University Of Pennsylvania Selects MCI Systemhouse To Provide Public Safety Communications Services

Company To Provide Enhanced 911 Services, Support Skills
Development Center And Offer Continuing Education For University
Police Officers

PHILADELPHIA, November 24, 1998 -

The University of Pennsylvania and MCI Systemhouse, MCI
WorldCom's global information technology services company,
today announced an agreement for the company's International
Public Safety Group to provide the University with public safety
communications services for the next 10 years.

MCI Systemhouse will provide a comprehensive range of systems
integration, consulting, and operational services that will
modernize the public safety communications system at the
University. The $19 million, 10-year contract represents another
first for the International Public Safety Group at MCI Systemhouse,
as this is the first University public safety functional
outsourcing agreement in the United States.

"This unique partnership agreement with an experienced,
world-class communications systems provider enables us to maintain
a state-of-the-art communications system while allowing us to focus
our efforts on our core responsibility - providing public safety
services," said Thomas Seamon, Vice President for Public
Safety at the University of Pennsylvania. "Further, MCI's
demonstrated commitment to continuing education and career training
makes them the ideal partner for the University."

Under the terms of the agreement, the University will set the
functional requirements and operational standards for performance,
while MCI Systemhouse will provide a service level delivery of all
technology and operations requirements. This will include design,
delivery and installation of all components of the emergency
communications system, in addition to systems management,
technology upgrades and ongoing maintenance. MCI Systemhouse will
also provide most of the trained, experienced staff to operate the
communications center at the University.

MCI Systemhouse has a solid record in delivering services that
allow public safety officials to focus on the job at hand -
protecting the safety of their community," said Rick Dale,
Global Public Sector Operating Executive at MCI Systemhouse.
"We look forward to bringing our expertise to the University
of Pennsylvania and the surrounding community." A unique
element of the agreement is MCI Systemhouse's commitment to
provide funding and in-kind support to two programs supported by
the University:

• Continuing Education:

  Over the course of the contract, MCI Systemhouse has agreed to a
  $500,000 contribution to support a continuing education program
  for University public safety officers, ensuring that their skills
  are maintained at the highest possible levels, consistent with
  national standards.

• Skills Development Center:

  MCI Systemhouse will, in conjunction with the University and
  other private companies, participate in a community skills
  program designed to provide career enhancement and change options
  to members of the local community. MCI Systemhouse will provide a
  $350,000 contribution to the program, in addition to in-kind
  support. In addition to supporting other programs, MCI
  Systemhouses' contribution will also provide for training and
  certification in public safety communications, a certified
  educational program designed to teach Public Safety
  calltaking/dispatch to community residents and college
  transitional students.

The Skills Development program will be held at the Skills
Development Center of the University of Pennsylvania located at
University City High School in West Philadelphia.
"The University of Pennsylvania is clearly committed to its
community - including students, faculty, staff and neighbors in the
surrounding area," said Larry Consalvos, Managing Director for
New Business Development at MCI Systemhouse. "We look forward
to joining in their efforts to provide the University community
with the benefits of the newest available and most-advanced
technologies to ensure public safety."

The University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League institution with
a distinctive past. Its four undergraduate schools and twelve
graduate and professional schools are located on an attractive
campus in Philadelphia, a diverse community with 21,869 students
from throughout the nation and around the world, working with an
extraordinary faculty; people of many talents and interests
creating an exceptional environment for teaching and learning.

The International Public Safety Group of MCI Systemhouse
provides consulting and delivery services that assist customers to
optimize their public safety, communication, information and
operational services. The company works in close collaboration with
customers to ensure a "best fit" solution to the
customer's requirements. This allows the public safety agency
to focus its resources on delivering the best possible levels of
service to their respective communities, while MCI Systemhouse
delivers and manages the supporting technology that the agency
requires. As market leaders with hundreds of years of public safety
experience, the employees at MCI Systemhouse's International
Public Safety Group are the best choice for communications center,
consulting, system integration and outsourcing services.

MCI Systemhouse, the Network Enterprise Company (sm), is MCI
WorldCom's global information technology services company. MCI
Systemhouse is one of the industry's only single-source
providers of convergence products and services that leverage the
combined telecommunications expertise of MCI WorldCom and the
computer expertise of MCI Systemhouse to enable businesses'
total networking, communications and consulting needs. The company
has 120 offices and approximately 9,400 professionals worldwide.
With a comprehensive suite of network enabled IT solutions and
services for the new millennium, MCI Systemhouse serves major
corporate, mid-sized and public sector clients throughout North and
South America, Europe and Asia.

EDITOR'S NOTE: For more information about MCI Systemhouse,
call 800-234-4586 or visit the MCI Systemhouse website at
www.systemhouse.mci.com