Monday July 16, 7:00 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Level 3 Communications, Inc.
Level 3 Announces Agreement With Verizon
Verizon's Global Network to Use Level 3's (3)Center Colocation And
(3)Link Private Line Services
BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:
LVLT - news) today announced an agreement with Verizon Communications' Global
Solutions Inc. (GSI). Under the terms of the multi-million dollar agreement, GSI will use
Level 3's (3)Link Private Line and (3)Center Colocation services for Verizon's new global
network.
GSI, which is responsible for assembling and managing Verizon's new network, will house
switching and transmission equipment and related network interconnection equipment in
Level 3's Gateway centers in Los Angeles and Miami. GSI will occupy a combined total of
approximately 3,500 square feet in both locations.
``We are extremely pleased to be working with Verizon, a leading communications company
formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE last year,'' said Kevin O'Hara, Level 3's
president and chief operating officer. ``We look forward to providing GSI with the
broadband services it needs to operate its network hubs, so the company can provide its
customers with the most reliable services possible.''
Level 3's Los Angeles Gateway will serve as the Verizon global network's communications
hub for the western United States, connecting Verizon's customers there with western
Canada, Asia and Mexico. Level 3's (3)Link Private Line service connects Verizon in Los
Angeles to the company's international gateway switch in New York, from which GSI will
provide connections to eastern Canada and Europe.
Level 3's Miami Gateway will serve as the Verizon global network's communications hub for
connections to the Caribbean, Latin America and South America.
Verizon announced plans in February for its global network, which will link the United States
with major commercial and financial centers in Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico and Canada.
Links are already operating between New York and London; New York and Toronto; Seattle and Vancouver; Los Angeles
and Mexico City; and between Honolulu and Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney.
Gruß Hans-Udo
