List of Lumen Technologies operating companies

The Lumen Technologies Operating Companies are local exchange carriers owned by Lumen Technologies, the third largest landline telephone company in the United States.[1]

Lumen Technologies operating companies consist of operations inherited from various predecessor companies, which is reflected in the differing names of the companies and partially overlapping service territories; all operating companies do business as Lumen Technologies. Predecessors include:

  • CenturyTel - the former corporate name of CenturyLink.
  • Embarq, the former landline operations of Sprint Nextel, which were spun off in 2006; these include operations dating from Sprint's time as United Telecommunications and operations owned by Centel, which it acquired in 1993.
  • Qwest Communications International - which, through its acquisition of U S WEST, inherited operations of the former Bell System in numerous western states.
  1. ^ List of telephone local operating companies at fcc.gov