Level 3 Communications

American company
Organization business Q322320
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 18 annual filings
Revenue
$5.49B
▼ 2.2% YoY FY2025
Net Income
-$780.00M
▼ 182.6% YoY FY2025
Assets
$17.65B
▲ 7.5% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$1.87
▼ 80.5% YoY FY2016
$0.00$2.28B$4.55B$6.83B$9.10B FY2008: $4.30BFY2009: $3.69B · NI -$618.00M (-16.7% margin)FY2010: $3.59B · NI -$622.00M (-17.3% margin)FY2011: $4.33B · NI -$756.00M (-17.4% margin)FY2012: $6.38B · NI -$422.00M (-6.6% margin)FY2013: $6.31B · NI -$109.00M (-1.7% margin)FY2014: $6.78B · NI $314.00M (4.6% margin)FY2015: $8.23B · NI $3.43B (41.7% margin)FY2016: $8.17B · NI $677.00M (8.3% margin)FY2017: $8.28B · NI $284.00M (3.4% margin)FY2018: $7.54B · NI $341.00M (4.5% margin)FY2019: $6.88B · NI -$3.20B (-46.5% margin)FY2020: $7.01B · NI $651.00M (9.3% margin)FY2021: $6.99B · NI $586.00M (8.4% margin)FY2022: $6.59B · NI -$4.79B (-72.8% margin)FY2023: $6.20B · NI -$2.00B (-32.3% margin)FY2024: $5.62B · NI -$276.00M (-4.9% margin)FY2025: $5.49B · NI -$780.00M (-14.2% margin) '08'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24'25
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000794323-26-000005

Level 3 Communications

Summary

Level 3 Communications is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,951 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Level 3 Communications is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Level 3 Communications is in the country of United States[4].
  • Level 3 Communications's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Level 3 Communications's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Level 3 Communications's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • network layer is named after Level 3 Communications[8].
  • Level 3 Communications's headquarters location is recorded as Frankfurt[9].
  • Level 3 Communications's Commons category is recorded as Level 3 Communications[10].
  • Level 3 Communications's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[11].
  • Level 3 Communications's industry is recorded as telecommunications[12].
  • January 1, 1985 marks the founding of Level 3 Communications[13].
  • Level 3 Communications was dissolved in November 1, 2017[14].
  • Level 3 Communications's official website is recorded as http://www.level3.com[15].
  • Level 3 Communications's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Level 3 Communications[16].
  • Level 3 Communications's product or material produced is recorded as telephone[17].
  • Level 3 Communications's legal form is recorded as joint-stock company[18].
  • Level 3 Communications's different from is recorded as L3 Technologies[19].
  • Level 3 Communications's IPv4 routing prefix is recorded as 4.0.0.0/8[20].
  • Level 3 Communications's IPv4 routing prefix is recorded as 8.0.0.0/8[21].
  • Level 3 Communications's merged into is recorded as Lumen Technologies[22].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1985 marks the founding of Level 3 Communications[13].

Operations

Level 3 Communications's headquarters location is recorded as Frankfurt[9].

Industry

Level 3 Communications's industry is recorded as telecommunications[12].

Ownership

Level 3 Communications's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[11]. Its product or material produced is recorded as telephone[17].

Dissolution

Level 3 Communications was dissolved in November 1, 2017[14].

Why It Matters

Level 3 Communications ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,951 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Q117771462. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . news.centurylink.com. news.centurylink.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . news.lumen.com. news.lumen.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . news.centurylink.com. news.centurylink.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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