Level 3 Communications

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

Traded as	NYSE: LVLT
Industry	Telecom
Founded	1985
Defunct	November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01)
Fate	Acquired by CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies)
Headquarters	Broomfield, Colorado, United States
Key people	James O. Ellis Jr. (Chairman) Jeff Storey (CEO) Sunit Patel (CFO)
Products	Mobile telephony, Internet services, Content delivery
Revenue	US$ 8.3 billion (2015)[1]
Operating income	US$ 1.3 billion (2015)[1]
Net income	US$3.4 billion (2015)[1]
Total assets	US$24.1 billion (2015)[2]
Total equity	US$10.1 billion (2015)[3]
Number of employees	13,500
Parent	Lumen Technologies
ASNs	3356, 1, 11213, 7911, 281, 10753, 594, 2551, 199, 560, 20476, 3549, 19094, 19591, 279, 30686, 189, 18756, 16852, 7176, 6395, 8043, 524, 19962, 200, 201, 202, 203, 595, 596, 597, 598, 3508, 3831, 4323, 6467, 6484, 7037, 22026, 26458, 32421
Website	lumen.com

Level 3 Communications was an American multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.^[4] It ultimately became a part of CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies), where Level 3 President and CEO Jeff Storey was installed as Chief Operating Officer, becoming CEO of CenturyLink one year later in a prearranged succession plan.

Level 3 operated a Tier 1 network.^[4] The company provided core transport, IP, voice, video, and content delivery for medium-to-large Internet carriers in North America, Latin America, Europe, and selected cities in Asia.^[5] Level 3 was also the largest competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and the 3rd largest provider of fiber-optic internet access (based on coverage) in the United States.

On October 31, 2016, CenturyLink announced an agreement to acquire Level 3 Communications in a cash and stock transaction.^[6] Level 3 became part of CenturyLink on November 1, 2017.