CenturyLink
| CenturyLink, Inc.
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| legal form | Inc. |
| ISIN | US1567001060 |
| founding | 1968 |
| Seat |
Monroe , Louisiana ,
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| management | Glen F. Post, III |
| Number of employees | 43,000 |
| sales | 17.9 billion US dollars |
| Branch | telecommunications |
| Website | www.centurylink.com |
| As of December 31, 2015 | |
CenturyLink is an American telecommunications company based in Monroe, Louisiana . CenturyLink had 6 million customers at the end of 2015. The company has been run by Glen Post since 1992.
history
CenturyLink dates back to Central Telephone and Electronics , incorporated in 1968 . This was renamed Century Telephone Enterprises in 1971 and went public in 1978. The CenturyLink name was adopted after the acquisition of Embarq in 2009 . In 2011, Qwest and Savvis were taken over.
In late October 2016, the company announced that it would acquire Level 3 Communications for $ 25 billion. The acquisition was completed in November 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Leadership Bios
- ↑ a b Form 10-K 2015 ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Presentation
- ↑ Media Room - Company History. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
- ^ CenturyLink acquires Qwest April 22, 2010
- ↑ Steven Russolillo: CenturyLink to Acquire Savvis . In: Wall Street Journal . April 28, 2011 ( wsj.com ).
- ↑ Centurylink: Level 3 sells for $ 25 billion . October 31, 2016 ( golem.de ).
- ↑ CenturyLink Completes Level 3 Acquisition. November 1, 2017, accessed September 23, 2019 .
