The Iowa Utilities Board unanimously approved the CenturyLink-Qwest Communications merger yesterday. The Iowa Board is the 13th state regulator to approve the proposed merger
They announced today that 9 have given their blessing with public utility commissions from Louisiana and Mississippi the latest to approve the $22.4 billion transaction (including the assumption of $11.8 billion in debt).
Interestingly enough, exactly 97% of the votes cast by both (but separate) shareholder groups approved the transaction.
I discovered prism TV – CenturyLink’s new product name for their IPTV service.
CenturyLink has decided to switch DBS resale partners from DISH to DirecTV.
CenturyLink has completed the first phase of a planned migration of traditional voice traffic to an IP platform.