CenturyLink said today that it has acquired Streamroot, a provider of peer-to-peer, also known as mesh, content delivery technology. The carrier, which already uses Streamroot technology, said the acquisition should help “improve video and static content delivery within bandwidth constrained…
One hundred million unique users tapped into NBC’s digital coverage for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. NBC, in partnership with Akamai, racked up some impressive Rio Olympics OTT video stats. The companies set industry milestones in terms of coverage and…
Level3 Communications wants the FCC to impose interconnection requirements on Internet service providers – a move the company said is necessary to “fully protect the free and open Internet.” The company recommends three specific ISP interconnection requirements, which were outlined…
Peering connections between Level 3 Communications and six broadband service providers are permanently congested because the broadband providers refuse to increase router capacity, said Level 3 Vice President of Content and Media Mark Taylor in a blog post yesterday. Five…
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced it will provide live, high definition (HD) television broadcast video services for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3, using Level 3’s Vyvx VenueNet+ technology. The…
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced it has added content delivery network (CDN) services to its offerings available to government agencies under the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System (WITS 3) contract. The…
The telecom consolidation engine is in full swing as the latest announced deal has Level 3 acquiring Global Crossing. The deal is an all stock transaction valued at $3 billion (based on April 8, 2011 share prices), including assumption of…
Level 3 has painted its dispute with Comcast about Internet traffic exchange, aired yesterday, as a net neutrality violation on the part of Comcast. But it’s really the latest example of a long-standing conflict between operators of “eyeball” networks that…
Level 3 is looking to leverage the exploding business of content delivery and has lowered its CDN pricing to better compete with companies like Akamai and Limelight. Level 3 has basically lowered its CDN pricing to match its IP transport…
Add California and Wisconsin to the growing list of states whose broadband funding programs have received applications seeking considerably more funding than the program has available. California Funding California’s Federal Funding Account received 484 applications requesting $4.6 billion, which is…
Lumen Technologies has sold select content delivery customer contracts and other assets to Akamai Technologies. A Lumen spokesperson confirmed that the contracts and the assets that support them came from the acquisition of Level 3. At the time of the…