Historical provider.
Company outcome: acquired. Service outcome: unknown. Brand outcome: retired. Recorded transaction: all shares; acquirer or counterparty: CenturyLink; dated 2017-11-01.

Overview

Level 3 Communications was a network and CDN operator. CenturyLink completed its acquisition of Level 3 in 2017 and later adopted the Lumen name. Level 3 is not a current standalone CDN product. In October 2023, Lumen sold selected CDN customer contracts to Akamai and said it planned to wind down content-delivery services after a 90-day transition.

Service status

Lumen and Akamai announced a transition for selected CDN customer contracts in October 2023. Former customers should verify their contracted successor and current configuration records. Akamai acquired selected contracts, not every Level 3 or Lumen product, employee, or network asset.

History timeline

  • 2017-11-01 — CenturyLink completed its acquisition of Level 3 Communications — The company and network were integrated into CenturyLink, which later adopted the Lumen name.
  • 2023-10-10 — Lumen sold selected CDN customer contracts to Akamai — The companies announced a 90-day transition after which Lumen planned to wind down content-delivery services.

History & Notes

CenturyLink completed the acquisition of Level 3 on 1 November 2017. In 2020, CenturyLink adopted the Lumen Technologies name. The old Level 3 brand should be treated as historical rather than as a separate current provider.