Level 3 Receives Highest Competitive Score in Frost & Sullivan Assessment of MPLS/IP VPN Service Providers in North America
Oct 29, 2012
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 29, 2012 – Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:LVLT, news, filings) announced that it has been honored by Frost & Sullivan, a leading industry research firm, as the recipient of the 2012 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award for MPLS/IP VPN (multiprotocol label switching/Internet protocol virtual private network) services in the U.S. market.
The Competitive Strategy Leadership Award is based on the results of Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices research, which identifies industry leaders that have excelled in advancing specific technologies and services within the marketplace.
“Through a blend of organic and inorganic initiatives, Level 3 has shown strategy leadership during the last year, broadening its industry leading MPLS/IP VPN service platform and deepening its market presence,” stated Roopashree Honnachari, program manager, Business Communication Services at Frost & Sullivan. “The company’s highly secure and managed converged IP solution, backed by best-in-class SLAs, is very attractive to today’s discerning enterprise customer looking for a managed network solution that enables business growth and enhances efficiency. The company’s MPLS/IP VPN solutions come with the security features and performance monitoring tools that ensure that customers can run their business-critical applications reliably and securely.”
As a part of the evaluation process, Frost & Sullivan rates the performance of potential recipients against their ability to leverage competitive intelligence, execute competitive strategy, impact market share, and competitively position their brand and impact customer satisfaction/value. Based on Frost & Sullivan’s scorecard analysis, Level 3 ranked high across all criteria, earning the best weighted average among all of the providers evaluated.
“The Competitive Strategy Leadership Award reflects Level 3’s commitment to meeting the needs of its enterprise customers with a highly reliable and efficient network solution, supporting multiple applications with seamless connectivity over its local-to-global footprint,” said Paul Savill, Level 3’s senior vice president of Global Core Product Management. “We are honored to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the top provider for MPLS/IP VPN services in the U.S. and will continue to expand and improve our service capabilities around the globe.”
For more information on Level 3’s MPLS/IP VPN service offerings, visit http://www.level3.com/TrustedVPN.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:LVLT) 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 450 markets in 45 countries over 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
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