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To: JM who wrote (2994)	7/23/1998 1:52:00 PM
From: P.T.Burnem	Respond to of 11568

There will no doubt be a means of booking this that will make such a deal accretive to earnings. I agree, if they can find one. A local telco would be best, but I don't believe these are for sale. This will once again cause the stock price to accelerate. That remains to be seen. Sooner or later, most acquisitive companies hit a brick wall. WCOM's next large purchase may well be its last one. PTB

To: JM who wrote (2994)	7/26/1998 11:58:00 PM
From: Glen Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11568

MCIC,through one of its subsidiaries, will be testing Interdigital Communications (IDC) B-CDMA in the mid-west later this year. B-CDMA is a new Wireless Local Loop system which is both wireless and a last mile solution. B-CDMA can provide "simultaneous" wireline voice quality, data and full motion video. See the IDC SI board for details. If successful, B-CDMA could give WCOM local access to any market it chooses to at far less cost per line than any hard wired system. Could WLL be how WCOM is planning to enter the local market? B-CDMA is not yet mobile, but is slated to be mobile later.