Level 3 (Nasdaq: LVLT) is an international communications and information
services company and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The
company operates one of the largest communications and Internet backbones
in the world.
Level 3 is one of the largest providers of wholesale dial-up service to ISPs
in North America and is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions
of broadband subscribers through its cable and DSL partners.
The world’s largest telecom carriers all continue to use Level 3 services,
as do the 10 largest U.S. Internet Service Providers, and the 10 largest European
telecom carriers.
The company offers a wide range of
communications services over its approximately 23,000 mile broadband
fiber optic network including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband
transport, colocation services, and patented Softswitch-based managed
modem and voice services. Services offered under the “Level
3 Communications” brand include:
• Internet access services
• Managed modem dial-up services
• Broadband transport
• IP-centric voice services
• Private packet-switched services
• DSL Aggregation
• Colocation
• Metropolitan and intercity dark fiber
Based on the amount of Internet traffic on Level 3’s IP backbone,
Level 3 is among the largest Internet carriers in the world. Through
Level 3’s dial-up ISP customers, the company’s dial-up infrastructure
is accessible to approximately 90% of the U.S. population. When a typical
Internet user at home dials the Internet using a modem in the U.S., there
is better than a one-in-three chance that their call is being completed
within a Level 3 data center.
“We clearly trust a significant portion of our business
with Level 3, and that has been a great decision for us here at AOL."
—John Schanz, SVP Network operations, America Online
Level 3 Subsidiaries
Level 3 offers enterprise and information services through wholly
owned subsidiaries:
- Software Spectrum is a global business-to-business
software services provider and has supply arrangements with major
software publishers including Microsoft, IBM/Lotus, Adobe Systems,
Symantec, Novell, and McAfee. It is the world’s largest
reseller and license manager of Microsoft products.
- (i)Structure is an information
technology, or IT, infrastructure outsourcing company that provides managed computer infrastructure services in Data Centers located in Omaha, Nebraska, and Tempe, Arizona. The company enables businesses to outsource costly IT operations and thereby benefit from secure, cost-effective, managed services
that scale to meet changing needs.
Why is the Level 3 Network
Ideal for Communications-Intensive Companies?
The majority of the Level 3 Network is a multi-conduit, fully upgradeable
network, allowing it to be more adaptable to future technological changes
than existing and less flexible networks.
Contruction teams working exclusively to Level 3's exacting designs built the
entire Level 3 intercity network and all 36 of the company’s metropolitan
networks in North America and Europe. In the process, Level 3 created one of
the most scalable, cost-effective, and state-of-the-art optical networks in
existence. Few providers own the amount of available fiber infrastructure that
Level 3 owns. Consequently, few can claim to be as accommodating of future
customer growth.
For More Information
To speak with Level 3, you may call Level 3’s main number at
1-877-2LEVEL3 (1-877-253-8353).
