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BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 02, 2011

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that it has received Microsoft Lync 2010 qualification for its session initiated protocol (SIP) trunking voice solution for enterprise customers.

A pioneer in SIP solutions for more than 12 years, Level 3 offers customers reliable service and industry leading nationwide coverage. The new qualification provides Level 3 enterprise customers with the assurance that the company’s high-quality SIP trunking service is compatible with Microsoft Lync.

“With its flexibility and efficient technology management, SIP trunking enhances the benefits of Lync for cost savings and increased productivity. We see enterprises increasingly adopting Lync with SIP trunking,” said Kirk Gregersen, senior director of Lync Product Management and Marketing at Microsoft Corp. “Level 3’s SIP trunking qualification for Lync will provide more choices for customers and help customers streamline implementing unified communications in their network environment.”

Level 3’s SIP trunking solution enables enterprises to converge voice and data traffic onto one of the nation’s largest end-to-end IP backbone networks, simplifying network management. The solution also offers superior network reliability and performance delivered to enterprises over Level 3-provided dedicated IP connections.

“The combination of Microsoft Lync and Level 3’s SIP trunking unlocks the full potential of unified communications. With this qualification, enterprises will be able to more easily leverage the improved efficiency and cost benefits of SIP trunking in addition to the organizational productivity benefits of unified communications,” said Sara Baack, senior vice president of Voice Services for Level 3. “We are pleased that the qualification of our SIP trunking solution will provide our enterprise customers with the assurance that their communications systems are compatible with our efficient and reliable SIP network.”

Level 3 leverages its extensive fiber-optic network, metro assets and a locally focused sales and sales support organization to deliver world-class voice, video and data solutions to enterprise customers and service providers throughout the United States.

About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is a leading international provider of fiber-based communications services. Enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers rely on Level 3 to deliver services with an industry-leading combination of scalability and value over an end-to-end fiber network. Level 3 offers a portfolio of metro and long-haul services, including transport, data, Internet, content delivery and voice. For more information, visit www.level3.com.