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1、世通成为历史正式更名 MCI曾为美国第二大长途电话公司的世通电信公司因财务丑闻宣告破产保护后，经历了21个月的重组过程，摆脱了350 亿美元的债务，将于美国当地时间4 月 20 日上午 6 时正式改名为 MCI 。世通公司使用MCI 品牌以非正式的方式进行业务往来已经超过一年。世通自 2002 年 7 月 21 日起就有了改名换姓的打算，当时世通因涉及美国历史上最大的财务丑闻案（金额达110 亿美元）而申请破产保护。新的 MCI 公司将焕然一新。 MCI 将原来的7万员工裁减为5 万， 仔细审查了管理高层，解雇了直接或间接卷入财务丑闻的100 名管理人员。世通首席执行官迈克尔-卡佩拉斯（Mic
2、hael D. Capellas ） 在重组过程中扮演了主要角色，公司债权人和联邦机构对他带领公司在成功摆脱破产保护阴影这一过程中表现出来的能力赞赏有加。但卡佩拉斯必须证明世通在市场上的竞争力，因为客户希望得到一系列的服务，包括市话和长途电话、无线服务以及网络服务。卡佩拉斯说： “ 我们不准备自欺欺人。 未来这一年中境况会比较艰难。” 卡佩拉斯还表示，世通准备在短期内将工作重心放在争取企业客户上，这些客户占公司总营收的80%，世通将提供基于互联网的服务，这些服务使得企业客户能够通过互联网拨打市话和长话。WorldCom Inc. is set to end its tumultuous 21-
3、month journey through bankruptcy reorganization tomorrow when it plans to emerge as a new company under a new name, freed of more than $35 billion in debt. At 6 a.m., WorldCom is to become MCI Inc. The company has been doing business informally under the MCI brand for more than a year. The Ashburn-b
4、ased telecommunications giant has been preparing to take on its new identity since July 21, 2002, when it filed for protection from its creditors after revealing the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history. The new MCI will be much different from the former WorldCom, the nations second-largest long
5、-distance phone company. It reduced its debt to less than $6 billion from $41 billion. It has trimmed its workforce to about 50,000 people from more than 70,000. It has overhauled it senior management and rid itself of about 100 executives who were implicated directly or indirectly in the $11 billio
6、n accounting scandal. WorldCom chief executive Michael D. Capellas has played a central role in the reorganization, during which creditors and federal authorities praised his ability to steer the company through Chapter 11. But now Capellas must prove he can keep WorldCom competitive in a marketplac
7、e where customers expect a variety of offerings, including local, long-distance, wireless and Internet service. “Nobody is kidding themselves. In the short term it is going to be a tough year,“ Capellas said. In the near term, WorldCom plans to focus on its business customers, who account for 80 per
8、cent of the companys revenue, offering Internet-based services that allow companies to “put local, long-distance and Internet all on the same network,“ Capellas said. For residential customers, Capellas said the company would concentrate on high-density urban areas where WorldCom has established its
9、 own networks and does not have to lease lines from other companies. WorldCom will compete for customers at a time when new rivals, such as cable television companies and Internet phone service providers, are entering the marketplace. Much of the telecommunications industry is engaged in a price war
10、 as federal regulators free companies to compete for local, long-distance and other business. As a result, revenue at WorldCom has plummeted 30 percent even though the companys customer base has remained stable at about 20 million subscribers. In 2002, WorldCom reported revenue of $32 billion. It pr
11、ojects only $21 billion to $22 billion in revenue this year. “Contracts are being renewed, but every time they get renewed at a lower price,“ said Patrick J. Comack, an analyst with Guzman & Co. WorldCom is suffering from an industry-wide problem, he said. “AT&T is feeling the same kind of pain.“ Wo
12、rldComs top sales executive, Wayne E. Huyard, doesnt think prices will go up anytime soon. “Im not sure when it will stabilize. I really dont see much change in that in the near future,“ Huyard said. During the relatively short time WorldCom has been in Chapter 11, the industry has shifted to a new
13、economic model, based on offering customers a package of services that can include local, long-distance, wireless and Internet service. Capellas is trying to reposition the company to offer such a package. It could be difficult. WorldCom sold its money-losing wireless division more than a year ago.
14、Now one of Capellass biggest priorities is to find a new partner in the mobile-phone business. “Doing a partnership while you are in bankruptcy is difficult,“ Capellas said. The company also continues to market its local phone service known as “The Neighborhood.“ In the past two years the company ha
15、s signed up about 3.5 million customers. At the same time, WorldCom hopes to expand its high-speed Internet service, which so far has not been aggressively marketed to residential customers. Both plans depend in part on WorldComs ability to rent lines from local telephone companies to reach resident
16、ial customers. Federal regulations once dictated the terms of those leasing arrangements, but a federal court recently threw out the rules and the Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) has not said whether it will appeal the decision. “We are going to have to determine which way the regulatory wind blows,“ Capellas said. With revenue shrinking or remaining flat, Capellas has said that keeping costs in check will continue to be a daily priority. The Chapter 11 reorganizati
