BROOMFIELD, Colo., December 1, 2015 – Level 3 Communications, Inc.(NYSE:LVLT, news, filings) received five 2015 MEF Excellence Awards for Carrier Ethernet retail and wholesale services. The annual MEF Excellence Awards program recognizes service, application, technology and professional excellence in the global carrier Ethernet space, in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and in the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) regions.
Key Facts:
- Level 3 received the highest number of service-related 2015 MEF Excellence Awards of any provider, taking home the top honors in 5 of 31 total awards, including: Retail Service Provider of the Year for the Global, North America and CALA regions and Wholesale Provider of the Year in North America and CALA.
- Level 3 employs the greatest number of MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professionals (MEF-CECP) of the nearly 220 MEF member companies around the world.
- The MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional Program is a vendor-neutral certification program created to identify the industry’s leading professionals and to showcase the expertise and excellence in technological knowledge and understanding of Carrier Ethernet service specifications and definitions.
- The judging panel for the awards was comprised of global and regional senior analysts from Current Analysis, Frost & Sullivan, IDC, IHS Infonetics, Metanoia, Ovum, SDxCentral, Vertical Systems and independent judges.
- Level 3 participated in the MEF’s Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) Hackathon with industry leaders from 20 companies to develop baseline code to drive future Ethernet standards.
- Level 3 Ethernet solutions are available in 198 markets across North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Key Quotes:
Anthony Christie, Chief Marketing Officer for Level 3
“At Level 3, we believe the MEF 2.0 Ethernet architecture is ideal to enable flexible and elastic network solutions, like our software defined Adaptive Network Control solutions set, that customers require to face today’s business challenges. This is why we are focused on delivering a single, ubiquitous Ethernet platform across our global network and ensuring our engineers are highly trained in the leading Ethernet technology and specifications in support of our customers.”
Nan Chen, President of the MEF
“Level 3 has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to providing high-quality Carrier Ethernet services to customers around the world and to actively supporting the MEF mission of accelerating the worldwide adoption and interoperability of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services through consistent standards and certification.”
Additional Resources:
- MAP: Level 3’s Global Ethernet Network
- CASE STUDY: Brock White
- FACT SHEET: Level 3 Ethernet Solution Matrix
For more information on Level 3’s advanced network and service offerings, visit www.level3.com.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3’s comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500 markets in over 60 countries across a global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. For more information, please visit www.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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