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CenturyLink OK With Verizon Partnership, No Need for Wireless Deal

The nation's third-largest fixed landline provider has executed some major acquisitions in recent years, but apparently doesn't have a desire to make a wireless buy. ...More
May 21, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Slide Show: The Customer-Satisfaction Struggle

Despite slight increases in customer satisfaction across most industries, it's still a struggle for wireless, wireline, fixed-line and television, which lag behind almost all others. ...More
May 16, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Customer Experience Management
Slide Show: The Evolution of Some Telecom Titans

Some of the biggest names in the industry are constantly fine-tuning their business models to keep up with the competition. Here's a wrap of key developments – including first-quarter results – at many of the giants in tech, telecom and cable. ...More
May 14, 2012
Posted in Galleries
CenturyLink Announces Executive Departures, Replacements

All three newly-named executives will report directly to CenturyLink Chief Executive Glen Post. ...More
May 11, 2012
Posted in News
CenturyLink: Qwest Merger To Yield Greater Savings

CenturyLink said it expects to achieve greater savings than previously forecast through its 2011 acquisition of Qwest Communications International. ...More
May 10, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Qwest Executives Leaving in CenturyLink Board Restructuring

CenturyLink shareholders also will vote on a proposal that could make its directors more accountable because they would be elected every year rather than every three years. ...More
April 12, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Level 3: More M&A Targets Predicted

Logical potential targets for Level 3 include Colt Group S.A., Inteliquent and XO Communications, as well as a so-called sale-and-lease-back pact with Sprint Nextel Corp. ...More
April 4, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
CenturyLink Reorganizing Group Structure

The changes will take effect April 1. ...More
March 23, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Level 3 Presses FCC for Relief on 'Special Access'

In a recent filing, Level 3 declared that AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink control about 90 percent of the special access market. ...More
March 12, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
High Court Dismisses CenturyLink's Qwest Paraplegic Suit

In the 2004 accident, Andrew Blood – a lineman employed by the Public Service Company of Colorado – fell to the ground after a pole broke, leaving him a paraplegic from the waist down. ...More
January 17, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News