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Level 3 Signs Agreement With MySpace.com

Posted on: Friday, 18 August 2006, 21:00 CDT

BROOMFIELD, Colo. - Fiber network operator Level 3 Communications Inc. has signed a multi-year agreement to transmit Internet content, including video, for the popular social networking site MySpace.com, Level 3 announced Friday.

Level 3, which offers Internet capacity in 82 markets, will initially support MySpace in some markets, the company said in a statement.

"We selected Level 3 because of the proven performance of its network and Level 3's ability to support increasing high bandwidth demand," Aber Whitcomb, chief technology officer of MySpace, said in a joint statement issued by Level 3.

MySpace's video site had 20 million visitors last month, trailing Yahoo Inc.'s site, which had 21 million, according to comScore Media Metrix. Last month, MySpace.com was the seventh most visited site online with 43.5 million, according to media-research company Nielsen/NetRatings

Level 3, which reported a loss of $201 million for the quarter ending June 30, has been on a buying spree. Its revenue jumped 71 percent over the same quarter the previous year to $819 million from $371 million, partly on its acquisition of WilTel Communications, ICG Communications and Progress Telecom. It closed its $1.1 billion cash-and-stock acquistion of privately held TelCove Inc. last month and expects to close its purchase of data transport services company Looking Glass this quarter.

Level 3's stock closed up 4 cents at $3.76 in Friday's trading on the Nasdaq.

Source: Associated Press/AP Online

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