Genuity is currently an umbrella brand from Monsanto

Monsanto

The Monsanto Company is a US-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed in the "Roundup" brand of herbicides, and in other brands...

 to cover its genetically modified products. Previously, the name was used for a web hosting business owned by Bechtel

Bechtel

Bechtel Corporation is the largest engineering company in the United States, ranking as the 5th-largest privately owned company in the U.S...

, which was then sold to the ISP

Internet service provider

An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...

 business under GTE

GTE

GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System....

 in 1997 and spun off as an independent company in 2000. The company was acquired by and operated under Level 3 Communications

Level 3 Communications

Level 3 Communications is a telecommunications and Internet service provider headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.It operates a Tier 1 network. The company provides core transport, IP, voice, video and content delivery for most of the medium to large Internet carriers in North America and Europe...

between 2002 and 2003, when Level 3 exited the hosting business.

External links

• www.genuity.com Official website.
• Los Angeles Times History of Genuity up until Level 3 acquisition.