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The Lumen Technologies Operating Companies are
local exchange carriers owned by
Lumen Technologies , the third largest landline telephone company in the United States.
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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 as Lumen Technologies. 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
U S WEST , inherited operations of the former
Bell System in numerous western states.
CenturyLink grew as Century Telephone and later CenturyTel through acquiring many small and mid-size telephone companies. These include:
CenturyTel of Adamsville , Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink Adamsville (
Mississippi ,
Tennessee )
CenturyTel of Alabama , LLC - formerly part of
Contel of the South and
Verizon South
CenturyTel of Arkansas , Inc.
CenturyTel of Central Arkansas , LLC - formerly
GTE
CenturyTel of Chester , Inc. (
Iowa ,
Minnesota )
CenturyTel of Claiborne , Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink Claiborne (
Tennessee )
CenturyTel of Colorado , Inc. - formerly Universal Telephone
CenturyTel of Eagle , Inc. (
Colorado ) - portions formerly part of
U S WEST Communications
CenturyTel of Missouri , LLC - formerly part of
GTE Midwest
CenturyTel of Mountain Home, Inc. (
Arkansas )
CenturyTel of the Northwest , Inc. (
California ,
Montana ,
Oregon ,
Washington ) - formerly Pacific Telecom, portions formerly part of USWest (Current day Qwest
CenturyTel of Northwest Arkansas , LLC - formerly part
GTE Southwest
CenturyTel of Ooltewah-Collegedale , Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink Ooltewah (
Tennessee )
CenturyTel of Ohio , Inc. - formerly owned by
Centel
CenturyTel of Port Aransas , Inc. (
Texas )
CenturyTel of Redfield , Inc. (
Arkansas )
CenturyTel of San Marcos , Inc. (
Texas )
CenturyTel of South Arkansas , Inc.
CenturyTel of the Gem State , Inc. (
Idaho ,
Nevada ) - formerly owned by Pacific Telecom
CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall , LLC - portions formerly part of
Wisconsin Bell
CenturyTel of the Southwest, Inc.
[2] - five rate centers in New Mexico
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Spectra Communications Group , LLC (
Missouri ) - formerly part of
GTE Midwest
Telephone USA of Wisconsin , LLC - 89% owned
The following companies were formerly owned by
Embarq , acquired in 2009, and formerly owned by
Sprint Nextel or United Telephone until 2006.
Centel companies are also included, which was purchased by Sprint in 1993.
Qwest , which was acquired in 2011, owned an original
Bell Operating Company and a small independent provider. Qwest acquired
US WEST , one of the
Baby Bells , in 2000.
El Paso County Telephone Company (
El Paso County, Colorado )
Qwest Corporation (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)