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		<title><![CDATA[MCI WorldCom Telcom Library 1.1a (Mobile)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This glossary is the definitive sourceof information on terms and issuesrelated to the technology and businessof telecommunications. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tim Armstrong's fine risk-reward setup at AOL]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=14548]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AOL's new soon-to-be CEO Tim Armstrong will be in for quite a sea change from his previous gig at Google. The lingering question: Why would you leave Google for AOL?Â     It's an interesting question raised by Sam Diaz offline. For all the talk Techmeme about Armstrong's enthusiasm...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:26:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Verizon reels in IT services]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4462]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[        Verizon in the fourth quarter decided to bring its technology services in house as it integrates the infrastructure from the MCI acquisition.     The news was disclosed on Electronic Data Systems earnings conference call. EDS topped estimates with strong...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:43:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MCI to overhaul network for international calls]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MCI to overhaul network for international callsmathnot tell you nothing]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Verizon closes book on MCI merger]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verizon closes book on MCI mergerSeverance PackageHey,WTF????  39.2 Million Severance.  No frikken wonder my cell phone bills are so high.  That is crazy.  These people should get the boot and nothing more just like us Pi$$-ants.Just a minute....A conclusion of your article is that 'two mega-mergers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:59:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is this an MSN Messenger VoIP UI?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=795]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ An independent website called Messenger Blog has posted what one of the site's authors says is an updated version of MSN Messenger with PC to phone capability.It's been widely reported this capability will be offered via a partnership between Microsoft and MCI. I don't see an MCI logo in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:19:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[With telco mergers approved, greed factor can't be discounted]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=724]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been processing my thoughts this morning on what happens next in light of the Federal Communications Commission's unanimous approval yesterday of the Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T mergers.My opinion is a conflicted one. From the standpoint of telecommunications infrastructure, these deals work. AT&T's able business services infrastructure meshes well with SBC's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:12:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IT Security Risk Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=152971]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Risk management is a much talked about, but little understood area of the IT Security industry. Processes need to be developed that not only identify sensitive data, but also identify the level of risk posed due to noncompliance of corporate security policies. This paper provides an overview of the risk...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MCI chief's severance deal nears $40 million]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=13110&messageID=261098&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MCI chief's severance deal nears $40 millionAnother CEOThis guy should be thrown in jail!  Run a company into the ground and get a bonus!Shareholders can sell a kidney.......to help pay for the high-priced talent.I worked at Compaq ..... for a few years in the late 90's.  I remember...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Integration Testing: The Key to Achieving Industry Leadership]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=150698]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Integration testing demonstrates the quality of a product or service offering. This involves more than making certain that equipment does what any single vendor states it will do. Integration testing must evaluate and ensure that the proper function of each enterprise is a unique combination of services and equipment. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delivering Unique Services that Meet Customer Needs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=149928]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The telecommunications industry is rapidly re-inventing itself to meet its changing and expanding role in the business world.  With the advent of cellular, WiFi, WiMax and increasingly powerful and portable devices, the demand for unique services to fit a customer's business model is growing each day.  This paper...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The two reasons why MCI is bothering with consumer VoIP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10537-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=11431&messageID=228136&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The two reasons why MCI is bothering with consumer VoIPtwo +Also consider this, Verizon is not in every part of the country with sales and support staffs.  For the most part MCI is...in every part of the country.  So, in SBC, Bell South, Qwest, & independent territory....every VoIP...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The two reasons why MCI is bothering with consumer VoIP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=503]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MCI- in all likelihood soon to merge with Verizon- has just rolled out a VoIP service called Neighborhood Broadband. Trials are available in a limited number of cities, with a per-city cap of 5,000 users.The service costs $29.99 a month for unlimited North American calling, and $19.99 for 500 minutes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:37:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MCI says laptop, employee data was stolen]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MCI says laptop, employee data was stolenridiculous!I really find it distubing that the public, and perhaps the government, accept this open-blanket statement of, "there are no reported identity cases from this issue."That is so ridiculous and actually rather appalling.  How would they know whether the SSN or other identity...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 08:38:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The sorry state of  American telecom]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10533-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=10312&messageID=205011&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The sorry state of  American telecomBleha is right on the money....However, it's not that broadband "SPEED" is so much the problem as is true broadband competition.  Basically, there is cable and there is DSL, if you're lucky.  If you're not that fortunate, you have even fewer choices,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 12:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Verizon raises MCI bid yet again]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=10074&messageID=200273&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Verizon raises MCI bid yet againQwest = QworstI had to deal with Qwest for 2 years, and they were the worst POS carrier I've ever seen.  Missed install dates, incorrectly configured circuits, etc.  You name it, they screwed it up.  Jumped ship to MCI, and never had...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 09:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[If I were an MCI shareholder, here's how I would vote]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=372]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I can see how at least some MCI shareholders, their holdings having tumbled in the WorldCom conflagration, might be looking at a prospective $9.9 billion buyout by Qwest as preferable to a $7.8 billion sell to Verizon. Over the weekend, MCI's board signalled warm feelings toward Qwest's bid. Verizon has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:38:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MCI spurns Qwest, again]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MCI spurns Qwest, againAs a Qwest customer...This is good news.  All we need is more debt to give Qwest an excuse to make customer service even worse than it already is.and the baby bells continue to slug it out. there will only be one leftsooner than later. i wonder...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Verizon threatens to ditch MCI deal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=9427&messageID=187693&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Verizon threatens to ditch MCI dealTo win or not to lose...[i]Verizon Communications says it will pull out of its $7.6 billion deal to buy MCI if the latter's board deemed a rival $9.07 billion bid by Qwest Communications International "superior."[/i]They're saying "if you don't accept our offer, we're taking it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 07:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MCI to reopen acquisition talks with Qwest]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MCI to reopen acquisition talks with Qwestquest + mci = ma bellmy current choices of phone companies is MCI or QUEST, soon it seems I will again have NO CHOICE :(]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:51:00 -0800</pubDate>
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