-- Blue Jeans Network Is First Cloud-based Collaboration
Partner
BROOMFIELD, Colorado,
March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced
it is taking the next step in enabling enterprise cloud adoption by
incorporating unified communications and collaboration (UC&C)
applications into its robust Cloud Connect ecosystem. As a part of
this launch, Level 3 will connect to a variety of UC&C
partners, starting with cloud-based video conferencing service
provider Blue Jeans Network.
With the rise of the global workforce, telecommuting and BYOD,
enterprises are looking for simpler, more cost-effective ways to
deploy business-critical collaboration services, such as voice,
video collaboration, e-mail, conferencing and contact center.
According to Frost & Sullivan, hosted/cloud-based video
conferencing services are expected to grow to $344.1 million in revenue by 2019 – up from
$113.7 million in 2013 – due to their
ability to offer significantly lower costs compared to on-premises
solutions, ease of deployment and use, and interoperability across
endpoints.
Through Level 3's Cloud Connect ecosystem, enterprises can now
securely access global cloud-based communication services, such as
those provided by Blue Jeans Network, via a single multiprotocol
label switching (MPLS) network connection.
"Level 3's collaboration solution marries the ubiquitous reach
of the public Internet with the inherent security, predictability,
control and quality of service benefits of a private network," said
Anthony Christie, chief marketing
officer for Level 3. "This is the next step to delivering our
simple vision to provide application-centric enterprise
communications using one network connection. We look forward to
adding more collaboration partners like Blue Jeans Network to our
Cloud Connect suite of services."
"We built Blue Jeans to enable more effective collaboration
anytime, anywhere and from practically any device. Now we're
extending the Blue Jeans experience over a private cloud network to
Level 3 customers to offer added security, guaranteed quality of
service and improved performance," said Stu
Aaron, chief commercial officer at Blue Jeans Network.
"Enterprises across the globe are demanding easy, interoperable
cloud-based video, and we're proud to extend our reach and work
with Level 3 to provide that level of service to even more
customers."
For more information on Level 3's Cloud Connect UC&C
solution, visit http://your.level3.com/bluejeans.
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 across 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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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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