BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's IT
departments are challenged with helping the enterprise realize the
benefits of digital transformation. At the same time, they're
working to replace or integrate legacy and siloed collaboration
services into more efficient solutions designed to support the
evolving needs of a more mobile and global workforce. To help
enterprises on this journey, Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:
LVLT) is unveiling Amazon Chime delivered by Level 3, a global,
unified communications offering.
Learn how Amazon Chime delivered by Level 3 can be leveraged
for increased productivity and streamlined operations:
http://www.level3.com/en/landing-pages/amazon-chime-and-level-3/.
Key Facts:
- Amazon Chime delivered by Level 3 is a single vendor-managed
unified communications solution that runs on Amazon Web Services
(AWS), with end-to-end customer support provided by Level 3.
- Customers can leverage a pay-as-you-go collaboration tool,
without the requirement for long-term commitments or upfront
capital investments.
- With Amazon Chime delivered by Level 3, enterprises have access
to an adaptable communications platform with Level 3 global service
level agreements.
- Amazon Chime delivered by Level 3 is available to Level 3
customers in North America and
EMEA.
Key Benefits:
- Amazon Chime delivered by Level 3 helps consolidate multiple
tools into one video, voice, chat and screen-sharing tool.
- Level 3 allows customers to implement advanced enterprise
solutions without the heavy burden on internal resources for
support.
- Throughout the adoption process, Level 3 assists customers with
training, implementation and professional services.
Key Quotes:
Carlin
Wiegner, General Manager of Amazon Chime, Amazon Web
Services
"AWS and Level 3 have a solid track record of
working together to provide solutions to businesses. Our customers
have told us that Amazon Chime takes the frustration out of
meetings, with a single tool that helps ensure meetings start on
time and gives employees high quality meetings with video, voice
and chat. As an Advanced Partner in the AWS Partner Network, Level
3 is well suited to participate with us to deliver Amazon
Chime."
Cindy Whelan, Principal
Analyst, Global IT Managed and Hosted Services at
GlobalData
"Despite advances in conferencing technology, all
too often online meetings are delayed by common pitfalls like call
access coordinates and distractions from background noise. Amazon
Chime delivered by Level 3 gives Level 3's enterprise customers a
new option for collaboration services, with one click to join
meetings and noise cancelling audio that can add up to more
productive meeting time."
Anthony Christie, CMO for
Level 3
"The right communication tools are imperative to the
success of any enterprise in the midst of digital transformation.
With Amazon Chime delivered by Level 3, customers have the benefit
of AWS's agility, coupled with Level 3's highly reliable and secure
global network and high-touch support model, so they can focus on
what matters most to their business."
Additional Resources:
- Watch this video to discover the benefits of Amazon Chime
- Learn more about the drivers for unified communications
- Hear from Anthony Christie on
latest trends for unified communications
For more information on Level 3's advanced network and service
offerings, visit www.level3.com.
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: increase revenue from its services to realize
its targets for financial and operating performance; 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 risks associated with continued uncertainty in the global
economy; 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; 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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