Qwest
Sign in to saveQwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Qwest Communications International Inc.
- Company.logo
- 250px
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used from 1996 to 2011
- Company.image
- Qwest HQ.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Qwest's headquarters in Denver, Colorado
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.fate
- Merged with CenturyLink
- Company.predecessor
- US West
- Company.founder
- Phillip Anschutz
- Company.hq_location
- 1801 California Street
- Company.location_city
- Denver, Colorado
- Company.location_country
- U.S.
- Company.area_served
- International
- Company.industry
- Telecommunications
- Company.services
- TelephoneInternetTelevision
- Company.revenue
- $13.778 billion (2007)
- Company.operating_income
- $1.730 billion (2007)
- Company.net_income
- $2.917 billion (2007)
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.qwest.com
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- inception
- 1996-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2011-08-01
- Commons category
- Qwest
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding
- US West acquisition
- Directory operations sale
- Alliances
- Problems
- Customer complaints and consumer issues
- Accounting and insider trading irregularities
- Refusal of NSA surveillance requests
- Merger with CenturyLink
- Corporate structure
- Defunct entities
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
On April 22, 2010, CenturyLink announced it would acquire Qwest in a stock transaction. The merger closed on April 1, 2011. Qwest began doing business as CenturyLink in August 2011.