NETWORKING SERVICES

Secure connectivity to modernize your network

Accelerate growth and boost productivity with solutions to meet all your networking needs.

Lumen networking services

Prepare for growing business demand

Companies can expect big things when investing in integrated networking solutions like Lumen® IP VPN:

6,300+

unique AS interconnects globally1

6,300+

unique AS interconnects globally1

30+

years of network management experience

30+

years of network management experience

85%

of ITDMs agree SASE is critical to their organizations’ long-term growth2

85%

of ITDMs agree SASE is critical to their organizations’ long-term growth2

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SD-WAN with SASE

SD-WAN with SASE

SD-WAN

SD-WAN

IP VPN

IP VPN

Best for

Large‑scale, multi‑location enterprises like manufacturing, media and retail industries 

Midsize companies actively expanding locations with increased work‑from‑home employees

Small organizations with few locations and some work‑from‑home employees  

Use cases

  • Ready to converge legacy and SaaS apps under a single, managed solution
  • Advanced hybrid workforce transformation
  • Low‑latency demands for essential edge compute and IoT devices
  • Centralized IT and network staff

  • Ready to integrate multiple services like IP VPN and VoIP over greater distances
  • Increased cloud app migration
  • Require automated flexibility and bandwidth between public and private clouds
  • Typically outsourcing network management

  • Ready to ensure bandwidth availability for increasing number of apps and employees
  • Growing need for private, secure internet access
  • Able to offset low‑priority traffic to public internet for cost savings
  • In‑house IT and network management

Support and service options

Lumen® Managed & Professional Services

Get the dedicated advisory, project and management expertise you need to amplify the value of your next-gen voice investment.

Lumen® Managed & Professional Services

Get the dedicated advisory, project and management expertise you need to amplify the value of your next-gen voice investment.

Customer stories

Minnesota Vikings logo

Delivering electrifying stadium experiences

Lumen boosts secure connectivity for the Minnesota Vikings home stadium to bring the excitement of game day online, enabling 65,000+ fans to post, share, comment, check stats and watch replays on their digital devices in real time.

A Minnesota Vikings fan cheers for the team inside a packed stadium.
A Minnesota Vikings fan cheers for the team inside a packed stadium. PlayButton

See how Lumen network connections help the Vikings win (2:07)

Zoom

Ramped up secure and reliable connectivity to power high-capacity apps and scale global users.

Zoom

Ramped up secure and reliable connectivity to power high-capacity apps and scale global users.

Accolade

Managed high-volume data flow with SD-WAN solutions to increase network speed and optimize routing.

Accolade

Managed high-volume data flow with SD-WAN solutions to increase network speed and optimize routing.

Koch Trucking

Expanding business and optimizing IT infrastructure with SD‑WAN.

Koch Trucking

Expanding business and optimizing IT infrastructure with SD‑WAN.

Questions? Let’s talk.

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1The Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), AS Rank, December, 2022.

2Lumen, How Next-Generation Technologies Are Powering Digital Transformation, April, 2023.