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Level 3 Business Voice Service Named Product of the Year

Posted on: Monday, 22 December 2003, 06:00 CST

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced today that its (3)Tone(SM) voice service for businesses has been named Product of the Year by Internet Telephony magazine.

Launched in September, (3)Tone(SM) is an advanced hosted voice service designed to augment or replace PBX, IP PBX and Centrex enterprise communications systems. The service delivers combined capital and operating savings of as much as 40 percent, and is part of a growing portfolio of voice services offered by Level 3.

"Level 3 is clearly deserving of leadership status in the hosted voice sector of the IP telephony industry," said Rich Tehrani, group editor-in-chief of Internet Telephony. "We're proud to reward their hard work and innovation with a Product of the Year Award for 2003."

"We're very pleased to receive this distinction," said Jack Waters, president of voice technologies for Level 3. "(3)Tone presents companies with a significant opportunity to remove cost from their operations, and we are gratified to receive this endorsement from a leading publication in our industry."

Level 3 has long been a pioneer in Voice Over IP, having launched the industry's first carrier-grade IP voice termination service in 1999. Today, the company offers a broad suite of IP-based voice products and operates the largest softswitch network in the world, carrying voice and data calls that total more than 20 billion minutes a month.

(3)Tone enables enterprises to deploy an array of enhanced voice services, including Class 5 capabilities, universally and seamlessly throughout a single-or multi-site corporate environment. The service offers a number of features, including an award-winning communications portal (Comsole), unified messaging, conferencing and Comsole via MS Outlook(R). The service significantly lowers up-front capital expenditures, eliminates long-distance charges for calls between branch offices, and cuts costs tied to corporate telecommunications administration.

"The Product of the Year awards exemplify the best that this industry has to offer," said Greg Galitzine, Internet Telephony's editorial director. "Level 3 has demonstrated a commitment to quality, and a commitment to the further development of the IP telephony industry, through its (3)Tone offering. We look forward to seeing other innovative solutions from Level 3 as they continue to contribute to the future of IP telephony."

Level 3 markets (3)Tone via its subsidiary, Level 3 Enhanced Services, Inc. The service is offered to businesses on a wholesale basis through local telephone companies, systems integrators, CLECs, and value-added resellers. For more information about (3)Tone and other IP voice products, visit http://www.level3.com/voice .

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 22,500 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: changes in the overall economy relating to, among other things, the September 11 attacks and subsequent events, the challenges of integration, substantial capital requirements; development of effective internal processes and systems; the ability to attract and retain high quality employees; technology; the number and size of competitors in its markets; law and regulatory policy; and the mix of products and services offered in the company's target markets. 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, Inc.

CONTACT: Media, Josh Howell, +1-720-888-2517, or Arthur Hodges,+1-720-888-6184, or Investors, Robin Grey, +1-720-888-2518, all of Level 3Communications, Inc.

Web site: http://www.level3.com/http://www.softwarespectrum.com/http://www.i-structure.com/http://www.level3.com/voice

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