Word: mci
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...have a monopoly on providing phone service in their areas. From now on anyone--cable company, long-distance provider or gutsy entrepreneur--can enter the market as well. In return, the local Bells, once they face competition in their home market, will be allowed to compete against AT&T, MCI and Sprint in the lucrative long-distance business. And any of these companies, technology permitting, will be able to cross over into the cable business to challenge systems that have long had an effective monopoly in their localities...
...YORK: Rupert Murdoch outlined Tuesday his plans for a new 24-hour television news channel run by Roger Ailes. Murdoch, the former Australian publishing magnate who launched the Fox television network and has a sizeable television presence in Europe, and partner MCI are fresh from winning an FCC bidding war for direct broadcast satellite television rights in the U.S. Ailes, the former media consultant to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and Bush, resigned last week as president of NBC's successful cable network. "It's a logical place for Ailes to be," says TIME's Richard Zoglin, "especially if Murdoch is serious...
Last week the Harvard Student Telephone Office (HSTO) announced that, as of November 19, international telephone rates will decrease by as much as 20 percent. These much-needed reductions were made possible through negotiations with MCI and changes in HSTO operations, including the elimination of all profits for the next two years on student telephone usage...
Accordingly, we urge HSTO to negotiate more aggressively with MCI and other long-distance carriers in order to achieve the lowest possible telephone rates for Harvard students. On top of this, HSTO should continue to streamline its internal operations so telephone rates can be further reduced. The students of Harvard have surrendered their right to choose their own long-distance carrier. In return, we deserve competitive long-distance telephone rates across the board...
...Street, which had been quietly pressing Allen to do something about the stagnating price of AT&T stock, was almost ecstatic. The price jumped nearly 11% on the day of the announcement, to $63.75 a share; the stock ended the week at $63.37. Says Tim Price, president of rival MCI Telecommunications: "AT&T was a good competitor in the past; it is still a formidable competitor; it will be a better competitor...