-- Andrew Edison Cites Focus on Customers and Profitable
Growth as Priorities
LONDON, May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Global network
services company Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT)
announced that effective today, Andrew
Edison joins Level 3 as the Senior Vice President Sales,
EMEA, leading all sales channels across the region and servicing
enterprise, government and wholesale customers. Edison brings
significant global experience in growing businesses profitably to
Level 3, gained throughout his extensive career and most recently
at AT&T as Region Vice President, Head – Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA).
With the selection of Edison, a strong industry leader, Level 3
reaffirms its commitment to maximising market growth opportunities
in EMEA. In November last year, Level 3 appointed one of the
company's most experienced and proven regional leaders,
Andrew Crouch, to take the helm as
its EMEA regional president. Commenting on this additional
appointment, Crouch said, "Andrew
Edison has a proven track record and will play a key
leadership role across our EMEA business. I look forward to the
contributions he will make."
Edison joins Level 3 after 20 years with AT&T. His
accomplishments in his most recent EMEA role include revenue and
market share growth in the primary markets Level 3 serves, with
particular experience across Continental Europe.
"My focus at Level 3 will be two fold; to provide our customers
with solutions that support their business objectives around
growth, efficiency and security as well as to bring profitable
growth for Level 3 through effective sales channels across the
region," said Edison. Commenting on his reasons for taking the
Level 3 role Edison added: "Joining Level 3 enables me to leverage
its global network footprint, an asset crucial to solving the
growing connectivity, collaboration and business process challenges
enterprises face today."
While at AT&T, Edison worked in the US for three years
(2007-2010) as the Vice President, Global Operations
Planning. He also held multiple roles in their Paris office from 2002-2007.
Edison began his telecoms career with BT. He is a native of the
UK and a respected technology industry advocate who has contributed
to the Prince's Trust as a Technology Leadership Group member.
Edison will be based at Level 3's EMEA regional headquarters in
London. In EMEA, Level 3 serves
customers in more than 30 countries. Level 3 solutions include
IP-based voice and data communications; data center and colocation
facilities; video and content distribution; security, cloud,
managed and professional services.
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
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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: successfully integrate the tw
telecom acquisition; manage risks associated with continued
uncertainty in the global economy; increase revenue from its
services to realize its targets for financial and operating
performance; maintain and increase traffic on its network; 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 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; attract and retain qualified management and other
personnel; 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 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.
Contact
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Investors
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Beatrice
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Mark
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+44 788 418 7763
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+1 720 888 2518
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Beatrice.Martin-Vignerte@Level3.com
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Mark.Stoutenberg@Level3.com
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