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In 1989, it became a corporation as a result of a merger with Advantage Companies Inc. The company name was changed to LDDS WorldCom in 1995, and it relocated to Clinton, Mississippi. The company grew rapidly in the 1990s, after completing several mergers and acquisitions.
MCI was founded as Microwave Communications, Inc. on October 3, 1963, with John D. Goeken being named the company's first president. The initial business plan was for the company to build a series of microwave radio relay stations between Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri.
Feb 16, 2005 · MCI began its battle into the telecommunications market in 1968, when William G. McGowan organized the MCI Communications Corp. in an effort to take on the monopolistic phone company.
Dec 27, 2020 · MCI was founded as Microwave Communications, Inc. on October 3, 1963. The initial business plan was for the company to build a series of microwave radio relay stations between Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri.
In a landmark ruling in 1969, the Federal Communications Commission approved MCI's project, unleashing more than 1,000 applications for microwave networks across the country.
Formed on September 15, 1998, from the $37 billion merger of MCI Communications Corporation and WorldCom, Inc., the company's operations are organized around three divisions: MCI WorldCom, U.S. telecommunications; UUNET WorldCom, Internet and technology services; and WorldCom International.
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Feb 14, 2005 · Verizon's acquisition would end the independence of MCI, the nation's second-largest long-distance company, with 14 million residential customers and about a million corporate customers.
