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Company Supports FCC Action; Encourages Industry to Adopt Standards BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today commented on the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) statement concerning telephone call completion in rural America, and the agreement it has reached with the company to set rural call completion standards for the industry to follow. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA77008LOGO) The FCC is...
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,...
BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today issued a statement concerning leadership transition planning for the company. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA77008LOGO) The company announced that its chief executive officer, James Q. Crowe, has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to transition out of his position as CEO by the end of 2013. Consequently, the Board has formed a Transition Planning...
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...
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....
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Executives from Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT), will participate in the following investor conferences: James Crowe, CEO of Level 3, will present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Feb. 26. The presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 4:25 p.m. PT (7:25 p.m. ET). Sunit Patel, executive vice president and CFO of Level 3, will present at the Piper Jaffray...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced its subsidiary, Level 3 Argentina S.A., has been awarded the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification for the Advanced Security Testing (AST) service in its data center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA77008LOGO) The ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification is an internationally recognized standard that helps ensure the practice of...
SAO PAULO, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced it has entered into an agreement with online retailer Dafiti, one of the largest fashion e-commerce companies in Brazil, to provide hosting and infrastructure services. Under the agreement, Level 3 also provides Internet access and data redundancy via its Premier Elite data centers in Brazil. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA77008LOGO) Dafiti's online retail business...
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced it will provide live, high definition (HD) television broadcast video services for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3, using Level 3's Vyvx VenueNet+ technology. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA77008LOGO) The Super Bowl is the most-watched television event in the U.S. each year. Last year's broadcast was viewed by an estimated total audience of 166.8 million...
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced that TMG Health, a leading national provider of expert solutions for government-sponsored health plans, is depending on Level 3's secure, redundant network solutions to better serve the needs of its clients and to improve the communications across its offices and data centers. In particular, Level 3 extended its network to the customer's new National Operations Center in...
