Court Denies MCI Request: A federal appeals...

Court Denies MCI Request: A federal appeals court has ruled that MCI Communications forfeited its opportunity to have a multibillion-dollar federal telecommunications pact reopened because it failed to bid the first time. Involved in the dispute is one of two contracts to redesign and provide a pair of voice, data and video telecommunications networks in the 1990s, a project that may total $25 billion over 10 years. The General Services Administration awarded American Telephone & Telegraph the contract for one network last December and US Sprint Communications the other. Losing out was Martin Marietta Corp., whose proposal included a substantial share for MCI.