Records of MCI engineering groups, 1967-1993 (bulk 1970-1990).

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Records of MCI engineering groups, 1967-1993 (bulk 1970-1990).

Records from MCI groups and departments involved in constructing, maintaining and operating MCI's transmission network, documenting the transformation of MCI's telecommunication network from Goeken's original vision of a single Chicago-St. Louis route to a nationwide and international integrated fiber optic, microwave and satellite system by the 1980s. Includes records related to the design and implementation of computerized switching, digital distribution and fiber optic transmission, and local distribution facilities planning and operations.

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Hughes Aircraft Company

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