WorldCom Declares Third Quarter Cash Dividend On Its Depositary Shares

JACKSON, MS, (June 04, 1997) WorldCom, Inc.

(Nasdaq/NM:WCOM) today announced that it has set August 26, 1997, as
the record date for the quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.67 on
WorldCom Inc.+s Depositary Shares, each representing a one
one-hundredth interest in a share of Worldom, Inc. Series 8%
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on
September 2, 1997.

WorldCom is a global business telecommunications company.
Operating in more than 50 countries, the company is a premier
provider of facilities-based and fully integrated local, long
distance, international and Internet services. WorldCom's
subsidiary, UUNET Technologies, Inc., is the world's largest
provider of Internet services. WorldCom's World Wide Web address
is
http://www.wcom.com

. The common and depositary shares of WorldCom trade on the Nasdaq
National Market (U.S.) under the symbol WCOM and WCOMP,
respectively.