Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/06/2006
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MCI INC [MCIP]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
140 WEST STREET
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
04/09/2005
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10007
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (1) (2) 1,339
I
Ultimate parent of Verizon New York Inc.

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
140 WEST STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007
    X    
Eli Acquisition, LLC
140 WEST STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10007
    X    

Signatures

/s/ Verizon Communications Inc. - Marianne Drost - Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 01/06/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ Eli Acquisition, LLC - Marianne Drost - Vice President and Secretary 01/06/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The original Form 3 filed on April 9, 2005 is being amended to include additional shares which may be deemed to be owned by Verizon Communications Inc. but were inadvertently omitted from the original Form 3. Per the SEC guidelines, this Form 3/A is only adding these additional shares of MCI's common stock and not restating the previously reported Table I items, except that the following language shall be deleted from footnote (2) of the original Form 3: "Verizon Communications Inc. does not have any interest in shares of MCI, Inc.'s common stock independent of its ownership interest in Eli Acquisition LLC."
(2) Shares beneficially owned by Verizon Communications Inc. Verizon New York Inc. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc. and acquired these shares on December 2, 2004. Because of Verizon Communications Inc.'s ownership of Verizon New York Inc., each may be deemed to beneficially own shares of MCI, Inc.'s common stock. The shares were not required to be reported by Verizon Communications Inc. at the time they were acquired.

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