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• Leucadia National Corporation Completes Sale of WilTel Communications Group, LLC to Level 3 Communications, Inc

  - 2005-12-23

  NEW YORK -- Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: "LUK") today announced the completion of the sale of its telecommunications subsidiary, WilTel Communications Group, LLC, to Level 3 Communications, Inc. for aggregate consideration consisting of $486 million in cash (including $16 million for excess working capital, which is subject to adjustment, and...

  Tags: Leucadia National Corp., Level 3 Communications Inc., WilTel Communications, WilTel Communications Group LLC

• Merger Deals Restart Approval Queue

  - 2005-11-21

  Consolidations in both the wireline and wireless carrier businesses are continuing to revitalize the queue of proposed mergers seeking approvals and authorizations at state and federal regulatory agencies. The Federal Communications Commission currently is looking at the proposed Level 3 Communications/WilTel Communications combination and is anticipating...

  Tags: Alamosa Holdings Inc., Alltel Corp., FCC, Government, Level 3 Communications Inc., merger, Sprint Nextel Corp., WilTel Communications

• Trimax Subsidiary Enters the UK with Broadband over Powerlines Technology: TMXO, TWX, LVLT, CMCSA.

  - 2005-11-01

  M2 PRESSWIRE-1 November 2005-SessionsIR.com: Trimax Subsidiary Enters the UK with Broadband over Powerlines Technology: TMXO, TWX, LVLT, CMCSAC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01112005 Stocks in the News: Trimax Corporation (OTC: TMXO), Time Warner Incorporated (NYSE: TWX), Level 3 Communications Incorporated (NASDAQ: ...

  Tags: broadband, Comcast Corp., Level 3 Communications Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Time Warner Inc., U.K., WilTel Communications

• Following providers' money trail: where they're spending and how to cash in

  - 2005-08-01

  The mile-wide river, flush with rapids, emptied into a calmer, slower-moving stretch. This fast became a thinning flow and eventually a stream that all but vanished into its wooded surroundings. Such has been the case for the service provider money trail that once attracted and supported as many dollar-driven...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., Time Warner Telecom Inc., WilTel Communications

• WilTel, Hydro One Telecom Delivering Cross-Border Ethernet Services

  - 2005-05-23

  TULSA, Okla. -- WilTel Communications today announced a collaborative relationship with Hydro One Telecom Inc., a Canadian broadband services provider, to deliver its Ethernet Wide-Area Network EWAN service cross-border to HydroOne customers that need wide-area Ethernet coverage in the United States. The relationship also extends WilTel's EWAN coverage to multiple...

  Tags: Hydro One Inc., WilTel Communications

• WilTel Wins Major Government Deal with Department of Defense

  - 2005-04-04

  VIENNA, Va. -- WilTel Communications announced today that it has won a major deal in the Federal Government market -- to provide the Department of Defense with Optical Wave services worth up to $35 million. WilTel is providing four 2.5-gigabit transparent Optical Waves and one 10-gigabit transparent Optical Wave connecting...

  Tags: Government, NETWORKING, U.S. Department of Defense, WANs, WilTel Communications

• ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers 2005 Wholesale Carrier Excellence Awards at CompTel Spring Convention and Expo; Introduces Seals of Excellence

  - 2005-02-15

  BOSTON -- ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading telecommunications industry research consultancy, delivered 2005 U.S. Wholesale Carrier Excellence Awards today at the Competitive Telecommunications Association's (CompTel's) Spring Convention and Expo in New Orleans. The awards were presented by ATLANTIC-ACM CEO Dr. Judy Reed Smith and Vice President Taher Bouzayen. ATLANTIC-ACM also introduced Seals...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., Comptel Corp., WilTel Communications

• Fitch Downgrades Leucadia National Corp Long-Term Issuer Rating

  - 2005-02-09

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has lowered the long-term issuer rating on Leucadia National Corporation Leucadia to 'BB+' from 'BBB-'. Additionally, Fitch has lowered the ratings on the following obligations of Leucadia:

  Tags: Fitch Ratings, Leucadia National Corp., WilTel Communications

• Correction: Fitch Downgrades Leucadia National Corp Long-Term Issuer Rating

  - 2005-02-09

  NEW YORK -- (This is an amended version of a press release issued earlier today and contains a revised junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures due date.)

  Tags: Leucadia National Corp., Fitch Ratings, WilTel Communications

• Oh, them again.(Opinion)

  - 2004-07-19

  Byline: Jeffrey Silva The Federal Communications Commission normally would welcome a transaction of this kind, particularly in the post-9/11 world where having multiple telecom networks supports homeland security and economic objectives. But Leucadia National Corp., the New...

  Tags: FCC, Government, NETWORKING, paging, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, WilTel Communications