MFS Communications Company, Inc. (Metropolitan Fiber Systems) was a
competitive local exchange carrier A competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), in the United States and Canada, is a telecommunications provider company (sometimes called a " carrier") competing with other, already established carriers, generally the incumbent local exchange carrie ...
that owned and operated local network access facilities installed in and around major U.S. cities and several major European cities. MFS also possessed significant transmission and switching facilities and network capacity that it leased from other carriers in the United States and Western Europe.
History
The company was founded in 1988 as Kiewit Communications, a subsidiary of
Kiewit Corporation.
By 1991, the company owned fiber-optic lines that serve large business customers in 11 cities.
In 1993, the company became a
public company via an
initial public offering.
[
In April 1996, the company announced the acquisition of UUNET.
In August 1996, WorldCom announced the acquisition of the company][ Worldcom filed ]bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor ...
in 2002.
Level 3 Communications and NorthPoint Communications
NorthPoint Communications Group, Inc. was a competitive local exchange carrier focused on data transmission via digital subscriber lines. The company had relationships with Microsoft, Tandy Corporation, Intel, Verio, Cable & Wireless, Frontier C ...
were founded by former executives of MFS.[
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1988 establishments in Nebraska
1993 initial public offerings
1996 mergers and acquisitions
Defunct telecommunications companies of the United States