List of Lumen Technologies operating companies
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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.[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 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.