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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Many businesses are lowering costs and increasing productivity by converging their voice and data services using voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology. Unfortunately, this can leave business voice services vulnerable to problems, unless…
Sprint is in talks to outsource the network operations of its wireless network to Ericsson of Sweden. If a deal happens, Sprint will transfer several thousands of its employees over to Ericsson. Sprint is looking at the deal as a…
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…
The public service/utility commissions of Georgia, Mississippi, Minnesota, Nebraska and Ohio have approved the CenturyTel – Embarq merger. The new combined entity will operate in a total of 33 states, of which 18 do not require state approval. CenturyTel is…
Embarq Logistics, formerly Sprint North Supply, formerly North Supply, a long time provider of the ‘nuts and bolts’ of telecom to hundreds of carriers across the U.S. has been sold to KGP Telecommunications of Minnesota. Terms of the transaction were…
MONROE, La. and OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jan 27, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Combination Will Create Industry-Leading Communications Provider. CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) and EMBARQ (NYSE: EQ) today announce that shareholders of both companies have approved all proposals related to the…
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