MCI WorldCom Enhances Voice Service Options for Corporations Worldwide
LONDON and ATLANTA (Nov. 23, 1999) -- Leveraging the reach of
its global intelligent network, local city networks, transoceanic
cables and network facilities on five continents, MCI WorldCom has
announced a comprehensive voice networking solution for business
customers in the Americas, Europe and Asia/Pacific. The offering
includes a worldwide virtual private network (VPN) service and switched
voice services. These services provide connections to key international
business and financial centers.
"In many foreign countries MCI WorldCom is a viable alternative
to incumbent carriers that businesses can turn to for competitive
calling services," said MCI WorldCom's Ron McMurtrie, vice
president, business product marketing. "These service enhancements
demonstrate our commitment to deliver the benefits of telephone
competition globally."
For outbound calling, MCI WorldCom Global Voice Service provides VPN
capabilities for voice and fax traffic, seamlessly extending MCI
WorldCom On-Net Services to vital locations in Europe, Asia/Pacific,
Australia and The Americas. The full-featured service is ideal for
multinational firms, organizations and governments looking to
establish, consolidate or extend existing intercontinental dialing
plans without incurring the higher costs of leased private line
connections and reliance on multiple carriers.
For corporations in Western Europe and Asia/Pacific, MCI WorldCom
offers a value-priced switched voice alternative to replace
high-tariffed international calling services offered by national PTTs.
The outbound calling service enables customers to achieve outstanding
savings on voice, fax and low-speed data calls to domestic or
international destinations over high-quality transmission lines. The
service rides end-to-end over MCI WorldCom metropolitan area networks
and its pan-European network, as well as owned and operated facilities
in the Far East.
With this simplified service, European and Asian customers can
connect their on-site phone systems directly to MCI WorldCom's
network, bypassing incumbent local or national operators for more
economical origination and termination of international calls.
"As we have done domestically for the past year, MCI WorldCom
is providing the market with a straightforward, competitive approach
that translates clearly in any language - better services at lower
cost," said McMurtrie.
Available today, Global Voice Service offers competitively priced
national, country-to-country and international calling to/from the
United States, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom. MCI WorldCom is in the midst of an on-going expansion program
that will lengthen the reach of the VPN voice service globally.
MCI WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM) is a global leader in communications
services with 1998 revenues of more than $30 billion and operations in
more than 65 countries. MCI WorldCom's global networks provide
high-capacity connectivity to more than 45,000 buildings worldwide. MCI
WorldCom and Sprint have announced a merger agreement, which the
companies expect to close in the second half of 2000, following
regulatory and shareholder approvals. The new company will be called
WorldCom. For more information go to http://www.wcom.com.
