Xerox Corporation Chooses MCI WorldCom for Local Service in More Than 80 Domestic Locations - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, Sept 6, 1999

MCI WorldCom Tuesday announced a multi-million dollar contract for domestic local services in more than 80 locations with Xerox Corporation, 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.

Xerox (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.

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.