MCI WorldCom opened a new Galway office in Ballybrit Business Park this week. Servicing the western seaboard, it will be headed up by Mr Noel Sullivan and provide sales and technical service to new and existing customers in the region.

"Galway is one of the fastest growing cities in Ireland and is at the heart of a booming economic revival in the west of Ireland," said Mr Sean Melly, chief executive of MCI WorldCom in Ireland. MCI WorldCom is a global telecommunications company with revenues of more than $30 billion and established operations in more than 65 countries.