Level 3 Expands in EuropeLevel 3 Expands in Europe

Level 3 Communications adds (3)Link wavelength and Ethernet services for metropolitan area networks to its portfolio in 36 cities

February 17, 2004

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LONDON -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT) today announced that it has expanded its portfolio of transport and infrastructure services with the addition of wavelength and Ethernet services for metropolitan area networks (MANs). These new services are available in 36 European and U.S. cities where Level 3 already offers metropolitan private line and metropolitan dark fibre services.

The new services, called (3)Link® Metro Wavelength and (3)Link® Metro Ethernet, are being offered as a result of increasing customer demand for metropolitan transport solutions. Level 3 now has a comprehensive set of metropolitan services that gives its customers the flexibility to choose the most appropriate solution for their needs, including metropolitan access to Level 3’s intercity transport, Internet and data networking services.

“We’re pleased that a major global carrier, a top online content provider and others have already selected Level 3 for their metropolitan wavelength and Ethernet needs,” said Steve Liddell, senior vice president of Transport, Infrastructure and Access Services for Level 3. “We believe our new metropolitan network services will provide customers with the ideal combination of reliability, diversity and security, while bringing them economic benefits that exceed those of other metropolitan solutions.”

Level 3’s new metropolitan wavelength and Ethernet services support metro applications including IP connectivity, traffic aggregation, converged networks, long-haul extensions, data traffic exchange, and other customer needs. The services are available at a variety of speeds, and eliminate the need for customers to invest the significant capital, management and maintenance costs associated with building a dark fibre network.

“In addition to the voice market, Level 3 has identified opportunities to leverage our other product lines to further expand the company’s addressable market and create new sources of potential revenue,” said Liddell. “We believe we have a substantial and sustainable competitive advantage in the quality and reliability of our network architecture that, combined with our industry-leading innovation and responsiveness, makes us an ideal partner for companies requiring metropolitan transport and infrastructure services.”

“Many of the world’s top telecommunications companies, ISPs and cable operators have trusted us to meet their intercity wavelength needs for several years,” added Liddell. “As an experienced and proven architect and provider of long-haul, wavelength-based customer networks, it makes sense to leverage our extensive metropolitan network assets to bring metropolitan wavelength services to market at a time of increasing demand from existing customers.”

Level 3 Communications Inc.

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