WCOM / MCI Merger

• FCC Approves Merger of WORLDCOM and MCI (CC Docket No. 97-211, FCC 98-225). [ Text | WordPerfect | Acrobat | News Release & Statements ] 9/14/98
• COMMON CARRIER ACTION - FCC APPROVES MERGER OF WORLDCOM AND MCI (CC DOCKET NO. 97-211) - REPORT NO. CC 98-26. The Commission approved the transfer of communications licenses and authorizations from MCI Communications Corp. to WorldCom, Inc., subject to two conditions: MCI must complete divestiture of its Internet assets prior to the close of its merger with WorldCom, and the transfer of MCI's direct broadcast satellite license to WorldCom is subject to the outcome of pending applications for review of the initial license grant to MCI. The Commission found that, with these conditions, the merger will serve the public interest. Action by the Commission September 14, 1998, by Memorandum Opinion and Order (FCC 98-225). News Media Contact: Rochelle Cohen (202) 418-0253. CCB Contact: Michelle M. Carey at (202) 418-1557; TTY: (202) 418-2555.
• Additional comments due: March 13 [FCC Order]
• Additional replies due: March 20
• Comments Due: January 5
• Replies Due: January 26
• FCC CCB WorldCom Merger Page. Includes links to comments.
• Consumer Project on Technology's Worldcom/MCI Webpage.
• Listserv which addresses merger.
• The Communication Workers of America's stopmciworldcom.org web page.
• Worldcom's Website.
• COMBINED COMPANY FACTS SHEET: MCI WorldCom -- A New Era Communications Company
• MCI/WorldCom Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
• Economic Policy Institute. See reports opposing merger.  Books for sale
• Bad Deal of the Century: The Worrisome Implications of the Worldcom-MCI Merger
• Monopoly.com: Will the WorldCom-MCI Merger Tangle the Web
This merger could place from 50 to 80 percent of the Internet's backbone in the control of one corporation.
• January 12, 1998. Commission Seeks Comment on GTE Service Corporation Motion to Dismiss Applications of WorldCom, Inc. And MCI Communications Corporation for Transfers of Control of MCI to WorldCom. (DA No. 98-49). Dkt No.: CC- 97-211. Daily Digest 1/14/98
• Comments Due: January 27, 1998;
• Reply Comments Due: February 5, 1998.
• Comments
• Communications Workers of America oppose merger.
• Consumer Project on Technology reply comments.
• ISP/C
• Commission Seeks Comment on MCI ex Parte Describing Internet Aspects of Proposed WorldCom and MCI Merger. (DA No. 98-1059). Dkt No.: CC-97-211. Public Notice.
• Comments Due: June 11, 1998;
• Reply Comments Due: June 16, 1998.
• Comments of the ISP/C
• Daily Digest Released: April 29, 1998. COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER FILED BY WorldCom AND MCI.(DA No. 98-820). Dkt No.: CC-97-211.
• Comments Due: May 7, 1998;
• Reply Comments Due: May 13, 1998.
• WorldCom, INC. AND MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION. Issued Order Adopting Protective Order to protect material filed in connection with the Application of WorldCom, Inc. and MCI Communications Corporation for Transfer of Control of MCI Communications Corporation to WorldCom, Inc. Dkt No.: 97-211. Action by Chief, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: June 5, 1998. by Order. (DA No. 98-1072). CCB

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