(3)ToneSM Business Service Receives 2004 SUPERQuest
Network Infrastructure Award
BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 1, 2004 – Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT) today announced that its
(3)Tone Business VoIP service has received the 2004 SUPERQuest Network Infrastructure Award from SUPERCOMM 2004, an annual symposium that is produced and managed by the Telecommunications Industry Association.
The SUPERQuest Awards are given annually to communications and IT product and service manufacturers for superior achievement in public and private network design and operations. The awards are designed to recognize the industry’s most innovative new technologies, products and enterprise solutions.
Winners were chosen by a panel of judges that included technology press, analysts and other experts. Level 3’s award will be conferred in conjunction with the industry’s largest trade symposium, SUPERCOMM, which will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago, June 20-24.
“The strength and resiliency of this industry is reflected in the SUPERQuest Award Winners and Runners-Up,” said Jack Chalden, general manager of SUPERCOMM. “These forward-thinking, innovative companies give promise to the continuing growth and development of this industry and show us exactly where we should be headed in the future.”
“SUPERCOMM is one of the most prominent telecommunications events in the U.S., and as such, the SUPERQuest awards carry significant prestige in the industry,” said Sureel Choksi, president of Softswitch Services for
Level 3. “We’re very pleased to receive the award recognizing (3)Tone Business, which is a key part of our overall suite of wholesale, business and consumer VoIP services.”
(3)Tone Business is a hosted IP voice service designed to augment or replace PBX, IP PBX and Centrex enterprise communications systems. Sold to businesses through local telephone companies, system integrators, CLECs, and value-added resellers, the service delivers combined capital and operating savings of as much as 40 percent. The service allows enterprises to deploy an array of enhanced voice services, including Class 5 features, universally and seamlessly throughout a single-or multi-site corporate environment.
Level 3 has long been a pioneer in VoIP, having launched the industry’s first carrier-class IP voice termination service in 1999. Today, the company offers a broad suite of IP-based voice services and operates the largest softswitch network in the world, carrying voice and data calls of approximately 25 billion minutes a month.
“Level 3’s network was built from the ground up to deliver the converged IP services demanded by today’s communications customers,” said Charles Meyers, group vice president of marketing for Level 3. “We believe the network’s capabilities, combined with Level 3’s industry-leading experience delivering scalable, carrier-grade VoIP services, put Level 3 in a strong position to capitalize on the accelerating demand for VoIP we’re seeing in every sector of the voice market.”
Level 3 built its award-winning (3)Tone Business service using messaging and conferencing solutions from IP Unity, softswitching and Class 5 features from Sylantro, and media gateways from Sonus Networks. Operational, sales and marketing support is available to channel partners through the Level(3)EnabledSM Partner Program.
For more information about Level 3’s portfolio of VoIP services, please visit www.Level3.com.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT), an international communications company, operates one of the largest Internet backbones in the world, connecting 180 markets in 18 countries. The company serves a broad range of wholesale, enterprise and content customers with a comprehensive suite of services including: Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and infrastructure services, colocation services, voice and voice over IP services, content delivery and media distribution services. These services provide the building blocks to enable Level 3’s customers to meet their growing demands for advanced communications solutions. The company’s Web address is www.Level3.com.
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