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June 17, 2005
Roy Mark |
Consumer Groups Rally Against Telecom Mergers Consumer groups say the proposed deals between Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T will work against a competitive market. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2006
Roy Mark |
Verizon Completes MCI Takeover Verizon completed its $8.4 billion purchase of MCI today, creating the nation's second largest telecom carrier behind the new AT&T, which itself is a newly formed merger between the former long distance carrier and SBC. |
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Will WorldCom Rise Again? Is there any hope for WorldCom? The erstwhile telecommunications darling of Wall Street money managers seems to have lost its footing... |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
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Commentary: MCI Is under a New Cloud, but It Can Weather the Storm While the allegations could slow down the timetable for getting out of bankruptcy, there's little chance that those plans will be derailed. |
InternetNews
August 19, 2004
Roy Mark |
Copper Remains Golden for Legacy Networks Baby Bells, others agree to call a truce and produce an industry consensus rate reform solution to the FCC. |
InternetNews
February 14, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Verizon Makes Move On MCI Following the SBC-AT&T mega-merger blueprint, Verizon aims for a global enterprise reach in a deal worth $6.7 billion. |
Salon.com
July 16, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Deregulation's big lie FCC chairman Michael Powell says the WorldCom debacle may result in more telecom mergers. So who ends up losing? We all do, explains one industry expert. |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004
Yang & Grow |
Can MCI Hold The Line? As losses mount, the long distance carrier MCI Inc. is racing to roll out new products -- and stave off predators. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Grow & Yang |
MCI's Capellas: "We're Not A Phone Company" CEO Michael D. Capellas is pushing MCI into tech services. Can he keep buyers at bay? |
InternetNews
June 14, 2004
Roy Mark |
Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Line-Sharing Stay High court leaves in place June 16 mandate forcing long distance carriers to negotiate with incumbent telcos at market rates. |
InternetNews
March 15, 2005
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New Working Group Objects to Telecom Mergers Unhappy with the SBC/AT&T, Verizon/MCI mergers, smaller fish in the telecom sea have formed a working group to challenge them. |
InternetNews
August 18, 2004
Erin Joyce |
Eyes on VoIP, Telcos Propose New Fees New toll fees for wireline phone calls reflect new telecom paradigms, including Voice over IP. |
InternetNews
February 3, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Qwest Said to Bid $6B For MCI The Baby Bell reportedly makes a $6 billion offer for the long-distance specialist, but Verizon is also interested. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Catherine Yang |
Telecom: The Day After Will unleashing the Baby Bells serve to heighten competition -- or stifle it? |
Fast Company
October 2003
Charles Fishman |
Thanks for Nothing Michael Capellas of MCI calls a press conference to announce not much at all. |
InternetNews
April 25, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Qwest For MCI Rewarded Qwest's $9.7B offer is one MCI can't refuse, but Verizon may not be done. |
InternetNews
February 17, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Qwest Prepares New MCI Bid Qwest will take another run at the long-distance carrier in hopes of displacing Verizon. |
InternetNews
February 5, 2004
Roy Mark |
Lawmaker Sees VoIP Classified as Telecom Carrier U.S. Rep. John Dingell says FCC is not 'sufficiently aware' of issues involving Internet-based telephone service. |
InternetNews
February 22, 2005
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SBC, AT&T Get the Merger Started SBC, AT&T look to FCC and Justice for $16 billion merger approval. |
PHONE+
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Timeline: Key Moments In Telecom, 2000-2009 From 2000 to 2009, this is a look back at the important developments in the telecom industry. |
PHONE+
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What Was the Most Significant Development -- Positive or Negative -- in the Competitive Landscape in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on good and bad developments among telecom providers. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2004
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MCI Picks a Fight, Wins Telecom wins the overturn of a four-year-old European Commission merger denial. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2004
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Same Old AT&T? Will AT&T be able to reinvent itself to keep up with the changing times? |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2004
Tim Beyers |
My Leaky Wallet A closer inspection of a phone bill reveals a lost opportunity. |
CFO
July 1, 2004
Joseph McCafferty |
