Pacific Northwest Bell

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Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company

Pacific Northwest Bell logo, 1969–1983
Company type	Division
Industry	Telecommunications
Predecessor	Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Founded	July 1, 1961; 63 years ago (1961-07-01)
Fate	Merged into Mountain Bell
Successor	US WEST Communications
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington , U.S.
Area served	Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho
Parent	AT&T (1961–1983) US WEST (1984–1990) CenturyLink and LUMEN (2010s–present)[1]

The Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company is a telecommunications company that provides local telecommunications services in Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company was formed on July 1, 1961, when it was spun off from the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. It was the local exchange carrier for the Bell System, the AT&T Corporation-controlled network of companies. On January 1, 1984, Pacific Northwest Bell was split from AT&T as ordered in the settlement of United States v. AT&T and became a subsidiary of the newly formed Regional Bell Operating Company US West. Pacific Northwest Bell became dormant when US West consolidated its three main operating subsidiaries, forming US West Communications, Inc. on January 1, 1991. US West merged with Qwest Communications International Inc. in 2000, and the US West brand was replaced by the Qwest brand. Qwest Communications merged with Louisiana-based CenturyLink in 2011, and the Qwest brand was replaced by the CenturyLink brand. It now does business with the Lumen Technologies brand as of 2020.^[2][3]