[DOC] [TLE] MCI Communications - Wikipedia [PAR] MCI Communications Corp. was an American telecommunications company that 
was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the 
AT&T monopoly of American telephony and ushered in the competitive long-
distance telephone ... be the second-largest long-distance provider in the U.S. It 
was purchased by... [DOC] [TLE] History of AT&T - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of AT&T dates back to the invention of the telephone itself. The Bell 
Telephone Company was established in 1879 by Alexander Graham Bell, the 
inventor of the telephone. Bell also established American Telephone and 
Telegraph Company in 1885, which acquired the ... National long distance 
service reached San Francisco with the First... [DOC] [TLE] History of GTE Corporation  FundingUniverse [PAR] The $6.6 billion acquisition of Contel Corporation in 1990 nearly doubled ... 
united two former U.S. competitors, GTE Corporation and Contel Corporation, 
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Financial Services, Inc. operates the world's largest .... Not long after launching its 
fifth satellite, Western Union began to experience the effects of decades of 
diversification. [DOC] [TLE] A NEW MESSAGE FROM WESTERN UNION - NYTimes.com [PAR] Nov 21, 1982 ... TWO notable telecommunications companies are approaching $1 billion ... One 
is 14-year old MCI Communications, a long distance telephone service provider. 
... Western Union has long since become a target of jokes, even by ... U.S. Edition 
.... and expects long distance revenues of $30 million in 1982. [DOC] [TLE] MCI Agrees to Acquire RCA Global From G.E. - NYTimes.com [PAR] Sep 4, 1987 ... MCI is the second-largest long-distance carrier after A.T.&T. ''This will give us 
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Currently the nation's second-largest local phone service provider. ... of American 
Bell to build and operate the first long-distance telephone network. ... in the 
Western Union telegraph and allow other telephone companies to... [DOC] [TLE] MCI WorldCom, Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business ... [PAR] The MCI WorldCom division is the second largest long distance company in the 
... WorldCom International is a local, facilities-based competitor in 15 countries 
outside the ... its Illinois Bell subsidiary, Western Union, and GTE's Illinois-based 
subsidiary, ..... The acquisition of Phone America of Carolina established an 
LDDS... [DOC] [TLE] History of AT&T - Milestones in AT&T History [PAR] 1882: The American Bell Telephone Company acquires a majority interest in the 
... 1892: AT&T reaches its initial goal, opening a long distance line connecting 
New ... 1894: Alexander Graham Bell's second telephone patent expires, 
opening the ... controlling interest it had acquired in the Western Union telegraph 
company,... [DOC] [TLE] trends in the us international telecommunications industry - Federal ... [PAR] International Telephone Service U.S. Billed and Foreign Billed ... Figure 12: 
International Rates Compared with Long-Haul Domestic Rates .... declined 
through 1982. .... 9 also shows minutes data for the three largest U.S. authorized 
carriers ..... Western Union International, which was spun off by Western Union in 
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serviceWestern Union by this time having acquired its own ... After years of 
litigation, AT&T and the U.S. Department of Justice reached an agreement in 
1982 ... the nation's largest provider of long-distance telephone service. [DOC] [TLE] MCI Communications Corporation [PAR] The company offered American customers various telecommunications services, 
... As a result of AT & T divestiture, in January 1984, all long distance carriers ...

Question: This second-largest U.S. long distance company acquired Western Union International in 1982
Answer: MCI