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- BT Radianz managed hosting services and cloud platform now available from CME Group's data center in Aurora IRVING, Texas, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BT today announced that it has signed an agreement with CME Group -- one of the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplaces -- to enable the BT Radianz Cloud community access to CME Group's trading and market data services. In addition, the BT Radianz Cloud platform has been extended into CME Group's data center...

Level 3 Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for Leadership in Internet Services Based on Market Performance BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) announced that it has been honored by Frost & Sullivan, a leading industry research firm, as the recipient of the 2012 U.S. Growth Leadership Award for dedicated Internet access (DIA) services. Based on Frost & Sullivan's analysis, Level 3 has continued to grow its market share at...

BOGOTA, Colombia, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced the construction of its newest data center in Bogota, Colombia, as a result of increased demand for IT services among its customers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA77008LOGO) This new, 500 square-meter Premier Elite data center, designed to support managed services, will provide onsite technical staff, high levels of availability, enhanced security...

thePlatform Brings Cloud-based Video Management to BT Vision and YouView from BT LONDON and SEATTLE, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- thePlatform, the leading white-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, today disclosed that its cloud-based video publishing system, mpx, is serving as the central logistics system for BT's newest IP-based TV services in the UK, including BT Vision and YouView from BT. Major media and entertainment companies around the...

One of Venezuela's Main Poultry Companies Has Chosen Level 3 to Connect Its Locations throughout the Country CARACAS, Venezuela, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced that Grupo La Caridad, the leading poultry producer and poultry genetics research company in Venezuela, has expanded its Level 3 Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) solution to its subsidiary, Avicola la Rosita, headquartered in Maracaibo. As a result,...

BT and Avaya research finds 70 percent of UK and US consumers think they often know more than the contact center agent dealing with their inquiry IRVING, Texas, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Seventy percent of consumers believe they often know more about the products and services they're enquiring about than the contact center agent dealing with their call. That's according to new research from BT and Avaya which found that 80 percent of people thought agents struggled to answer...

Peter van Oppen Joins the Level 3 Board of Directors BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT), today announced the appointment of Peter van Oppen to its board of directors. The appointment brings the total number of board members to 14. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA77008LOGO) Mr. van Oppen has been a partner at Trilogy Partnership, a private investment firm focused on technology and telecommunications, since...

IRVING, Texas, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Portable account numbers, designed to make switching between banking providers easier, would be welcomed by customers across the world, according to an online YouGov study conducted by BT. The research, which surveyed more than 6,500 people across six countries worldwide, found that the majority of consumers in Spain (76 percent), Hong Kong (70 percent), France (64 percent), Germany (61 percent) and the UK (62 percent) all agree that a...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Telecom Argentina ("Telecom") (NYSE: TEO, Buenos Aires: TECO2), one of Argentina's leading telecommunications companies, announced that: 1. Mr. Franco Bertone, who has served as Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Argentina since his appointment by the Board of Directors in March 2009 to date, informed that Telecom Italia S.p.A has requested him to take on other responsibilities within the Telecom Italia Group. 2. Consequently,...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced it has won Global Capacity's Metro Connect Customer Choice Award for Overall Metro Excellence in the Large Carrier group. The award was presented by ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading telecommunications research company, at the Metro Connect USA conference in Miami Beach on February 20. Gary Breauninger, Level 3's group vice president of Wholesale Sales accepted on behalf of the company....