tw telecom Receives 2014 Light Reading Leading Lights Most Innovative Enterprise Service Award

Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity® is the industry's first automatic bandwidth-on-demand solution

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Jun 18, 2014, 11:15 ET

LITTLETON, Colo., June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- tw telecom inc. (NASDAQ: TWTC), a leading provider of Business Ethernet and networking solutions, today announced that Light Reading, a leading global community-driven media and research business, selected its Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity capability as recipient of the 2014 Leading Lights Most Innovative Enterprise Service Award. The award was announced last evening during Light Reading's 10^th annual Leading Lights ceremony in Chicago.

Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity (ADDC) is a real-time, automatic, dedicated Ethernet bandwidth-on-demand capability that, for the first time, allows enterprises to pre-set bandwidth utilization thresholds, that when reached, the Ethernet service will automatically double or triple in capacity all without human intervention.

"Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity provides customers with automatic linkages between visibility of network performance and system-driven increased bandwidth that reflects what we believe is the future for our customers: greater automation and control of their network," said Adam Saenger, vice president of portfolio management, tw telecom. "We are honored to receive such a prestigious reward from Light Reading and pleased Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity was recognized for its innovation and ability to put the customer in immediate control of their network."

Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity is a key component of tw telecom's Intelligent Network, which delivers a highly scalable solution that helps solve business challenges as IT environments evolve, providing real time automation to increase productivity and more efficiently manage costs. The Intelligent Network provides real time visibility and control of tw telecom's network services giving customers the ability to effectively manage their critical business applications. Its capabilities support enterprise connectivity requirements into new destinations with IT solutions that leverage improved business performance, agility and resiliency.

About tw telecom
tw telecom, headquartered in Littleton, Colo., is a leading national provider of managed services, including Business Ethernet, converged and IP VPN solutions for enterprises throughout the U.S. and globally. tw telecom also delivers secure, scalable private connections for transport data networking, Internet access, voice, VPN, VoIP and security to large organizations and communications services companies. Employing a resilient fiber network infrastructure, robust product portfolio and its own Intelligent Network capabilities, tw telecom delivers customers overall economic value, an industry-leading quality service experience, and improved business productivity. Please visit www.twtelecom.com for more information.

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