BROOKS FIBER PROPERTIES ANNOUNCES EXPANDED AGREEMENT WITH MCI COVERING ADDITIONAL CITIES; RELATIONSHIP WITH NATION'S SECOND LARGEST LONG DISTANCE PROVIDER EXPANDED TO 37 CITIES.ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 1997--Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:BFPT BFPT barrier-free proton transfer BFPT Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc. (stock symbol) BFPT boiler feed pump turbine BFPT Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem BFPT Bundesdeutsche Fachtagung für Plasmatechnologie BFPT Braque Francais de Petite Taille ), a nationwide provider of competitive local telecommunications services, announced today that the Company has significantly expanded its existing contractual relationship with MCI Communications Corporation (Nasdaq/NM:MCIC MCIC Macedonian Cultural and Information Centre (UK) MCIC Missing Children Investigation Center MCIC Managed Care Information Center MCIC Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation MCIC Macedonian Center for International Cooperation ) in an agreement which expands Brooks Fiber's preferred provider status to provide MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. dedicated access services in seventeen additional cities over its networks. The agreement includes the following cities: Dallas, Forth Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Waco, Texas; White Plains and Long Island New York; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. ; Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. ; Stamford, Connecticut; Manchester and Nashua, New Hampshire Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. As of the 2000 census, Nashua had a total population of 86,605[1], making it the second largest city in the state after Manchester. As of 2005, the population is estimated to be 87,986. , Portland, Maine; Reno, Nevada; and Springfield, Missouri. In these cities, MCI has agreed to utilize Brooks Fiber networks for its dedicated access business, thereby providing Brooks with a significant core revenue stream. "This new agreement brings the total number of cities to thirty-seven where Brooks Fiber is MCI's preferred provider of dedicated access traffic, most of which was previously provided by the incumbent local exchange carriers," said James C. Allen James Cameron Allen (January 29, 1822 - January 30, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Shelby County, Kentucky, Allen attended the public schools. He moved to Indiana in 1830. He studied law. , chief executive officer of Brooks Fiber. He added, "We are pleased to be expanding our relationship with MCI. In addition, our companies are working together in other areas to strengthen our service offerings to local customers. We view this agreement as a validation of our corporate strength in providing both high quality and fairly priced services, as evidenced by our relationship with one of the most quality and cost conscious telecommunications companies in the country." Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading full service provider of competitive local telecommunications services in cities across the United States. With networks operational or under construction in 44 U.S. cities, the company provides its customers with advanced and reliable high- capacity voice, video, data and other enhanced telecommunications services. You can now receive fax copies of recent Brooks Fiber news releases 24 hours a day by calling 1-888-329-2304 and or visit Brooks Fiber on the Internet at www.Brooks.net CONTACT: Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc., Waymon R. Tipton, 800/799-8914, ext. 313 |
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