LDDS WorldCom Provides Long Distance Services For Southwestern Bell Mobile System
JACKSON, Miss. (February 14, 1996) --
WorldCom, Inc. (Nasdaq:WCOM) has signed an agreement to provide long
distance interLATA telecommunication services for Southwestern Bell
Mobile Systems, a subsidiary of SBC Communications Inc.
(NYSE:SBC).
Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems (SBMS) is the second largest
wireless communications provider in the United States, with 3.7
million cellular customers. Operating under the Cellular One and
Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems brand names, SBMS offers cellular
services in five of the nation's 15 largest metropolitan
areas.
Bernard J. Ebbers, president and chief executive officer of
WorldCom, Inc., said the agreement with SBMS further demonstrates
that LDDS WorldCom is well positioned to take advantage of business
opportunities in a rapidly changing telecommunications
marketplace.
"Our national fiber-optic network, along with our
unparalleled experience in addressing the long distance needs of
carrier customers, positions us as the ideal provider for a company
like Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems," Ebbers said.
"The association with WorldCom, Inc. will enable Southwestern
Bell Mobile Systems to meet its stated objective of offering SBMS
customers long distance service that is of the highest quality at
economical rates."
Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems is a subsidiary of SBC
Communications Inc., one of the world's leading diversified
telecommunications companies with 1995 revenues of $12.7 billion.
Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems operates as Cellular One in Chicago
and Northwest Indiana, Boston, Cape Cod, New York State, Washington,
D.C., Baltimore, Virginia and West Virginia.
One of the largest long distance telecommunications companies in
the United States, WorldCom, Inc. offers domestic and international
voice, data and video products and services to business customers,
other carriers and the residential market. It operates a nationwide
digital fiber optic network and has worldwide network capacity. The
common shares of WorldCom, Inc. trade on The Nasdaq Stock Market
under the symbol WCOM.
