List of Lumen Technologies operating companies

The Lumen Technologies operating companies are local exchange carriers owned by Lumen Technologies, the third largest landline telephone company in the United States.[1]

Lumen Technologies operating companies consist of operations inherited from various predecessor companies, which is reflected in the differing names of the companies and partially overlapping service territories; all operating companies do business using the CenturyLink brand. Predecessors include:

* CenturyTel - the former corporate name of CenturyLink.
* Embarq, the former landline operations of Sprint Nextel, which were spun off in 2006; these include operations dating from Sprint's time as United Telecommunications and operations owned by Centel, which it acquired in 1993.
* Qwest Communications International \- which, through its acquisition of US West, inherited operations of the former Bell System in numerous western states.

## List

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### CenturyTel companies

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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. (Colorado) – formerly owned by Pacific Telecom
* CenturyTel of the Northwest, Inc. (Montana, Oregon, Washington) – formerly Pacific Telecom
* CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. (Idaho, Nevada) – formerly owned by Pacific Telecom
* CenturyTel of the Southwest, Inc. – five rate centers in New Mexico[2]
* Telephone USA of Wisconsin

### Former Embarq companies

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The following companies were acquired from Embarq, which was formed in 2006 by the spin-off of the local telephone operations of Sprint Corporation (previously named United Telephone). It also includes companies formerly owned by Centel which was purchased by Sprint in 1993.

* CenturyLink of Florida, Inc.
* CenturyLink of Minnesota, Inc.
* CenturyLink of Nevada, Inc.
* United Telephone Company of the West – (Nebraska, Wyoming)
* United Telephone of the Northwest – (Oregon, Washington)

### Former Qwest companies

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Qwest acquired US West, one of the Baby Bells, in 2000. Qwest was in turn acquired by CenturyLink in 2011.

* Qwest Corporation (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) - Combines the former operations of Mountain Bell, Northwestern Bell, and Pacific Northwestern Bell, and is still regulated as a Bell Operating Company
* El Paso County Telephone Company (El Paso County, Colorado) – Acquired by US West in 1985.

## References

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1. ^ List of telephone local operating companies at fcc.gov
2. ^ CenturyTel of the Southwest tariff filing

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Lumen Technologies

Corporate directors|

| CEO|

* Jeffrey Storey

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Non-executive|

* Martha Bejar
* Virginia Boulet
* Peter C. Brown
* Kevin Ghilton
* Stephen Clontz
* Michael Glenn
* W. Bruce Hanks
* Mary Landrieu
* Harvey P. Perry
* Glen F. Post
* Michael J. Roberts
* Laurie A. Siegel

Acquired companies|

* Embarq
* Level 3 Communications
* Qwest Communications International
* Savvis

Operating companies|

* CenturyLink of Florida
* CenturyLink of Minnesota
* CenturyLink of Nevada
* CenturyTel of Chester
* CenturyTel of Colorado
* CenturyTel of Eagle
* CenturyTel of the Gem State
* CenturyTel of the Northwest
* El Paso County Telephone
* Qwest Corporation
* Telephone USA of Wisconsin

Long distance services|

* CenturyLink Communications

Pay TV service|

* Prism TV (defunct)

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