8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 3, 1997


                                 WORLDCOM, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


    Georgia                        0-11258                      58-1521612
(State or Other               (Commission File               (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of                    Number)                Identification Number)
 Incorporation)                                 


                             515 East Amite Street
                        Jackson, Mississippi 39201-2702
                    (Address of Principal Executive Office)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (601) 360-8600


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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

         On October 3, 1997, WorldCom, Inc. issued a press release, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 7 (c) EXHIBITS.

            The following exhibits are filed herewith in accordance with Item
601 of Regulation S-K:



          Exhibit No.             Description
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         99.1                     Press release dated October 3, 1997.






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                                   SIGNATURES

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                   WORLDCOM, INC.



                              By:  /s/ Charles T. Cannada
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                                   Charles T. Cannada
                                   Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary

October 3, 1997





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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.               Description of Exhibit
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99.1                      Press release dated October 3, 1997.

EX-99.1

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[WORLD COM LETTERHEAD]
                                                   NEWS RELEASE



FOR MEDIA:                                         FOR INVESTORS:
Josh Howell, (601) 360-8750                        Gary Brandt, (601) 360-8544
Steve Ingish, (402) 231-3423
Joele Frank, Abernathy/MacGregor, (212) 371-5999

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


      WORLDCOM WILL NOT ABANDON MCI'S RESIDENTIAL LONG DISTANCE CUSTOMERS

               COMBINED COMPANY TO OFFER COMPETITIVE CHOICES FOR
                      BOTH LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE SERVICE

         Jackson, Miss., October 3, 1997 -- WorldCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: WCOM) today
confirmed that it intends to continue to serve all of MCI's customers --
residential and business, long distance and local, once the merger is complete.
WorldCom will not abandon MCI's residential long distance customers.

         Through continued investment in new local networks, WorldCom will be
the first true facilities-based alternative provider to deliver meaningful
choice and competitive prices. The combined company will offer tens of millions
of residential and business customers the full range of communications
services, beginning in nearly 100 markets nationwide.

         With MCI's expertise and broad customer base, WorldCom and MCI will
have the scale, scope and state-of-the-art network to better serve all
customers by offering competitive pricing and innovative products.

         Combined, the two companies will accelerate competition for both
residential and business customers -- especially in local markets -- by creating
a company with the capital, marketing abilities and state-of-the-art network to
compete more effectively against the incumbent network carriers, domestically
and abroad.


WorldCom is a global telecommunications company. Operating in more than 50
countries, the company is a premier provider of facilities-based and fully
integrated local, long distance, international and Internet services.
WorldCom's subsidiary, UUNET Technologies, Inc., is an international provider
of Internet services with over 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs) throughout the
United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. WorldCom's
World Wide Web address is http://www.wcom.com. The common and depository shares
of WorldCom trade on the NASDAQ National Market (US) under the symbols WCOM and
WCOMP, respectively.

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