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Shareholders of both companies have approved the acquisition of Qwest by CenturyLink. Shareholder meetings were held today in both Monroe, La (CenturyLink) and Denver, Co (Qwest). Interestingly enough, exactly 97% of the votes cast by both (but separate) shareholder groups approved the ...

While researching my post about CenturyLink’s move from DISH to DirecTV for DBS resale, I discovered prism TV – CenturyLink’s new product name for their IPTV service. I either missed the press release on this ...

DISH Network isn’t exactly hitting its stride with telco resale partners. A couple years back, they lost their prized AT&T partnership and now history is repeating itself as CenturyLink has decided to switch DBS resale partners from DISH to ...

CenturyLink has completed the first phase of a planned migration of traditional voice traffic to an IP platform. In the first phase, the carrier has moved traffic from seven million voice customers onto an IP backbone ...

One of the more interesting dynamics surrounding the announced CenturyLink-Qwest merger is the implications for video and IPTV. Generally speaking, if you ask the IPTV vendor ecosystem, a boon would be welcomed. Maybe the impact won’t be along traditional IPTV lines. As industry analyst ...

While not a terribly surprising development, it’s nevertheless stunning to announce that Qwest and CenturyLink have announced a merger agreement. Under the terms of the announced agreement, CenturyLink will acquire Qwest in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. The deal is valued at ...

The transition from T-carrier and microwave links for wireless tower backhaul to fiber fed Ethernet is well underway. CenturyLink is now joining the Ethernet wireless backhaul trend, using Calix gear. We only have to look at AT&T’s experience with the iPhone ...

CenturyTel , now called CenturyLink as a result of their July 2009 merger with EMBARQ, reported 2Q09 GAAP net income of $69.8 million and $83.3 million excluding non-recurring items (down 8.6%) as compared to $91.2 million and $92.2 million, respectively, for the year-ago period.  Ex recurring items, ...

As we discussed earlier this week, the FCC has officially approved the merger of CenturyTel and Embarq. The new company will be called CenturyLink. According to CenturyTel, the merger now has received all necessary approvals, and the companies expect the merger to be effective on July ...

The FCC is set to approve the pending merger of CenturyTel with Embarq, maybe as early as this week. The newly formed company will be called CenturyLink. The new rural super carrier will have approximately 7.5 million access lines, more than two million ...