Frost & Sullivan Names MCI Asia Pacific 'Most Comprehensive Data Service Provider' for Second Consecutive Year

SINGAPORE, Dec. 20  /PRNewswire/ -- MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) has been named the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan 2005 Most Comprehensive Service Provider Award in the Asia Pacific Data Service Provider market for the second consecutive year.  The award recognizes MCI's ability to offer specific solutions to meet the evolving communications needs of corporations from a wide range of industry sectors.

Each year, global growth consulting company, Frost & Sullivan conducts research on the Asia Pacific International Data Services market.  This year, the research involved the benchmarking of 11 global and regional data service providers across Asia Pacific.  The title of Most Comprehensive Service Provider is presented to the service provider that has the most widespread portfolio of local-to-global IP data network services in the region.

"MCI's sophisticated and farthest-reaching global IP backbone supports the largest array of data communications and voice products in the world," said Teyew Sin Siew, head of telecoms research, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific. "In addition, the company's customer-centric approach to delivering unsurpassed value to a broad mix of clientele across the globe will further strengthen its footprints in this space."

"This award demonstrates MCI's continued leadership and commitment in delivering innovative services," said Mark Russell, Managing Director, Asia Pacific.  "Our focus is to ensure that we meet all our customers' requirements, from conferencing solutions to end-to-end connectivity to total management of their network.  MCI's portfolio of services enables enterprise customers to conduct business more effectively and efficiently."

MCI has been a Managed Network Services provider since 1989, and today manages more than 3,100 customer networks in 149 countries, including overseeing 22,000+ non-MCI connections from more than 60 network providers globally.  MCI has a history of service and innovation in network management- recently exemplified by its receipt of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Customer Service Leadership Award in the US Managed Telecom Services market and its patent-pending IMPACT Rapid Fault Isolation capabilities enabling MCI to lead the industry in global service level commitments.

About MCI

MCI, Inc. is a leading global communications provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective, advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers.  With one of the most expansive global IP backbones and wholly-owned data networks, MCI develops the converged communications products and services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's market.  For more information, go to http://www.mci.com/ .

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit http://www.frost.com/ .

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