Former telecom giant

The answer

MCI

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MCI answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• GTE (13 uses in xd)

Other clues for MCI

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• Sprint rival - used 24 times, most recently in 2007
• AT&T rival - used 13 times, most recently in 2004
• Roman 1101 - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• 1101, in Roman numerals - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Sprint competitor - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Old AT&T rival - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• AT&T competitor - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Long-distance letters - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• 1101 - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• 2006 Verizon acquisition - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Start of the 12th century - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Verizon acquisition of 2006 - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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• Former name of Tokyo - EDO, used 51 times
• Giant Mel - OTT, used 50 times
• Tokyo's former name - EDO, used 50 times
• Former California fort - ORD, used 42 times
• Former Russian space station - MIR, used 42 times

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