tw telecom Receives Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Growth Leadership Award for Retail Carrier Ethernet Services

LITTLETON, Colo., Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- tw telecom, (NASDAQ: TWTC) a leading provider of managed services, including Business Ethernet, converged and IP VPN solutions for enterprises throughout the U.S. and globally, today announced that leading industry analyst Frost & Sullivan has awarded tw telecom its prestigious 2011 Growth Leadership Award for Retail Carrier Ethernet Services. Frost & Sullivan also recognized tw telecom as the third largest business Ethernet services provider in the United States.

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"Business Ethernet services continue to play a critical role in the growth of our business and figures prominently in the strength of our business services portfolio," said Graham Taylor, Senior Vice President of Marketing at tw telecom. "Ten years ago we set forth a vision and strategy focusing on the power of Ethernet for business networking that has truly resonated with our Enterprise customer base. Our aggressive approach in delivering robust Business Ethernet services has created a market position for tw telecom that we continue to build on as we broadly deploy services up to 10 Gigabit Ethernet today, and set our sights on delivering 100 Gigabit Ethernet tomorrow."

"tw telecom with its broad portfolio of offerings, and its focused sales/marketing efforts and emphasis on customer service, has successfully demonstrated consistent revenue and market share growth to emerge as the third largest service provider in the retail carrier Ethernet services market," said Roopashree Honnachari, Program Manager, Business Communication Services at Frost & Sullivan. "Frost & Sullivan's research confirms the above mentioned dynamics and therefore bestows the 2011 Growth Leadership Award upon tw telecom.

tw telecom has more than a decade of experience in delivering industry leading Business Ethernet solutions to its customers over the company's fiber optic networks. Those fiber optic networks connect over 14,000 buildings – more than any other competitive provider - across the United States.  The company has one of the most robust portfolios of Business Ethernet solutions available in the industry today, delivering services from 2 Meg to 10 Gig, within the metro or across the country, and managing the customer's entire network doorstep to doorstep.

For more information about tw telecom, visit www.twtelecom.com.

About tw telecom

tw telecom holdings inc., a unit of tw telecom inc., headquartered in Littleton, Colo., provides managed network services, specializing in business Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VoIP, VPN and security, to enterprise organizations and communications services companies throughout the U.S. As a leading provider of integrated and converged network solutions, tw telecom delivers customers overall economic value, quality, service, and improved business productivity. Please visit www.twtelecom.com for more information.

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