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Level 3 CFO Sunit Patel to Speak at Bank of America 35th Annual Investment Conference and Jefferies 3rd Annual Communications and Media Conference

Posted on: Friday, 9 September 2005, 00:00 CDT

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunit Patel, chief financial officer of Level 3 Communications, Inc. , will make an investor presentation at the Bank of America 35th Annual Investment Conference in San Francisco, on Monday, September 19. The presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. Pacific time.

Mr. Patel will also make an investor presentation at the Jefferies 3rd Annual Communications and Media Conference in New York, on Tuesday, September 20. The presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

A Web cast of both conferences will be available both live and archived on Level 3's investor relations Web site at http://www.level3.com/582.html.

About Level 3 Communications

Level 3 is an international communications and information services company. The company operates one of the largest Internet backbones in the world, is one of the largest providers of wholesale dial-up service to ISPs in North America and is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers, through its cable and DSL partners. The company offers a wide range of communications services over its 23,000-mile broadband fiber optic network including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and infrastructure services, colocation services, and patented softswitch managed modem and voice services. Its Web address is http://www.level3.com/.

The company offers information services through its subsidiaries, Software Spectrum and (i)Structure. For additional information, visit their respective Web sites at http://www.softwarespectrum.com/ and http://www.i-structure.com/.

The Level 3 logo is a registered service mark of Level 3 Communications, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

Forward-Looking Statement

Some of the statements made by Level 3 in this press release are forward- looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. Level 3 believes that its primary risk factors include, but are not limited to: developing new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; increasing the volume of traffic on Level 3's network; overcoming the softness in the economy given its disproportionate effect on the telecommunications industry; integrating strategic acquisitions; attracting and retaining qualified management and other personnel; successfully completing commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; ability to meet all of the terms and conditions of our debt obligations; overcoming Software Spectrum's reliance on financial incentives, volume discounts and marketing funds from software publishers; reducing downward pressure of Software Spectrum's margins as a result of the use of volume licensing and maintenance agreements; and reducing rate of price compression on certain of the Company's existing transport and IP services. Additional information concerning these and other important factors can be found within Level 3's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this release should be evaluated in light of these important factors.

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Level 3 Communications

CONTACT: Media, Josh Howell, +1-720-888-2517, or Jennifer Daumler+1-720-888-3356, or Investors, Robin Grey, +1-720-888-2518, or SandraCurlander, +1-720-888-2501, all of Level 3 Communications

Web site: http://www.softwarespectrum.com/

Web site: http://www.i-structure.com/

Web site: http://www.level3.com/

Web site: http://www.level3.com/582.html

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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