Spill Group Selects Level 3 to Support Network of Online Gaming Websites

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Spill Group Gains Scalability While Global Gamers Win Faster
Speeds and Richer Content

Level 3 Communications' European Markets Group today announced
that it has been selected by Spill Group, one of the world's leading
generators of online gaming traffic, to provide that company's
underlying network infrastructure and content delivery services in
Europe and North America. These services enable Spill Group to meet
the demands of the fast growing global online gaming community.

Under the terms of this new multi-year agreement, Level 3 will
provide Spill Group with high-speed Internet access and colocation
services to manage that company's increased gaming traffic.
Additionally, Spill Group will utilize Level 3's content delivery
services to provide its global audience with a rich gaming
experience. Spill Group owns about 30 online game portals worldwide,
and each portal is localized to serve its country's language and
culture. With a portfolio of 2,000 online games available, Spill
Group's portals receive an average of 60 million unique visitors per
month.

"We are seeing huge growth in traffic across all our gaming sites
and need to provide the most reliable transport and delivery
mechanisms possible to our customers," said Peter Driessen, chief
executive officer of Spill Group. "We chose Level 3 because it
possesses the most scalable global IP backbone and colocation
facilities available. Additionally, Level 3's robust and innovative
CDN provides a high-quality gaming experience for all our users."

Level 3's scalable and dedicated content delivery network (CDN)
is designed to accommodate large online audiences, offering maximum
up-time. Its network improves the speed and efficiency with which
large-file, high-volume content traffic is delivered. The speed,
quality and reliability that are delivered with these services are
key to providing the high-quality user experience demanded by online
gamers today.

"The online gaming market is a large and growing consumer of
bandwidth, and Level 3's global network and robust content delivery
services position us well to serve this important market," said Brady
Rafuse, president and chief executive officer of Level 3 European
markets and president of Level 3's Content Markets Group. "We are
pleased to collaborate with Spill Group to deliver the customized,
high-quality services that the growing online gaming community
requires. Level 3's network was designed to handle the delivery of
high-demand rich media applications such as these over the Internet."

About Level 3 Communications

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT), an international
communications company, operates one of the largest Internet
backbones in the world, connecting more than 180 markets in 20
countries. The company serves a broad range of wholesale, enterprise
and content customers with a comprehensive suite of services
including: Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and
infrastructure services, colocation services, voice and voice over IP
services, content delivery and media distribution services. These
services provide the building blocks to enable Level 3's customers to
meet their growing demands for advanced communications solutions. The
company's Web address is http://www.Level3.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

Some of the statements that we make in this press release are
forward looking in nature. These statements 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 our
control, which could cause actual events to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by the statements. The most important
factors that could prevent us from achieving our stated goals
include, but are not limited to our ability to: successfully
integrate acquisitions; increase the volume of traffic on our
network; defend our intellectual property and proprietary rights;
develop new products and services that meet customer demands and
generate acceptable margins; successfully complete commercial testing
of new technology and information systems to support new products and
services; attract and retain qualified management and other
personnel; and meet all of the terms and conditions of our 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 press release
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.

Web site: http://www.Level3.com

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