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25-468: ICG may refer to ICG Communications Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Impedance cardiography , a hemorheology technique for detecting the properties of the blood flow in the thorax Incitement to commit genocide Indian Coast Guard Icelandic Coast Guard Indocyanine green Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation , University of Portsmouth, England Intelligence Collection Group , part of

50-418: A content delivery network which it acquired from Savvis in 2006. In 2006, Level 3 Communications announced with Internet2 , an academic network, that they would deploy a next generation nationwide research network. In 2016, Level 3 Communications finished merging the former TW Telecom network (AS4323) into the former Global Crossing Network (AS3549) Level 3 distributed and sold its services through

75-628: A tender offer had been made to acquire fellow Tier 1 provider Global Crossing in an all-stock transaction, which was approved by shareholders on August 5, and completed on October 4, 2011. On October 20, 2011, Level 3 Communications reduced its total shares and transferred its stock listing from NASDAQ to the larger New York Stock Exchange . On May 14, 2012, Level 3 was contracted by European content provider Voxility to provide 250 Gbit/s or more to Voxility's three main data centers in North America and Europe. On May 7, 2012, Level 3

100-514: A dispute arose between Level 3 and Comcast , when Level 3 announced that they were "selected to serve as a primary content delivery network (CDN) provider for Netflix , Inc. to support the company's streaming functionality." Apparently, as a result of this distribution agreement, Comcast sought to renegotiate the peering agreement with Level 3 and sought a recurring fee for carrying the increased Level 3 internet traffic to and from Comcast broadband customers. Claims and counter-claims were made as

125-406: A mix of six independent sales channels: large enterprise, wholesale, federal, content and media, midmarket, and indirect. All six sales channels reported to the president of sales Andrew Crouch. The top performing Level 3 indirect sales agencies in 2010 included Intelisys, Microcorp, CDW/AVANT Communications, PlanetOne, Advantage Communications Group, Telarus , and Presidio. On November 11, 2010

150-555: A new multi-year bilateral agreement to "enhance their existing network capacity while extending their mutual interconnection agreements, ensuring that both maintain ample capacity to exchange Internet traffic between their networks." In July 2013, the NSA was accused of wiretapping large parts of data on the German Internet Exchange Point DE-CIX which was denied by Level 3, and a few months later,

175-616: A provider of protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS). On October 31, 2016, CenturyLink announced its intent to acquire Level 3 in a deal valued at around $ 34 billion. On October 3, 2017, the deal was approved by the United States Department of Justice on condition of selling some of Level 3's telecom holdings in three states. The deal officially closed and Level 3 became part of CenturyLink on November 1, 2017. On November 1, 2017, Level 3 Communications officially merged with CenturyLink. As part of

200-535: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages ICG Communications Level 3 operated a Tier 1 network . The company provided core transport, IP, voice, video, and content delivery for medium-to-large Internet carriers in North America, Latin America, Europe, and selected cities in Asia. Level 3 was also the largest competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and

225-562: The Bekins warehouse as general contractor. It is an employee-owned company. The original brothers dissolved their partnership in 1904 and the founding Peter Kiewit continued as a sole proprietorship . In 1912, two of his sons, Ralph and George Kiewit, joined their father as partners in the firm. One of their constructions was the Omaha Fire Department Hose Company No. 4 building, erected in 1913. When

250-476: The 3rd largest provider of fiber-optic internet access (based on coverage) in the United States. On October 31, 2016, CenturyLink announced an agreement to acquire Level 3 Communications in a cash and stock transaction. Level 3 became part of CenturyLink on November 1, 2017. In 1985, Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc created a subsidiary named Kiewit Diversified Group to manage the corporation's business that

275-1147: The United Kingdom's Defence Intelligence Staff Intermediate Capital Group , a private equity and mezzanine capital firm based in London International Children's Games , an International Olympic Committee-sanctioned sport event held every year International Coal Group International College for Girls, former name of IIS University International Crisis Group , a non-profit organisation Internet Capital Group Inversive congruential generator Intra-character gap (or inter-character gap) in American Morse code Irish Continental Group , an Irish sea shipping firm Independent Comics Group, an imprint of Eclipse Comics International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) by United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs International Composers' Guild International Cinematographers Guild Integrated clock gating , in logic chips Topics referred to by

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300-469: The acquisition of Genuity, from BBN Technologies ), but it used AS3356 for operations. AS3356 as of 2007 consistently had one of the highest ranked connectivity degrees on the Internet. It also operated the former Global Crossing network (AS3549) following the company acquisition in 2011. Level 3 Communications delivered Netflix and Apple music and video content over the Internet. The company ran

