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Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

Crazed Squirrels Huge Threat to Fiber Optic Networks

August 5, 2011 Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

The 10 Most Bizarre and Annoying Causes of Fiber Cuts Squirrels – who would ever think they could shut down your connectivity? While we can try to reason with humans and publicize our underground cable, there is nothing we can do about our next biggest pain in the rear, and that’s squirrels!  Of all the [...]

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Level 3 and Global Crossing Meet With FCC to Discuss Proposed Merger

July 21, 2011 Global Crossing

Level 3 and Global Crossing met with staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, the International Bureau, and the Office of the General Counsel to discuss their proposed merger.  They said the merger will unite two complementary companies and networks, increasing both worldwide reach and the depth of [...]

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Level 3 Launched Wholesale Partner Program

May 23, 2011 Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that it has launched the Level 3 Wholesale Partner Program to better enable domestic and international wholesale carriers to resell Level 3′s services to their enterprise customers. The program is designed to make it easier for carriers to leverage the Level 3 network as a simple, cost-effective [...]

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Level 3 buys Global Crossing

April 12, 2011 Global Crossing

Level 3 has arranged to acquire fellow Tier 1 network operator Global Crossing in an all-stock deal worth $3 billion. The deal will create an operator with fiber and other networks in around 50 countries throughout North America, Latin America and Europe, and subsea cable network connections to more than 70. The combined company will [...]

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Level 3 ATLANTIC-ACM 2011 Global Wholesale Best in Class Award

January 17, 2011 Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) has received the ATLANTIC-ACM 2011 Global Wholesale Best in Class Award for Provisioning and the Best in Class Award for Network Quality. The awards recognize Level 3′s leadership in delivering data network and voice services to meet the wholesale communications needs of global carriers. “Our survey results reflect customers’ [...]

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CallX selects Level 3’s voice termination services

December 6, 2010 Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Callx Communications, a communications services provider for voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions, to enhance that company’s voice capabilities using Level 3’s voice termination services. Level 3’s domestic and international voice termination services will enable Callx to improve the quality [...]

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Level 3 Releases Statement to Clarify Issues in Comcast/Level3 Interconnection Dispute

December 3, 2010 Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

Level 3 and Comcast have been in a disagreement over Comcast’s announced intention to demand an ongoing payment from Level 3 and others for delivering content to Comcast, such as movies, that Comcast’s subscribers have requested. Comcast has said repeatedly that “this is just a good old fashioned peering dispute” and that Level 3 is just trying to [...]

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Level 3 Statement versus Comcast charging to pass streaming video

November 30, 2010 Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) issued the following statement, which can be attributed to Thomas Stortz, Chief Legal Officer of Level 3: “On November 19, 2010, Comcast informed Level 3 that, for the first time, it will demand a recurring fee from Level 3 to transmit Internet online movies and other content to Comcast’s [...]

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Level 3 Improves Efficiency of Disaster Recovery Solutions for RestorePoint

November 22, 2010 Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) has signed an agreement with RestorePoint, Inc., a provider of disaster recovery and data protection solutions, to enhance that company’s data transmission rate with Level 3’s dedicated Internet access (DIA) service. Based in Alpharetta, Ga., RestorePoint offers data back-up and recovery solutions for enterprises requiring operational resiliency. The company [...]

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