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Qwest Corporation, doing business as CenturyLink QC, is a Regional Bell Operating Company owned by Lumen Technologies. It was originally named Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company , later becoming known as Mountain Bell , then US West Communications, Inc. from 1991 to 2000.
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink, Inc.) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, which offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice and managed services through its fiber optic and copper networks, as well as its data centers and cloud computing services.
CenturyLink grew as Century Telephone and later CenturyTel through acquiring many small and mid-size telephone companies. These include: CenturyTel of Chester, Inc. (Iowa, Minnesota) CenturyTel of Colorado, Inc. – formerly Universal Telephone; CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc. – formerly owned by Pacific Telecom
While CenturyLink (CTL) opposes the Minnesota's claims, it has agreed to the settlement in order to avoid distraction and costs of litigation. CenturyLink Agrees to Pay $9M as Penalty for Bogus ...
CenturyLink shareholders would hold a 50.5% share of ownership in the combined company, while Qwest shareholders would own the remaining 49.5%. The valuation of CenturyLink's purchase as of April 21, 2010, was $22.4 billion, including the assumption of $11.8 billion of outstanding debt held by Qwest as of December 31, 2009.
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In 1992, Centel was acquired by Sprint, and Central of Texas began doing business under the Sprint name, but retained its legal name. In 2006, the company was spun off into Embarq when Sprint Nextel spun off its local telephone operations. [2] The company did business as CenturyLink from 2009-2022, following the acquisition of Embarq by CenturyTel.
Level 3 Communications, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. [4] It ultimately became a part of CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies), where Level 3 President and CEO Jeff Storey was installed as Chief Operating Officer, becoming CEO of CenturyLink one year later in a prearranged succession plan.