ASHBURN, Va., April 22, 2003 - MCI today announced that MCI Advantage, its converged voice and IP service offering, was named Product of the Year by CMP Media's Network Magazine. MCI Advantage, formerly known as the WorldCom Connection, captured top honors in the Voice over IP Service category.
The Products of the Year Awards are chosen by Network Magazine's award-winning editors to recognize the outstanding technical achievement of products and services that are most significant to the network IT community.
"MCI has always had a strong heritage of innovation," said Jonathan Crane, MCI executive vice president of Strategy and Marketing. "Being awarded Product of the Year underscores our commitment to delivering innovative products and services relevant to businesses today. MCI Advantage helps customers blend voice and data networks over a single IP solution. As a result, they are able to reduce costs while improving overall business efficiencies."
MCI Advantage is the industry's first converged network solution that truly consolidates local and long distance calling features and Internet connectivity for businesses of all sizes. The service is backed by service level agreements (SLAs), true quality of service (QoS) features and a 30-day customer satisfaction guarantee. In addition, MCI Advantage can be leveraged with MCI's full range of access, transport, and infrastructure services to provide customers with a flexible, tailored solution that meets their specific requirements.
"MCI Advantage stands out in the Voice over IP Service category for its creative approach to getting the job done - with great benefits to network IT managers and their enterprises," commented Steve Steinke, Editor-in-Chief. "MCI proves that innovation in the network IT space is alive and well."
Network Magazine's annual Products of the Year Awards are acknowledged as one of the networking industry's longest running and most distinguished awards programs. The awards are given to products and services released in the 2002 calendar year, and are evaluated on broad appeal of the product or service to the reader community; competitive enhancements; price/performance advantages; technical ingenuity; new features and applications; and serviceability to the market. Products of the Year Award winners will be featured in the May 2003 issue of Network Magazine and online at NetworkMagazine.com.
Network Magazine's Product of the Year Award joins an impressive list of recent honors bestowed on the company, including:
- 2002 Product of the Year Award from Internet Telephony Magazine for MCI Advantage
- 2003 SANS Award for Leadership in Mitigating Denial of Service
- 2003 SANS Award for Leadership in Rapid Response to Worm Activity
- Five Star Rating for VAR Programs from VARBusiness Magazine
MCI will be exhibiting the MCI Advantage April 29-May 1 at the Networld + Interop trade show (Booth 6479) in Las Vegas. For more information, visit global.mci.com/us/enterprise
CMP Media's Network Magazine
For 17 years, Network Magazine has provided in-depth technical analysis or network infrastructure to help Network IT Buyers make informed network deployment, specification, and management decisions. Network Magazine delivers Emerging Technology, Business Case, Product Focus, and Strategies & Issues features to its Network IT subscribers each month. CMP Media LLC is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum - the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide.
About WorldCom, Inc.
WorldCom, Inc. (WCOEQ, MCWEQ) 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 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 mci.com
| Area: | Global |
| Name: | Natasha Haubold |
| Role: | MCI Public Relations |
| Tel: | 800-644-NEWS |
