SÃO PAULO, Feb. 17, 2017
/PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the enterprise
services provider market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Level 3
Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) with the 2016 Latin America Frost
& Sullivan Company of the Year Award. Level 3 has leveraged its
expertise in the convergent telecom-IT services arena to develop
innovative solutions that successfully address customers' unmet
needs. The quality of its products and services have increased its
Latin America revenue by 7%
year-on-year, reaching $642 million
in 2015. Enterprises were responsible for 78% and wholesale
accounted for the remaining 22%.
Level 3's connectivity portfolio serves a major client need and
includes private connections, direct cloud connectivity, satellite
services, Internet, and value-added services (VASs). Some of its
outstanding VAS include:
- Load balancing services: Connection in pass-through mode
requires no special settings for easy and non-intrusive
integration, transparent installation with no need to change
firewall settings or routers from client devices, and balancing
team functioning as a layer 2.
- Wide area network (WAN) optimization: This enables users to
speed up traffic across the WAN without increasing the bandwidth by
using next generation compression technology, substituting more
efficient transport protocols and sending larger bundles of
data.
- Traffic shaping: This includes precise policy-based traffic
management and shaping through L7, performance packet
classification and marking, advanced L7 capabilities hostname, URL,
HTTP file wildcard downloads, traffic discard/block, time of day
policies, and adaptive response.
- Content delivery networks (CDNs): In addition to data
transportation to other countries, the most requested services in
Latin America are encoding and
video compression and CDNs focused on media and entertainment
companies. Hence, Level 3 is expanding its CDN solution throughout
the region, anchored by a network operations center (NOC) in
Brazil to support regional
customers.
- Vyvx linear channel distribution (LCD): High-quality TV channel
programmers are replicated to supply the multichannel video
programming distributors (MVPD) such as TV companies and cable and
satellite video over-the-top (OTT) providers.
"Level 3 stands out from traditional providers because its
service is based on fiber, allowing content providers to scale the
distribution of its channels for MVPDs and over-the-top companies
worldwide," said Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Carina Gonçalves. "Through the use of
high-capacity transmissions, secure and redundant by fiber, the
service delivers robust user experience and superior video quality.
Essentially, customers have a greater visibility in the
distribution process and can make necessary changes quickly."
Incorporating long-range, macro-level scenarios in the
innovation strategy, Level 3 aims to simplify its operating
environment and is moving toward a global platform that is
underlined by continuous customer experience improvement and
consolidated regional customer assurance. Level 3 also bundles
equipment and services along with connectivity to maintain the
value of the total contract.
One of the main differentiators for Level 3 is its vast global
coverage. It has more than 33,000 route miles of its own submarine
cable; connected more than 60 countries, 500 markets, and 173,000
intercity and metro route miles; over 350 data centers; and 43 Tbps
of IP and CDN global capacity. Its operations in Latin America span Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru,
and Venezuela. Additionally, Level
3 has launched a customer experience improvement program designed
to enhance its customer Web portal and automated customer
communications.
"The company's market leadership is founded on its operational
excellence and consistent efforts to innovate. Its position
received a further boost with the strong and reliable alliances it
forged with both global and local technology suppliers," noted
Carina Gonçalves. "Lastly, its expertise in the convergent
telecom-IT services arena has reinforced its reputation and image
as a leading provider of customized solutions."
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the
company that has demonstrated excellence in terms of growth
strategy and implementation. The award recognizes a high degree of
innovation with products and technologies and the resulting
leadership in terms of customer value and market penetration.
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies
in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating
outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as
leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and
strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market
participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews,
analysis, and extensive secondary research to identify best
practices in the industry.
About Level 3 Communications (Level 3)
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
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Contact:
Chiara Carella
P: +44 (0) 207.343.8314
F: 210.348.1003
E: chiara.carella@frost.com
Paula Vivo
Level 3, Latin America
+55 11-3957-2424
paula.vivo@level3.com
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