BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3
Communications (NYSE: LVLT) today announced the Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded the company a multiple-year
competitive contract known as Global Network Services (GNS). The
contract allows Level 3 to bid on and provide communications
services to support DISA's goal of providing a single global
network including both wired and wireless technologies by 2020.
Key Facts:
- GNS provides DISA with a vehicle to procure leased
telecommunications services in support of the Defense Information
Systems Network (DISN) and DoD Information Network (DoDIN)
worldwide.
- GNS is a multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite
quantity (IDIQ) contract, with a five-year base period and five
one-year option periods.
- Level 3 will have the opportunity to support the Defense
Department's more than 40 military services, combatant commands and
intelligence and functional agencies via a suite of global
network-based services.
Level 3 is Authorized to Bid on and Provide:
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) services
- Internet services
- SDN implementations
- Private line services
- Wavelength services
- Cloud connectivity services
- SIP trunking services
- Security services
- Managed services
- Colocation services
- Content Delivery Network (CDN) services
- Dark fiber
Key Quotes:
David Young, Regional Vice
President, Level 3's Government Markets Group
"The importance of an agile, secure and reliable network among
government agencies cannot be overstated – particularly within
DISA. Level 3 has architected a global network that provides a
broad array of essential communications services, making us a
trusted provider to a number of state, local and federal government
organizations. We look forward to supporting DISA with
best-in-class enterprise solutions that can deliver
mission-critical communications any time, across the world."
Key Resources:
- About Level 3's Government Solutions
- Level 3 Contract Vehicles
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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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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