One of the services that’s fueling Level 3’s enterprise growth is Ethernet.
Interestingly, Level 3 knocked off Verizon as the second largest Ethernet provider in terms of port share, according to Vertical Systems Group’s year-end 2014 Ethernet Leaderboard.
Rosemary Cochran, principal of Vertical Systems Group, said that Level 3’s aggressive Ethernet strategy combined with its acquisition of tw telecom helped improve its standing and represents an overall shake-up of the Ethernet services industry via ongoing consolidation of key players.
“Besides their acquisition of tw telecom, which had a solid third position behind AT&T and Verizon, Level 3 moved up ahead of Verizon. This was another major thing because Verizon held the number two position for a long time,” Cochran said. “That combined with the assets that tw telecom and Level 3 had pushed Level 3 into second place.”
