tw telecom Receives 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award

LITTLETON, Colo., Jan. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- tw telecom inc., (NASDAQ: TWTC), a leading provider of managed services including Business Ethernet, converged and IP VPN solutions for enterprises across the U.S. and to their global locations, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, selected its Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity® as a recipient of its 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.

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"It gives me great pleasure to recognize tw telecom with a 2014 Product of the Year Award for its commitment to excellence and innovation," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "In the opinion of our distinguished judges, Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity has proven to be among the best communications and technology solutions on the market in 2014. I look forward to continued innovation from tw telecom."

Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity 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 is a key component of tw telecom's Intelligent Network that gives enterprises unprecedented visibility, flexibility and control of their network and increases the velocity at which enterprises buy and consume dedicated network services.  

"Our Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity capability provides customers with automatic linkages between network performance visibility and system-driven increased bandwidth that reflects what we believe is the future for enterprises – which is greater automation of the network," said Adam Saenger, vice president of portfolio management, tw telecom. "We are able to deliver secure, scalable and predictable network connections over our elastic Ethernet networks to offer integration with applications and new consumption models to help businesses achieve greater efficiencies.

"We are honored to receive such a prestigious reward from TMC and pleased Alerts Driven Dynamic Capacity was recognized for its innovation and ability to put the customer in immediate control of their own network," Saenger said.  

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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