Xerox Corporation Chooses MCI WorldCom For Local Service In More Than 80 Domestic Locations
STAMFORD, CT and CLINTON, Miss., August 31, 1999 -- MCI
WorldCom [NASDAQ: WCOM] today announced a multi-million dollar contract
for domestic local services in more than 80 locations with Xerox
Corporation [NYSE: XRX], a leading global provider of document
management products and services.
"This agreement is a clear demonstration of MCI WorldCom's
ability to deliver local service to business customers on a national
scale," said Michael Miron, senior vice president, corporate
business strategy and development, Xerox Corporation.
Under terms of the contract, MCI WorldCom will provide
facilities-based local service to Xerox at locations in 20 states
including: New York, Connecticut, Georgia, Washington D.C., Maryland,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Colorado,
California, Washington, Arkansas, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma
and Oregon. MCI WorldCom also provides Xerox with conferencing, private
data and Internet services.
"This is a huge vote of confidence for our local service
capabilities," said Ed Franklin, vice president of Global
Accounts, MCI WorldCom. "We look forward to providing high
quality, reliable service and continuing our long-term relationship
with Xerox."
MCI WorldCom is the leading competitive local exchange carrier
(CLEC), offering local service to business customers since 1996 and
currently offering facility-based local services in 89 markets
throughout the United States. Customers, like Xerox, utilizing multiple
communications services from MCI WorldCom, realize significant
discounts ranging from 10-35% over other providers.
About Xerox Corporation
Xerox (NYSE: XRX - news; www.xerox.com), with more than 90,000
employees worldwide is the industry's leading global provider of
analog and digital document management products, software and services,
including premium copiers, printers, production publishers, fax
machines, scanners and networked document management systems and
solutions. Xerox maintains its headquarters in Stamford, CT, with U.S.
marketing and manufacturing operations in Rochester, NY.
About MCI WorldCom
MCI WorldCom is a global leader in communications services with 1998
revenues of more than $30 billion and established operations in over 65
countries encompassing the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific
regions. MCI WorldCom is a premier provider of facilities-based and
fully integrated local, long distance, international and Internet
services. MCI WorldCom's global networks, including its
state-of-the-art pan-European network and transoceanic cable systems,
provide end-to-end high-capacity connectivity to more than 40,000
buildings worldwide. MCI WorldCom is traded on NASDAQ under WCOM. For
more information on MCI WorldCom, visit the World Wide Web at
http://www.wcom.com.
