Level 3 Network to Allow EtherSpeak to Expand Coverage Area
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2010 — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:LVLT, news, filings) today announced that it has been selected to provide wholesale voice, toll-free and VoIP enhanced local services (ELS) for EtherSpeak Communications, an open standard based IP communications solutions provider.
Under the contract, EtherSpeak will operate its voice traffic on Level 3’s network, thereby allowing the company to expand its coverage area and streamline its business. With Level 3 VoIP ELS, customers like EtherSpeak can deliver IP-based local and long-distance communications services to residential and business customers using broadband connections. This solution enables a quick-to-market, cost-effective and high-quality VoIP primary-line replacement service.
“Our goal at EtherSpeak is to provide our customers with a range of highly reliable IP services including voice, fax and video, and so the quality of the network to which those services are connected is of paramount importance to us,” said Neil Darling, president of EtherSpeak Communications. “We turned to Level 3 because the company’s reliable and scalable all-IP network is a natural fit for the value we work every day to deliver to the benefit of our resellers and their customers.”
“I often hear from customers that a key factor in their decision to choose Level 3 for their communications services is our extensive experience in IP delivery,” said William Ganey, Level 3’s general manager for Washington, D.C. “We take great pride in being an IP innovator and using our cutting-edge network as the foundation for a wide range of world-class communications solutions.”
Level 3’s Business Markets Group leverages the power of the company’s extensive fiber-optic network, metro assets, and locally focused sales and sales support organization to deliver world-class services to enterprise customers and service providers throughout the United States.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is a leading international provider of fiber-based communications services. Enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers rely on Level 3 to deliver services with an industry-leading combination of scalability and value over an end-to-end fiber network. Level 3 offers a portfolio of metro and long-haul services, including transport, data, Internet, content delivery and voice. For more information, visit www.Level3.cbuom.
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About EtherSpeak Communications, LLC
Headquartered in Culpeper, Virginia, EtherSpeak Communications, LLC is an industry-leading provider of open standards communication solutions for IP PBX customers. EtherSpeak enhances IP-based communications by ensuring flexible, simple and reliable voice, fax and video integration beyond the customer’s network edge. For more information, please visit www.ietherspeak.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
Some of the statements made in this press release are forward-looking in nature. These statements are based on management’s current expectations or beliefs. These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Level 3’s control, which could cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the statements. The most important factors that could prevent Level 3 from achieving its stated goals include, but are not limited to, the current uncertainty in the global financial markets and the global economy; disruptions in the financial markets that could affect Level 3’s ability to obtain additional financing; as well as the company’s ability to: increase and maintain the volume of traffic on the network; successfully integrate acquisitions; develop effective business support systems; defend intellectual property and proprietary rights; manage system and network failures or disruptions; develop new services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; adapt to rapid technological changes that lead to further competition; attract and retain qualified management and other personnel; and meet all of the terms and conditions of debt obligations. Additional information concerning these and other important factors can be found within Level 3’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this press release should be evaluated in light of these important factors. Level 3 is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
SOURCE: Level 3 Communications, Inc.
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