CenturyLink

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Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Formerly
  • Central Telephone and Electronics, Inc.
  • Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc.
  • CenturyTel, Inc.
  • CenturyLink, Inc.
Company typePublic company
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1930; 94 years ago (1930)
HeadquartersMonroe, Louisiana, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kate Johnson (CEO)
ServicesNetwork, Cloud Security, Voice, Managed Services, Big Data as a Services, Multi-Cloud Management, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, SaaS Apps, Cloud Connect, Internet, Phone, TV
RevenueDecrease US$17.48 billion (2022)
Decrease US$95 million (2022)
Decrease US$−1.55 billion (2022)
Total assetsDecrease US$45.58 billion (2022)
Total equityDecrease US$10.44 billion (2022)
Number of employees
c. 29,000 (December 2022)
Subsidiaries
Websitelumen.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American company from Monroe, Louisiana. It provides internet, cable television and telephone service to many areas of the United States.[3]

The original names for the company were the Oak Ridge Telephone Company, Central Telephone, and Century Telephone.

CenturyLink was established in 1930 in Oak Ridge, Louisiana.

CenturyLink completed a merger with Qwest on Friday, April 1, 2011.[4] CenturyLink was the surviving company.

CenturyLink won two "Best in Class" awards in 2011.[5]

References[change | change source]

  1. "CenturyLink Inc. 2022 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 23 February 2023.
  2. Goovaerts, Diana (13 Sep 2022). "Lumen names former Microsoft exec Johnson CEO as Storey retires". Fierce Telecom. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. "CenturyLink Overview". Broadband Now. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  4. "CenturyLink". United States SEC. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. "CenturyLink Wins "Best in Class" Awards". CenturyLink. Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved April 19, 2019.