self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: MCI Communications Corporation
MCI Inc. predecessor MCI Inc. self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: MCI Communications Corporation
NSFNET managedBy MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI
Michael Capellas employer MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI
Vinton employer MCI Inc.
subject surface form: Vinton Cerf
this entity surface form: MCI
WorldCom, Inc. renamedAs MCI Inc.
WorldCom, Inc. acquired MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI Communications
WorldCom, Inc. reorganizedAs MCI Inc.
WorldCom, Inc. successor MCI Inc.
Jack Goeken founded MCI Inc.
Jack Goeken hasEmployer MCI Inc.
MCI v. AT&T hasPlaintiff MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI Communications Corporation
MCI v. AT&T involvesCompany MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI Communications Corporation
MCIP alternativeName MCI Inc.
subject surface form: MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI
MCIP alternativeName MCI Inc.
subject surface form: MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI Communications
MCIP represents MCI Inc.
WCOM represents MCI Inc.
WCOM predecessor MCI Inc.
subject surface form: MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI Communications
WCOM laterRenamed MCI Inc.
subject surface form: WorldCom
WCOM successor MCI Inc.
subject surface form: WorldCom
WCOM acquired MCI Inc.
subject surface form: Verizon Communications
Merit Network partneredWith MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI Communications
William G. McGowan employer MCI Inc.
this entity surface form: MCI Communications