Whether you talk to Southern Co. or any company in the industry who's deciding to stay in the generation business and market power nationally, they've all talked about doing deals with phone companies. I expect MCI to get involved, as well as Sprint and all the others. It makes sense.
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We appreciate the hard work of the Department of Justice staff in bringing this merger to resolution. The consent decree will result in no disruption to MCI customers. We are eager to begin offering the benefits of this new combination to customers as soon as possible.
We don't want MCI to have control of the Internet infrastructure,
They recently reported earning where they'd shown that revenues were not as strong as had been anticipated a lot of that money still comes from your traditional long-distance carrying revenues. However, we like the group longer-term because we believe that, particularly for MCI, they're gravitating more towards the cellular and wireless category, which is the third group in telecom, and that one actually is in a positive camp.
The whole long-distance industry will be getting shaken up. Nobody's sure how desperate MCI will be to regain business.
Obviously, MCI was a very unique company and it was also a unique time in our history.
MCI has been a very aggressive, very innovative marketer against ATT in this country. If the deal results in a situation where BT now has a significant influence on strategy and marketing, I think you'll have some friction,
Our emergence is not the finish line, it's the beginning of a new race, ... Somewhere between telecommunications and computing there's a new kind of company, and that's what MCI will be.
When we built the MCI Center, if we had included every little thing we did to upgrade the area into the cost of MCI, it would be in the billions. You have to think of it just as city development.
Aligning with MCI WorldCom and its global telecommunications capabilities will enhance EDS' ability to serve our customers as they move into the digital world of electronic business, ... This relationship assures that both EDS and those we serve are positioned to capitalize on the cresting wave of global data and voice network services.
From a budget standpoint, we had allocated more this year into nontraditional advertising streams, organic searches. We are really putting time online in pulling up Capitals searches and targeting those people. If somebody is doing a search in Washington, D. C., and they type in 'Chinatown,' 'MCI Center,' 'things to do in Washington,' they are going to get Caps advertisements.
This agreement is a classic win-win. It allows both companies to grow their core businesses while creating synergies as each expands its global offerings. EDS offers MCI WorldCom proven IT and integration expertise, which will be key to our ability to maintain our technology leadership position as we continue to aggressively deploy facilities and expand globally.
MCI WorldCom is made up of so many large companies in their own right that they all have a bad habit of blaming a different unit. When I have a problem and call, for example, the MFS unit, they tell me its UUNet's fault. When I call UUNet, they send me back to MFS. I'm not surprised that they were so disingenuous with this problem.
Having renegotiated the deal down, I think BT will find it very hard to justify having to pay up again in order to win MCI, ... This is certainly a big blow for BT's strategic aims and what they're trying to do with MCI in terms of their plans to grow the business globally.
We are extremely pleased the NHL and Players Association have reached an agreement in principle and look forward to the ratification process. We are excited about the prospects of returning to the ice and welcoming our fans back to the MCI Center.
It's so rare for anything in the telecom sector to show any kind of growth, but they're taking it away from ATT and MCI and the Baby Bells.