325-603: The company acquired Genuity , and, between 2005 and 2007, it purchased several other companies including former rivals WilTel Communications , Broadwing Corporation, Looking Glass Networks, Progress Telecom, and Telcove (formerly Adelphia Business Solutions). In 2004, Level 3 acquired ICG Communications ' wholesale dial-up business for $ 35 million. Then, in 2006, Level 3 purchased the rest of ICG Communications for $ 163 million, taking over ICG's fiber network and nationwide Points of Presence (PoPs). It then integrated these companies through 2010. On April 11, 2011, Level 3 announced

350-786: The company as Peter Kiewit Sons’ Co. The firm began building transportation projects during the Great Depression . Walter Scott was also a key figure in the growth of Kiewit. Scott was initially hired to work on the tower project at the Nebraska State Capitol and spent the remainder of his career at Kiewit becoming chief engineer. Rick Lanoha is the current chief executive officer of Kiewit Corporation. His predecessors include Peter Kiewit, Bob Wilson, Walter Scott Jr., Ken Stinson, and Bruce E. Grewcock. Prior to Grewcock's retirement, on January 1, 2020, Lanoha had served as president and chief operating officer since 2016 and

375-473: The continental United States, South America, Western Europe , and some cities in Asia. It uses transatlantic cables, including "Yellow" /AC-2 (on which it owned two of the four fiber pairs after Viatel Inc. 's 2001 bankruptcy). Level 3 Communications has also purchased 300 Gbit/s of capacity on the Apollo (cable system) . At the time of acquisition by CenturyLink, it was owner of AS1 (following

400-565: The founding Peter Kiewit died in 1914, his son Ralph led the company. George and Ralph Kiewit left the company. The founder's youngest son, Peter Kiewit Jr., joined the firm in 1919. He led the firm from 1924 until his death in 1979. Peter Jr. turned the firm into one of the largest construction companies in the world. He was also very active in the Omaha area, including leadership of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben . In 1931, Peter Kiewit incorporated

425-560: The merger, work was required to divest of 24 individual fiber optic lines spanning 30 city pairs as required by the US Department of Justice. Additionally, Level 3 was required to divest of metro Ethernet markets in Boise , Tucson , and Albuquerque to satisfy antitrust requirements. The company complied with the divestiture of those assets. Level 3 Communications operated a large network Internet , with infrastructure in 46 states in

450-455: The paper in 1979. Starting in 1985 (Kiewit built MFS in the early 1990s; Level 3 was built in the 1997 to 1999 circa), Kiewit also constructed a nationwide fiber optic network. This network was later spun off as Level 3 Communications , which became the formal successor corporation to the original Peter Kiewit Sons'. They have a training facility called Kiewit University in its new Omaha, Nebraska campus that trains employees from throughout

475-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ICG . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ICG&oldid=1008244807 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

500-584: The two companies sought to renegotiate the contract. In December 2010, the New America Foundation submitted information concerning the dispute to the FCC. On July 16, 2013, Level 3 Communications and Comcast seemingly ended their three-year dispute by issuing a statement that "Level 3 and Comcast have resolved their prior interconnect dispute on mutually satisfactory terms. Details will not be released." On May 21, 2015, Level 3 and Comcast announced

525-530: Was accused of tapping connections between Google and Yahoo data centers. Kiewit Corporation Kiewit Corporation is an American privately held construction company based in Omaha, Nebraska founded in 1884. In 2021, it was ranked 243rd on the Fortune 500 . Privately held , it is one of the largest construction and engineering organizations in North America. It is an employee-owned company. The company

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550-425: Was contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense 's Defense Information Systems Agency to provide fiber-cable operations and maintenance, and IP-based infrastructure under a ten-year, indefinite contract with a maximum value of approximately $ 411 million. On June 16, 2014, Level 3 acquired TW Telecom , a business Internet connection provider, for about $ 5.7 billion. In July 2015, Level 3 acquired Black Lotus,

575-544: Was elected to Kiewit's board of directors in 2009. Walter Scott, Jr. was first elected to the Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated board in 1964. In 1979, he was elected president. When Peter Kiewit died later that same year, Scott was selected to succeed him as chairman. In 1963, Peter Kiewit bought the Omaha World-Herald to keep it locally owned. Under the terms of his will, the employees bought

600-489: Was founded in 1884 as Kiewit Brothers Masonry Contractors by Peter and Andrew Kiewit, who were of Dutch descent. Their father, John Kiewit, emigrated from The Hague in 1857, where he learned the trade of brickmaking. John Kiewit established a brickyard in Omaha, Nebraska where his sons worked and learned the skills for their masonry business. Early projects included the seven-story Lincoln Hotel in Lincoln as stonemasons and

625-399: Was not related to construction . The division was spun off as a separate entity and changed its name to Level 3 Communications in 1998 to signify an increased focus on communication services. That same year saw it make an IPO on NASDAQ . According to Level3's own history, it continued to build its telecommunications network after going public. According to Level3's own history, in 2003,

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