MCI announces multi-lingual enhancements to its Instant Meeting Service
Ireland contact:
Rachel Richards
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Email: rachel.richards@uk.mci.com
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Aislinn Ryan
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READING, UK/EMEA, 15 January 2004 - MCI (WCOEQ, MCWEQ) today announced the availability of international local language capability for its global Instant Meeting Service. In addition to English language currently offered globally, MCI has expanded its Instant Meeting Service to enable all customers to select from a choice of four additional languages - German, French, Japanese & Chinese (Mandarin). The new enhancements include language enunciators on all conference bridges, providing multi-lingual bridge messages and guidance, plus subscription-fulfillment emails in the language of choice.
Available immediately, this functionality is offered to all global customers, from MCI's small and medium-sized customers to multi-national corporations. Global reservations and customer support facilities, located in the UK (serving Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) will provide French and German first-level language support. Facilities in Hong Kong (serving the Asia-Pacific region) will provide first-level support in Japanese and Chinese language to customers.
This announcement builds on MCI's ongoing efforts to provide the industry's strongest portfolio of services tailored to local markets on a global scale. Through these enhancements, MCI enables their customers to achieve economies and efficiencies for their businesses.
Jeremy Hilburn, Managing Director for MCI's conferencing division in EMEA, said, "Customer feedback to this initiative has been tremendous. We are delighted to offer this further service enhancement to our conferencing portfolio, building on MCI's strength as the world's leading provider of conferencing services1 today and into the future."
MCI's conferencing products, which include audio, video, and web conferencing and related streaming services, help organizations meet more productively without the time and costs associated with business travel. To learn more, visit http://www.mci.com/conferencing
About WorldCom, Inc.
WorldCom, Inc. (WCOEQ, MCWEQ), which, together with its subsidiaries, currently conducts business under the MCI brand name, 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 POPs, and wholly-owned data networks, WorldCom develops the converged communications products and services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's market. For more information, go to http://www.mci.com
1 In 2003, TeleSpan Publishing rated MCI as the world's largest provider of conferencing services
