Frost & Sullivan Honors MCI with the Asia Pacific Service Provider Award for Most Comprehensive Service

Singapore - Frost & Sullivan's recently published study, Asia Pacific International Data Services Pricing and Analysis, has selected MCI (NASDAQ: MCIP) as the recipient for the Most Comprehensive Service Award. This award recognizes MCI's uncompromising dedication in offering a wide array of IP and data services in the Asia Pacific region.

Companies are selected by their performance according to a benchmarking study comprised of global/regional data service providers' performance in the Asia Pacific region. The Most Comprehensive Service Award forms part of Frost & Sullivan Service Provider of 2004 Awards.

"MCI offers the most comprehensive portfolio of local-to-global IP and data network services in the region," says Bryan Wang, Program Leader, Telecoms, Technology Practice, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific. "By taking a consultative, application-oriented approach to identifying customer needs, MCI is able to tailor individual services or develop integrated multi-service solutions that can be managed by the customer or fully-managed by MCI to deliver even greater value to the enterprise."

"We are honored to receive this prestigious award from one of the leading research firms," said Mark Russell, vice president of MCI Asia Pacific. "This distinction validates MCI's commitment to delivering innovative next-generation services that will help our customers keep their competitive edge in the marketplace. As the world moves to more advanced IP-based communication services, we believe that our industry-leading product set and unparalleled network infrastructure positions MCI at the forefront of this industry evolution."

MCI is a leading provider of managed network services globally as well as in the Asia Pacific region. It manages some of the world's most complex and sophisticated custom networks for 2,700 corporations and government agencies worldwide. MCI network services include IP VPNs, MPLS-based Private IP, and traditional international data services including Frame Relay, ATM, Private Line and Global Data Link.

With its expertise as a pioneer in the development of the Internet and its ownership of the industry's most expansive global IP backbone (based on company-owned points-of-presence) and a highly-experienced staff, MCI meets all customer requirements from network design to implementation, security, network monitoring and maintenance with high-quality customer service.

Frost & Sullivan believes that MCI is the most deserving winner of the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Service Provider 2004 Award for Most Comprehensive Service.

About MCI
MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCIP) is a leading global communications provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective, advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers. With the industry's most expansive global IP backbone, based on the number of company-owned points of presence, and wholly-owned data networks, MCI develops the converged communications products and services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's market. For more information, go to www.mci.com.

About Frost & Sulllivan
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