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CenturyLink and Cox Battle in Court over Broadband
2/1/10 at 5:23 PM by Bernie Arnason
The telecom competitive landscape has produced many a lawsuit between competitors, often times citing unfair or inaccurate advertising. The latest example occurs in Las Vegas between Cox and CenturyLink. Las Vegas is a former Embarq territory, but is now CenturyLink, thanks to the CenturyTel –Embarq merger....
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CenturyTel Reports 2Q09 Results, Achieves 44% Broadband Penetration
8/6/09 at 11:26 PM by Andrew Burger
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, ...
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FCC Officially Approves CenturyTel-Embarq Merger
6/25/09 at 12:44 PM by Telecompetitor
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 ...
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FCC Set to Approve CenturyTel-Embarq Merger
6/23/09 at 9:49 PM by Telecompetitor
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 ...
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Bye-Bye CenturyTel-EMBARQ – Hello CenturyLink
6/2/09 at 2:51 PM by Telecompetitor
CenturyLink is the new name of the merged CenturyTel-Embarq company. CenturyTel announced the new merged company will begin using the name immediately after the closing of the merger transaction. "Our new brand name was selected because our customers and employees told us it reflected a company ...
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CenturyTel: Only One Hurdle Remains for EMBARQ Merger
5/29/09 at 10:54 AM by Telecompetitor  CenturyTel announced they received the remaining state approvals necessary for their merger with EMBARQ. Both Pennsylvania and Washington approved the transaction. All that remains now is the required blessing from the FCC. "Upon FCC approval, we will create a new leading communications company, which will have the scale and financial strength to deliver a compelling portfolio of communications services targeted to benefit customers ...
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CenturyTel: Only Two States to Go
5/19/09 at 8:50 PM by Telecompetitor CenturyTel announced that California, Oregon, and Virginia have approved CenturyTel's acquisition of Embarq. That leaves only two states left of the thirty-three total needed to approve the transaction and establish the rural super carrier. The combined company will have approximately 7.5 million access lines, more than two million broadband customers and more than 400,000 video subscribers, based on data as of March 31, 2009. CenturyTel says ...
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Rise of the Rural ‘Super’ Carrier
5/14/09 at 11:49 AM by Telecompetitor  Recent activity in the rural telecom sector leads us to speculate about a rural ‘super’ carrier trend. We define this trend as the formation of large scale, larger than we’ve ever witnessed before, telecom service providers focused mostly on rural markets. Despite the 1,000+ carriers serving rural territory in the U.S., the three largest ‘RBOCs’ combined, still serve the majority of rural customers. That’s beginning to change, and leading to the rise ...
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CenturyTel Reports 34% Broadband Penetration
5/1/09 at 6:32 AM by Telecompetitor CenturyTel reported Q1 2009 results on Thursday. The highlight of the report focused on 24,000 net new broadband adds, bringing CenturyTel’s total broadband subscriber base to 665,000. CenturyTel now reports a 34% broadband penetration of access lines. According to chairman and CEO Glen F. Post III, the broadband growth for 1Q09 improved 81% over 4Q08. That’s welcome news to CenturyTel. According to our most recent market report, ...
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Embarq Files Femtocell Patent
3/8/09 at 8:54 PM by Telecompetitor  Embarq has filed a patent at the U.S Patent and Trademark Office for a universal femtocell that will work with any carrier. The patent application states, “… the universal femto cell are provided such that the femto cell is configurable according to the user's choice of wireless carriers.” Basically, femtocells create a ‘mini’ cell tower within a home/business, using the customer’s broadband connection ...
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