Today, MCI's focus is clear - to use their global network and expertise to deliver innovative products that provide simplicity and unsurpassed value to our customers. With more than 20 million business and residential customers, MCI® is a leader in serving global businesses, government offices, and U.S. residential customers. MCI delivers a comprehensive portfolio of local-to-global business data, Internet and voice services to a 'Who's Who' list of the Fortune 1000. MCI is an established leader in IP network technology and Virtual Private Networking (VPN), delivering VPNs based on private data networks as well as their global Internet backbone, which spans six continents. Their portfolio includes SONET private line, frame relay, ATM and a full range of dedicated, dial and value-added Internet services.

MCI today owns and operates some of the world's most complex and sophisticated custom networks, delivering value for a wide variety of customers and more than 75 U.S. federal government agencies. They also are a premier provider of audio, video, and Net conferencing services that enable customers to meet and collaborate remotely to effectively conduct business anywhere, anytime. MCI is the United States' second largest long distance company for residential customers. In April 2002, MCI launched The Neighborhood built by MCI, the industry's first truly any-distance, all-inclusive offering combining local and nationwide long distance calling from home to consumers for one low monthly price. The Neighborhood continues MCI's pioneering tradition, which has been based on opening up monopoly markets and providing innovative services to consumers nationwide.