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MCI came to Washington in 1972 with so few assets that it became known as a law office with an antenna. Today, that once-combative law office has grown into a 98,000-mile telecommunications network, ...

MCI has accepted a revised $7.64 billion acquisition bid from Verizon Communications, rejecting a higher offer from Qwest Communications, MCI announced Tuesday. The Verizon bid increases the cash ...

V. Orville Wright, 87, president and chief executive of MCI Communications during its transformation from a start-up into the leading challenger of AT&T in the 1970s and 1980s, has died. Mr. Wright, ...

Verizon Communications has agreed to acquire MCI in a deal valued at $6.7 billion, the companies announced Monday, ending weeks of speculation about a likely deal. Verizon said the acquisition would ...

Qwest Communications submitted another higher offer for MCI Inc. Thursday, increasing its cash-and-stock bid to $9.74 billion, about 30 percent higher than the buyout deal that MCI has accepted from ...

Florida regulators Tuesday reached a $240,000 settlement with MCI Communications for 107 "slamming" violations. Slamming involves switching a customer's phone service from one company to another ...

MCI Communications Corp., the nation's second-largest long-distance carrier, will unveil plans today to open a customer-service center this fall in Pinellas Park that promises to bring up to 800 new ...

Richard Roscitt, who has 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, has been appointed the next president and chief operating officer of MCI, the troubled U.S. carrier announced ...

Verizon Communications Inc. has agreed to acquire MCI Inc. in a deal valued at $6.7 billion, the companies announced today, ending weeks of speculation about a likely deal. Verizon said the ...