Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission became the 14th state utilities regulator to approve the CenturyLink-Qwest merger, the companies announced this week. The merger still needs the approval of seven states and the FCC before moving forward with closing. “Gaining the Colorado…
The Montana Public Service Commission is the latest state telecom regulator to approve the CenturyLink-Qwest merger. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have now given the merger the green light. Approvals from eight more states and the FCC remain,…
CenturyLink announced a post-acquisition regional CenturyLink-Qwest organizational structure that will span service areas in 37 states in anticipation of clearing remaining regulatory hurdles–nine state regulator approvals plus one from the FCC– and the merger’s closing, which management expects will occur…
CenturyLink and Qwest’s drive to obtain required regulatory approvals for their pending merger continues. The two announced that agreement has been reached with the staff of the Arizona Corporate Commission and Residential Utility Consumer Office. Contingent on final approval by…
The list of entities that have agreed to support the proposed merger between CenturyLink and Qwest Communications is beginning to look like the list of sponsors for a popular sporting event or conference. Cox Communications, which previously expressed concerns about…
Colorado Public Utilities Commission staff have ruled the CenturyLink-Qwest merger “is not contrary to” public interest based on an agreement reached between the state regulator and the two companies. The merger is still subject to review by commission members, according…
CenturyLink and Qwest have come to an agreement with Integra Telecom regarding issues the latter raised about the two former’s pending merger, CenturyLink announced today. Integra, a “significant interconnecting network customer” of Qwest’s, had opposed the proposed merger in state…
The Iowa Utilities Board unanimously approved the CenturyLink-Qwest Communications merger yesterday. The Iowa Board is the 12th state regulator to approve the proposed merger, the first in a state where both CenturyLink and Qwest do business. The merger has also…
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today unveiled an innovative approach for wireless service providers (WSPs) to adapt to the increasing demand for cell tower bandwidth while simultaneously decreasing their connectivity cost per megabyte. With the introduction of Qwest® Adaptive Broadband™,…
CenturyLink needs approval from 21 states for their acquisition of Qwest. 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…
DENVER – August 26, 2010 – Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today announced enhancements to its business continuity/disaster recovery portfolio with the launch of Qwest Real-Time Application Recovery™. The new cloud-based service keeps business operations running uninterrupted in the event of…
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…
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