CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

                                  UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 8, 2007

                          Level 3 Communications, Inc.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware                            0-15658                           47-0210602
(State or other                (Commission File                    (IRS employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)      Number)                  Identification No.)

  1025 Eldorado Blvd., Broomfield, Colorado                                80021
   (Address of principal executive offices)                           (Zip code)

                                  720-888-1000
               (Registrant's telephone number including area code)

                                 Not applicable
         (Former name and former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01.  Other Events

Private Offering

On February 8, 2007, Level 3 Communications, Inc. ("Level 3") issued a press
release announcing that its wholly owned, first tier subsidiary Level 3
Financing, Inc. plans to raise $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior
notes in two tranches - one tranche that will mature in 2015 and will bear
interest at a floating rate and a second tranche that will mature in 2017 and
will bear interest at a fixed rate - in a proposed private offering to
"qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 and outside the United States under Regulation S under the
Securities Act of 1933.

The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is
incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full.




Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

          (a)  Financial Statements of Business Acquired

                  None

          (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information

                  None

          (c)  Shell Company Transactions

                  None

          (d)  Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated February 8, 2007, relating to the launching of the
     private offering of senior notes by Level 3 Financing, Inc.



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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                         Level 3 Communications, Inc.

                                         By:     /s/ Neil J. Eckstein
                                         Neil J. Eckstein, Senior Vice President

Date:  February 8, 2007



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