Level 3 President and COO Kevin O’Hara to Speak at the Merrill Lynch Communications Services Forum

Feb.20, 2008 in Market Outlook

Level 3 President and COO Kevin O’Hara to Speak at the Merrill Lynch
Communications Services Forum

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb 20, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Kevin
O’Hara, president and chief operating officer of Level 3 Communications, Inc.
(LVLT) will make three investor presentations at the Merrill Lynch Communications
Services Forum in New York City on Tuesday, February 26.

Mr. O’Hara’s presentations are scheduled to begin at approximately 10:00 a.m.,
11:00 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. EST. A webcast of each presentation will be available at
http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/ml/communications08/18103586.cfm.

About Level 3 Communications

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (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,
and 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.

Level 3 Communications, Level 3, the red 3D brackets and the Level 3
Communications logo are registered service marks of Level 3 Communications, LLC
and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Level 3
services are provided by wholly owned subsidiaries of Level 3 Communications,
Inc. Any other service, product or company names recited herein are trademarks or
service marks of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statement

Some of the statements made 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 Level 3’s
control, which could cause actual events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by the statements. The most 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 acquisitions; increase the
volume of traffic on the network; defend 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 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.