BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Global
telecommunications provider Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:
LVLT) will assist the NORAD Tracks Santa program during the 2014
holiday season by providing voice services to the Peterson Air
Force Base and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
NORAD hosts an annual mission to track Santa Claus as he journeys
across the globe to deliver presents on December 24.
The popular program is centered on a live operations center
manned by 1,250 volunteers, named Santa Trackers, who answer phone
calls and emails from children around the world. The Colorado Springs, Colorado-based center
receives around 117,000 phone calls annually from children asking
the whereabouts of Santa. Level 3's voice services provide secure
and redundant support for the high volume of communications.
"NORAD Tracks Santa is truly a global experience, delighting
generations of families everywhere," said Stacey Knott from NORAD. "This is due, in
large part, to the efforts and services of numerous program
contributors like Level 3."
"The local voice services we provide Peterson Air Force Base and
NORAD enable critical communications around-the-clock, 365 days a
year," said Tracy Shaufler, general
manager for Colorado at Level 3.
"We are excited to extend our voice services during the holiday
season to support this special program. Our technicians will be on
24-hour alert to work closely with the NORAD operations team to
ensure seamless communication services during the holiday
event."
Beginning at 12:01 a.m.
MT/2:01 a.m. ET on
December 24, families can watch Santa
make preparations for his flight. At 4:01
a.m. MT/6:01 a.m. ET, the
NORAD Tracks Santa operations center goes live and people can call
toll-free +1 877-446-6723 or email noradtrackssanta@outlook.com to
inquire about Santa's location. The website provides information in
eight languages – English, French, Spanish, German, Italian,
Japanese, Portuguese and Chinese.
In addition, official NORAD Tracks Santa apps are available on
smart phones and tablets to count down the days until Santa's
launch. Tracking opportunities are offered on Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube and Google+. Santa followers just need to type
"@noradsanta" into each search engine to get started.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications,
Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that 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 500
markets in over 60 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 or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn.
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herein are the trademarks or service marks of their respective
owners. Level 3 services are provided by subsidiaries of Level 3
Communications, Inc.
Forward-Looking Statement
Some statements
made in this press release are forward-looking in nature and are
based on management's current expectations or beliefs. These
forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and
are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of
which are outside Level 3's control, which could cause actual
events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
statements. Important factors that could prevent Level 3 from
achieving its stated goals include, but are not limited to, the
company's ability to: successfully integrate the tw telecom
acquisition; manage risks associated with continued uncertainty in
the global economy; increase revenue from its services to realize
its targets for financial and operating performance; maintain and
increase traffic on its network; develop and maintain effective
business support systems; manage system and network failures or
disruptions; avert the breach of its network and computer system
security measures; develop new services that meet customer demands
and generate acceptable margins; manage the future expansion or
adaptation of its network to remain competitive; defend
intellectual property and proprietary rights; manage continued or
accelerated decreases in market pricing for communications
services; obtain capacity for its network from other providers and
interconnect its network with other networks on favorable terms;
attract and retain qualified management and other personnel;
successfully integrate future acquisitions; effectively manage
political, legal, regulatory, foreign currency and other risks it
is exposed to due to its substantial international operations;
mitigate its exposure to contingent liabilities; and meet all of
the terms and conditions of its debt obligations. Additional
information concerning these and other important factors can be
found within Level 3's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Statements in this press release should be evaluated in
light of these important factors. Level 3 is under no obligation
to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter
its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or
otherwise.
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