Leading Online Gaming Company to Rely on Level 3 Content Delivery Network for Delivery of Thousands of Games
BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (LVLT) today announced it has signed an agreement to serve as the primary content delivery network (CDN) provider for Gamezhero, one of the world’s top online gaming companies.
The Gamezhero portal was founded in 2005 and provides thousands of online games from a variety of genres including action, arcade, puzzle, sports, role-playing, fighting, skill and adventure. Each month, Gamezhero serves more than 4.5 million users who account for more than nine million gameplays.
“Gamezhero provides a wide variety of online games to a broad range of players from across the globe, and because of that, it is critical that we use a CDN with the flexibility and reliability necessary to deliver a smooth experience 24/7,” said Igor Sotsky, CEO of Gamezhero. “Level 3’s CDN services not only ensure that our customers have a top-notch interaction with us every time they visit our site, but also give us the scalability we need to continue to grow as we roll out new games and our global user base expands.”
“Level 3 has long supported the gaming industry in delivering some of the most popular titles in the world,” said Mark Taylor, vice president of Media and IP Services for Level 3. “We’re proud to provide our media delivery solutions, such as CDN caching and storage, to Gamezhero to ensure that its millions of players enjoy smooth, uninterrupted gaming experiences.”
The Level 3 network is trusted by many leading entertainment and media companies to deliver content to audiences worldwide. The company’s services for the gaming industry are engineered to seamlessly deliver high-quality online content to end-users, allowing developers and publishers to spend more time designing and developing the best games possible and less time thinking about how to deliver them online.
For more information on Level 3’s suite of services optimized for the gaming community, visitwww.level3gaming.com.
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 55 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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