Extreme Makeover How Robert Blakely and an army of accountants turned fraud-ridden WorldCom into squeaky-clean MCI. |
Salon.com
July 13, 2002
Steven Boyd Saum |
Ode to WorldCom's failure Sometimes, schadenfreude is OK, especially when the target is a rude telecom company that dreamed of world domination. |
InternetNews
April 5, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Qwest Wants Props by Midnight The carrier provides additional financing commitments and wants to hear by midnight if MCI is leaning its way. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2004
Roy Mark |
Tauzin Presses FCC for VoIP Decision The House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman wants the agency to rule on access fees for long-distance calls using the new technology. |
InternetNews
May 4, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Qwest And Its Telco Quarry Quest could buy assets regulators force Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T to unload. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Ma Bell Up for Sale? As AT&T prepares billions in write-offs, speculation of a potential takeover heats up. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2004
Roy Mark |
FCC Grants Bells More Local Relief The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 today to phase out its controversial, eight-year plan to promote local telephone competition by forcing incumbent Bells to lease parts of their networks to competitors at below-market rates. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2002
Jeffrey Benner |
Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access. |
Wired
March 2002
Frank Rose |
Big Media or Bust As consolidation sweeps the content and telecom industries, FCC merger maniac Michael Powell has a plan: Let's roll... |
InternetNews
October 27, 2005
Roy Mark |
Bell Mergers Sealed on DoJ Approval The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday afternoon approved the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI mergers, requiring only that Verizon and SBC divest portions of certain local fiber-optic network facilities. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
AT&T: Expect More Static in the Months to Come The turmoil may cause what was once the world's largest corporation to disappear altogether as parts of the company are spun off or sold off and as consolidation begins to accelerate throughout the telecommunications industry in general... |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2005
Ben McClure |
Does MCI Deserve More? MCI should, at the very least, consider Qwest's takeover bid. Qwest has a whole lot to gain from the merger. With both companies relying on a lot of stock to fuel their takeover bids, the distinction counts for MCI shareholders. |
InternetNews
January 29, 2004
Roy Mark |
Panel Predicts Few VoIP Regulations Congressional and FCC lawyers underscore the call by elected officials for light regulatory approach to emerging Internet telephone business. |
BusinessWeek
February 28, 2005
Yang et al. |
The Shifting Telecom Landscape With AT&T and MCI going, the Bells will compete with cable and tech companies. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2005
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How You Can Profit from Bankruptcy Investors have earned over 50% in six months on bankruptcy survivor MCI. Here's how. |
Wired
May 2001
Frank Rose |
Telechasm Can we get to the future from here? First we have to get telecom out of the Stone Age... |
InternetNews
February 25, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
And Then There Were Two in Telecom? The long-awaited telecom industry consolidation is here, and it's changing everything. |
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October 9, 2009
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Lawmakers Call for FCC Probe Into Google Voice Critics accuse Google of double standard on Net neutrality. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Goodbye, MCI As expected, there's more consolidation in telecom. Verizon and MCI plan to merge in a $6.75 billion deal. |
InternetNews
May 13, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Verizon Closes in on MCI Stake Verizon will soon own 13 percent of MCI after a $1.1B deal with a private stockholder. But the larger merger vote looms. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2004
Kelvin Taylor |
So Long, Long Distance AT&T turns its business focus away from traditional phone service. Investors should look at these trends in telecom and study the companies poised to compete effectively. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Charles Haddad |
MCI's Expert Repairman Has A Tough Assignment Michael Capellas has the credentials to save the former WorldCom, but this game may be unwinnable. |
InternetNews
July 1, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
AT&T-SBC Inches Closer AT&T shareholders vote their way through to the next step. The next step is for the companies to convince federal agencies that the merger won't hurt competition. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Phil Wohl |
MCI Exits Bankruptcy Can the former telecommunications industry giant be competitive? |
