WorldCom

MCI Inc.
Trade name	Verizon Enterprise Solutions; Verizon Business;
Formerly	Long Distance Discount Services (1983–1995); WorldCom (1995–1998, 2000–2003); MCI WorldCom (1998–2000); MCI (2003–2006);
Type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: MCIP; OTC Pink: WCOEQ; Nasdaq: WCOEQ; Nasdaq: WCOME; Nasdaq: WCOM;
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1983 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Founder	Bernard Ebbers
Defunct	January 2006
Fate	Acquired by Verizon Communications
Headquarters	Ashburn, Virginia, U.S.
Products	Conferencing, contact centers, data and IP services, internet access, IT solutions and hosting, managed networks, premises equipment (CPE), security, voice, VoIP, wireless
Revenue	US$20.6 billion (2005)
Parent	Verizon Communications (2006)
Website	enterprise.verizon.com; www.mci.com/mcihome.jsp;

MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom and MCI WorldCom) was a telecommunications company. For a time, it was the second-largest long-distance telephone company in the United States, after AT&T. WorldCom grew largely by acquiring other telecommunications companies, including MCI Communications in 1998, and filed for bankruptcy in July 2002 after an accounting scandal, in which several executives were convicted of a scheme to inflate the company's assets. These include Bernard Ebbers, who was named CEO of the company from 1985 until December 16, 2002, when he retired. WorldCom then emerged from bankruptcy under Michael Capellas, who served as its last chairman and CEO until January 2006, when the company, by then renamed MCI, was acquired by Verizon Communications and was later integrated into Verizon Business.

WorldCom was originally headquartered in Clinton, Mississippi, before moving to Ashburn, Virginia, when it changed its name to MCI.