BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 15, 2007 Level 3 Communications’ Content Markets Group today announced it is launching caching and downloading services as a part of its comprehensive content delivery platform. Level 3 has invested to enhance its content delivery architecture since acquiring key intellectual property and content delivery assets earlier this year. The new architecture enables customers to tap into large-scale server clusters deployed to leverage the scale and reach of the Level 3 backbone, one of the largest in the United States and in Europe.

“Level 3 has been a trusted network partner for AOL for some time,” said Balan Nair, chief technology officer of AOL. “We have relied on Level 3’s network and services to enable the delivery of our content and services to end users. We are very pleased that Level 3 continues to develop its content delivery platform and believe that caching and downloading services are logical extensions of Level 3’s network services portfolio. We believe that Level 3’s content delivery solutions will enable AOL to scale with growing demand and meet the performance expectations of our AOL community of users.”

“We are very pleased to be supporting AOL’s ongoing efforts to provide a superior end-user experience,” said Brady Rafuse, president of Level 3’s Content Markets Group. “The addition of caching and downloading services to Level 3’s comprehensive content delivery platform enhances our ability to address the growing demand from customers who need to deliver high-quality video and digital media to Internet end users. Level 3 now offers the key elements that customers need to deliver content from creation to consumption, and we believe our customers will benefit from the increased performance and improved economics that a single, trusted content delivery platform can provide.”

Erica Lavigne | Account Representative
Lois Paul & Partners | http://www.loispaul.com
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