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John Sidgmore, vice chairman,
MCI Worldcom

J. SidgmoreJohn Sidgmore tells a funny joke about how to reap millions by selling your company to one giant corporation after another. He should know. Under Sidgmore's leadership, UUNET grew from a $6 million company in 1994 to more than $3 billion today. Through merger after merger, Sidgmore remains the constant at UUNET, now, of course, as MCI WorldCom's Internet visionary.

MCI WorldCom needs Sidgmore's insight. With his guidance, the company is storming the international market in 1999, dumping more than $100 million of capital spending into Internet hosting centers (there are now 15 worldwide).

The company also has developed one of the most aggressive service-level agreements, a state-of-the art OC-48c backbone, virtual private networks and multicast services. Sidgmore is doing everything he can to push the envelope of IP network technology.

The next wave is airwaves, Sidgmore predicts. He was instrumental in MCI WorldCom's recent successful bid for Sprint, flying to Kansas City with Bernie Ebbers to get the talks rolling. The golden ring was Sprint PCS business, not to mention taking out a major competitor.

The outspoken Sidgmore continues to proclaim that as far as the Internet is concerned, the enterprise hasn't seen anything yet. Wireless and multimedia will drive Internet growth off the charts, he preaches. And sitting in the driver's seat of one of the world's most powerful backbones, what Sidgmore sees, the world will receive.

Related links

Sidgmore's remarks for the Senate's Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
From MCI WorldCom's site, 11/08/99.

UUNET's wireless options increase
Network World, 11/08/99

Sidgmore speaks out on the megamerger
Network World, 10/08/99

Sidgmore: You ain't seen nothing yet
Network World, 01/29/99


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