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Subject: Montgomery Ward Selects MCI
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Date: 16 Aug 89 07:25:25 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 303, message 2 of 12

On Tuesday, Montgomery Ward and Company announced that MCI had been selected
to provide private network service to its 420 locations.

Terms of the 3-year, multimillion dollar agreement were not disclosed. Wards
said the selection followed a six month comparative test of MCI, Sprint,
AT&T and other carriers.

Montgomery Ward's corporate phone bill is approximatly *one million dollars
per month*.

I'd say MCI landed a juicy one this time.


Patrick Townson