Level 3 Communications Announces Network Services Agreement With America Online - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, Oct 25, 1999

Level 3 Communications, Inc. Thursday announced it has signed an agreement with America Online, Inc. for managed modem and network connection services.

"AOL is clearly one of the companies in the vanguard of the information revolution," said Kathy Perone, senior vice president of Sales for Level 3. "We are pleased to provide network infrastructure services to help AOL as it continues to work to bring the best possible online experience to its members across the United States."

"We're pleased to add Level 3 as a provider of dialup access to AOLnet for the AOL and CompuServe services," said Geraldine MacDonald, vice president, AOLnet Operations. "Our agreement means that we'll be able to bring our members more modems and continue to enhance access."

Level 3's Managed Modem Service was introduced in Fall 1998 and is the first service to utilize Level 3's revolutionary Softswitch-enabled network. Softswitches are technically advanced software control systems, which Level 3 uses to provide customers with services that combine the innovation and rapidly improving performance of IP networks with the reliability and ubiquity of telephone networks.

Level 3 Communications, Inc., is a communications and information services company that is building the first international network optimized for Internet Protocol technology. The Level 3 Network combines local, long distance, and undersea networks, connecting customers end-to-end across the U.S. and in Europe and Asia. The company expects to complete its planned network construction in phases beginning in the first quarter of 2001. In the interim, Level 3 is offering service in the U.S. and Europe using a combination of company owned facilities and leased network connections. Level 3's common stock is traded on The Nasdaq National Market (U.S.) under the symbol LVLT. Its World Wide Web address is (http://www.Level3.com).