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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Telecommunications_company
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gptkbp:acquisition
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gptkb:UUNET_Technologies
gptkb:MCI_Communications_Corporation
gptkb:Comsat_Corporation
gptkb:Digex,_Inc.
gptkb:MFS_Communications_Company
gptkb:SkyTel_Communications
1997
aggressive expansion
Broadwing_Communications.
Intermedia_Communications
Sprint_Corporation_(proposed)
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gptkbp:brand
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MCI
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gptkbp:CEO
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gptkb:Bernard_Ebbers
1996-2002
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gptkbp:claims
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settled for $6 billion
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gptkbp:collaborations
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MCI_merger
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gptkbp:court
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gptkb:U.S._Bankruptcy_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York
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gptkbp:dissolved
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2004
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gptkbp:employees
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approximately 80,000 (2001)
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gptkbp:environmental_impact
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increased regulatory scrutiny
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gptkbp:famous_for
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fiber optic network
accounting fraud scandal
largest_bankruptcy_in_U.S._history_at_the_time
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gptkbp:filingDate
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July 21, 2002
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gptkbp:financials
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$30 billion
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gptkbp:founded
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1983
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:William_S._Lerach
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gptkbp:funding
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$107 billion (2002)
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gptkbp:future_plans
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approved in 2004
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gptkbp:global_presence
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operated in over 65 countries
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gptkbp:headCoach
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approximately 20,000 (2004)
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Clinton,_Mississippi
corporate office
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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WorldCom, Inc.
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gptkbp:industry
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Telecommunications
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gptkbp:legal_principle
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fraud charges
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gptkbp:market
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:notable_event
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accounting scandal
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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data transmission services
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gptkbp:partnerships
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with_Sprint_Corporation
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gptkbp:previousName
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gptkb:MCI,_Inc.
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gptkbp:publicAccess
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Internet services
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gptkbp:revenue
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telecommunications services
$39 billion (2001)
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gptkbp:rival
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gptkb:Verizon_Communications
gptkb:Qwest_Communications
AT&T
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gptkbp:scholarships
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2002
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gptkbp:services
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data services
long-distance telephone service
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gptkbp:stockExchange
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gptkb:NASDAQ
gptkb:WCOM
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gptkbp:subsidiary
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gptkb:MCI,_Inc.
gptkb:UUNET
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gptkbp:totalGoals
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$41 billion (2002)
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