MCI Mail

MCI Mail was a commercial email service that was operated by MCI Communications Corp. from 1983 to 2003. The service was one of the first commercial email services in the United States.

History

The MCI Mail service was launched on September 23, 1983, in Washington, D.C., during a press conference that was hosted by MCI's founder and Chairman, William G. McGowan. The service was officially decommissioned by MCI at 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2003.

Service Offering

Electronic Mail

The service initially allowed users to send electronic text-based messages to other MCI Mail users. MCI Mail also supported read receipts and charge codes, allowing for cost accounting for email.

Later, the service was expanded so that users could send messages to non-MCI Mail users, including users on other public messaging services, such as AT&T Mail, CompuServe, and SprintMail.

Eventually, a gateway to the Internet was also provided. MCI Mail users were assigned an email address of either their MCI Mail ID @mcimail.com (e.g. [email protected]), their user name @mcimail.com (e.g. [email protected]), or their formal name @mcimail.com (e.g. [email protected]).

MCI

MCI may refer to:

Companies

Institute

Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran

Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran (Persian: شرکت ارتباطات سیار ایران‎‎), commonly abbreviated as MCI and also known under its brand name Hamrahe Aval (Persian: همراه اول‎‎; The First Operator), is the first and largest mobile operator in Iran. MCI is a subsidiary of the Telecommunication Company of Iran and has approximately 17 million postpaid and 49 million prepaid subscribers. Hamrahe Aval's service is available in 1,239 cities and over 70,000 kilometers of highway in Iran. It provides roaming services via 271 partner operators in more than 112 countries.

In December 2010, 5.5% of the MCI shares were offered on the Iranian over-the-counter market (Farabourse), at a value of $396 million, which was the largest IPO-to-date in the Iranian OTC equity market.

In August 2013, the company moved from the OTC to the Tehran Stock Exchange.

Market value of the company in April 2014 was $4.3 billion.

Currently, 90% of MCI's shares are owned by the Telecommunication Company of Iran, and the remaining 10% of shares are public at the Tehran Stock Exchange.

Music Center Incorporated

Music Center Incorporated (MCI) is the former name of a United States manufacturer of professional audio equipment that operated from 1955 until 1982 when it was acquired by the Sony Corporation. The company is credited with a number of world firsts: commercialising the 24-track multi-track recorder, the tape Auto Locator and in-line mixing console.

History

During the late 1950s Grover 'Jeep' Harned, the founder of MCI, owned and operated a small record and stereo servicing outlet in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He also designed and built custom audio equipment such as mixing consoles, audio preamplifiers and general record electronics at the request of customers like Mack Emerman, the owner of the nearby Criteria Recording Studios.

Harned's growing list of record industry contacts led in time to regular referrals, and then to long term service contracts. In addition he installed commercial sound systems for the Parker Playhouse, Pirate's Worlds and Fort Lauderdale International Airport amongst others. Consequently, in 1965 Harned established the company Music Center Incorporated.