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About Level 3
Level 3 Communications® (Nasdaq: LVLT) is an international communications company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The company operates one of the largest communications and Internet backbones in the world.
Since our founding in 1998, Level 3® has been focused on delivering premier services over one of the world’s most advanced, IP-optimized networks. Level 3 owns and maintains over 48,000 intercity route miles. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of network offerings that spans Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport, colocation services, and patented Softswitch-based managed modem and voice services. Level 3 also uses these network services as a foundation for delivering enterprise telecommunications solutions.
Level 3 supports its customers across four Groups:
- Level 3 Wholesale Markets serves national and global service providers with integrated data, voice, and video services across one of the world’s largest, most-modern networks.
- Level 3 Content Markets combines broadcast and advertising distribution services with traditional Internet services to help rich-media content providers operate at a huge scale among multiple destinations.
- Level 3 Business Markets connects regional enterprises, local service providers, and regional carriers with high-availability, nationwide network access and high-performance data, voice and Internet solutions.
- Level 3 European Markets provides European and Global content and telecom providers with the transatlantic capacity and global connectivity to handle growth across wholesale communications services and bandwidth solutions.
Level 3 counts among its customers:
- 19 of the world’s top 20 telecom companies
- 9 of the 10 largest telecom carriers in Europe
- 9 of the top 10 U.S. Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
- 9 of the top 10 U.S. cable companies
- 3 of the top 4 telecom companies in Asia
- Top 5 U.S. Wireless Service Providers
