WASHINGTON, June 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc.
(NYSE: CTL) announced today that it has been selected as an
authorized commercial internet service provider by The Quilt, a
national coalition of non-profit U.S. regional research and
education networks representing 40 networks and more than 900
educational institutions across the country.
"I'm pleased to announce that we've again been selected as an
approved ISP by a national coalition of research and education
networks, which acknowledges our place as a leading provider of
secure, best-in-class network solutions to large educational
institutions and public consortiums," said David Young, CenturyLink senior vice president,
strategic government, whose responsibilities include the research
and education market.
In order to be named an approved provider on the two-year Quilt
contract, CenturyLink participated in a competitive RFP process
that focused on IP transit providers that are at the forefront of
technology and offer the best value to Quilt members.
"I'm proud that CenturyLink has been an authorized Quilt
provider since 2002," said Craig
Cupach, CenturyLink director of research and education
sales. "CenturyLink has a history of providing research and
education networks with advanced technology solutions that meet
Quilt members' increasing bandwidth needs, including providing 100
gigabit service."
"Through its commodity internet services RFP, The Quilt seeks
out partners who provide a network capable of supporting the
advanced requirements of our members with reliable, scalable and
flexible solutions. We are pleased to include CenturyLink among
these key providers that participate in our Quilt program," said
Jen Leasure, president and CEO of
The Quilt.
By supplying cybersecurity, cloud, managed hosting and IT
services over its carrier-class network, CenturyLink provides
research and education institutions with the security and
reliability they need.
Additional Resources
Learn more about The Quilt's
rigorous RFP process:
https://www.thequilt.net/quilt-news/quilt-releases-rfp-2018-commodity-internet-services/
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is the
second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise
customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense
focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the
world's best networking company by solving customers' increased
demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves
as its customers' trusted partner, helping them manage increased
network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber
security solutions that help protect their business.
About The Quilt
The Quilt provides advanced network
services and applications to over 900 universities and thousands of
other educational and community anchor institutions. Its goal
is to promote consistent, reliable, inter-operable and efficient
advanced networking services that extend to the broadest possible
community; and to represent common interests in the development and
delivery of advanced cyberinfrastructure that enables innovation
through our education and research mission. Through The Quilt,
non-profit regional research and education networks collaborate to
develop, deploy and operate advanced cyberinfrastructure that
enables innovation in research and education.
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