MCI Inc.

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public company telecommunications company

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
MCI 2
MCI Communications Corporation 2
MCI Communications 1

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Verizon → acquired → MCI Inc. ⓘ
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
NSFNET → managedBy → MCI Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCI
MCI Inc. → predecessor → MCI Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCI Communications Corporation
MCI Center → sponsor → MCI Inc. ⓘ
this entity surface form: MCI Communications