Word: mci
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...running count of something has become the latest essential municipal accessory. In Atlanta, for example, a sign counts down the days until the 1996 Summer Olympics, while a sign in Los Angeles tracks smoking deaths. In Seattle a sign counts the dollars Americans are allegedly saving by using MCI; one sign in New York City tallies the national debt and another the growing audience for Les Miserables; and in Washington a sign adds up those who have lost health insurance since Clinton's address to Congress on health reform...
...systems will surely multiply the confusion. By the year 2000, consumers will be able to choose from at least half a dozen vendors of a dizzying array of wireless-communications services, including pagers, voice mail, answering machines and cellular phones. Phone and cable-television operators, such as Bell South, MCI and Cox Enterprises, are developing so-called personal- communications networks, or PCNs, a highly advanced portable-phone system that is expected to cover a wider area, connect to a greater variety of services and be cheaper to operate than conventional cellular...
...fifth largest in U.S. corporate history, raises the ante in an industry that is being radically reshaped by emerging technologies, falling regulatory barriers and a series of powerful partnerships and alliances. It comes only weeks after phone giant British Telecom spent $5.3 billion for a 20% stake in MCI Communications, the second largest U.S. provider of long-distance service, and it closely follows U S West's $2.5 billion investment in media conglomerate Time Warner. Although the merger is praised by consumer groups because it could lead to lower phone rates and innovative products, many analysts predict that it will...
...Cooke for $755 million. The McCaws had switched their focus to cellular, becoming initial bidders for cellular-telephone licenses after the Federal Communications Commission opened up that business to competition in the early 1980s. McCaw's big break came in 1986, when the company acquired the cellular business of MCI for $120 million. A year later, it bought the Washington Post Co.'s cellular business in Miami for $240 million. By 1988, McCaw was the largest cellular-telephone operator in the country, with 132,000 subscribers...
...phone giant. In retaliation for AT&T's invasion of its credit-card market, American Express has formed a joint venture with long-distance rival Sprint. Alcatel, the French phone-equipment manufacturer, has entered a partnership with Sprint. And two weeks ago, British Telecom acquired a 20% stake in MCI. Says Ronald LeMay, president of the long-distance-service division of Sprint: "The more AT&T expands, the more allies it creates...