BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 (NYSE: LVLT) is announcing the organizations being recognized as winners of the 2016 Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award. The winners, recognized in three program levels, Elite, Premier and Authorized/Subagent, are part of a select group that demonstrates outstanding commitment to excellence, performance and sales growth.

2016 Award Winners:

Elite:


    --  AVANT Communications
    --  Inteliys
    --  MicroCorp
    --  PlanetOne Communications

Premier:


    --  Bridgepointe Technologies
    --  Sandler Partners
    --  Simplify

Authorized/Subagent


    --  CDW Corporation
    --  Datamob, LLC
    --  RDS Solutions

Key Quote:

Garrett Gee, vice president indirect sales, Level 3 Communications

"We congratulate our partner organizations on their continued success with Level 3 and recognition as a 2016 MVP Award Winners in each category. The relationship between MVP winners and Level 3 shows the value of teamwork in providing enterprise customers with local-to-global connectivity backed by end-to-end reliability and security."

About the Most Valuable Partner Program

Level 3 created the "Most Valuable Partner (MVP)" program and awards program to reward and recognize top performers each year within the Level 3 Channel Partner Program. The MVP program has four winners at the Elite tier and three for both the Premier and Authorized/Subagent levels. The winners for each category receive benefits including membership on the Level 3 Channel Partner Advisory Board and MVP logo use. At the Elite and Premier levels, becoming an MVP also provides incremental market development funds.

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.

© Level 3 Communications, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Level 3, Level 3 Communications, Level (3) and the Level 3 Logo are either registered service marks or service marks of Level 3 Communications, LLC and/or one of its Affiliates in the United States and elsewhere. Any other service names, product names, company names or logos included herein are the trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Level 3 services are provided by subsidiaries of Level 3 Communications, Inc.

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 presentation 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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SOURCE Level 3 Communications, Inc.