The Nasdaq Stock Market and MCI WorldCom Announce Completion of Trading Extranet for the New Millennium
The Nasdaq Stock Market® and MCI WorldCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:WCOM) today announced the completion of one of the world's largest Extranets that more than doubles the speed and capacity of Nasdaq's electronic trading network. Under current market characteristics, the Enterprise Wide Network II (EWN II) can handle up to four billion shares traded per day and can be scaled up, if necessary, to accommodate an eight billion share day. more . . .