CenturyTel, Inc.

News and overview for CenturyTel, Inc.

CenturyLink Reports Second Quarter 2009 Earnings [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 108 days 20 hours 50 minutes ago
MONROE, La., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenturyLink (CenturyTel, Inc.)


CenturyLink Reports Third Quarter Earnings [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 17 days 13 hours 58 minutes ago
MONROE, La., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenturyLink


CenturyLink Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 90 days 13 hours 50 minutes ago
...La., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenturyLink (CenturyTel, Inc.) today announced that its Board of Directors voted to declare...Davis of CenturyLink, +1-318-388-9525,tony.davis@centurytel.com


Summary Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 51 days 11 hours 50 minutes ago
...Oct. 2 In January 2009, prior to their merger, CenturyTel and Embarq announced the settlement of a shareholder...ON WHICH THE MERGER BETWEEN EMBARQ CORPORATION AND CENTURYTEL, INC. BECAME EFFECTIVE: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that...


CenturyLink Announces Early Tender Results of Debt Tender Offers [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 55 days 17 hours 20 minutes ago
...000 1 $182,470,000 Inc. Senior Notes, Series L, due August 15, 2012 CenturyTel, 156700AA4 8.375...CONTACT: Tony Davis of CenturyTel, Inc., +1-318-388-9525,tony.davis@centurytel.com


CenturyLink Recommends Rejection of Mini-Tender by TRC Capital Corporation [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 100 days 17 hours 21 minutes ago
...La., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenturyLink (CenturyTel, Inc.) announced today that it has been notified of an unsolicited...Davis of CenturyLink, +1-318-388-9525,tony.davis@centurytel.com


CenturyLink Wholesale Operations Earns Four 'Best-In-Class' Awards [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 40 days 13 hours 12 minutes ago
...created as a result of the July 1, 2009 merger between CenturyTel, Inc. and Embarq Corporation, is the fourth largest wireline...communications company in the United States. "Both CenturyTel and EMBARQ legacy companies have done very well in...


CenturyLink Commences Debt Tender Offers and Concurrent Debt Offering [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 69 days 19 hours 50 minutes ago
...Corporation due June 1, 2013 CenturyTel, 156700AK2 5.5% Senior...000 2 $1,052.50 Inc. Notes, Series O...CenturyTel, 156700AG1 7.875...000 1 $1,117.50 Inc. Notes, Series L, due August 15, 2012 CenturyTel, 156700AA4 8.375...


E.G. Carson, Ex-Executive Officer of HITCO Carbon Composites, Named CEO of Growth Management and Constructive Changes (GMC2) [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 101 days 19 hours 50 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Growth Management and Constructive Changes (GMC2) LLC announced today that Ex-Executive Officer of HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc., Edward G. Carson assumes the duties of Chief Executive Officer in August 2009.


CenturyLink Announces Final Results of Debt Tender Offers [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 41 days 7 hours 50 minutes ago
MONROE, La., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenturyLink


CenturyLink Prices $650 Million of Debt Securities [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 69 days 8 hours 20 minutes ago
...J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities...1322, Barclays Capital Inc. at 1-888-603-5847, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., call collect: 212-834...388-9525,tony.davis@centurytel.com


CenturyLink Announces Voluntary Resignation of Director Steve Davis [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 83 days 21 hours 20 minutes ago
...Davis, chairman and chief executive officer of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., has voluntarily resigned as a member of CenturyLink's board...Tony Davis of CenturyLink, +1-318-388-9525,tony.davis@centurytel.com


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PRNewswire | 81 days 16 hours 20 minutes ago
...Airlines Center 19 Bossier City, LA CenturyTel Center 21 El Paso, TX Don Haskins...licensed to Elizabeth Arden, Inc. by Britney Brands, Inc. Britney Spears is one of...licensed to Elizabeth Arden, Inc. by Britney Brands, Inc. ...





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Company Overview


Company: CenturyTel, Inc.
Industry: Fixed-line Voice Services Providers
Website: http://www.centurytel.com

Bright lights and big cities are not necessarily for CenturyTel. The company mainly provides local telephone services in rural areas, as well as network access to other carriers and businesses. It also offers long-distance and Internet access. It serves about 2 million local voice lines and provides Internet access to about 600,000 subscribers in 23 states throughout the US. CenturyTel's core service areas are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Washington, and Wisconsin. Additionally, the company provides paid television service to residential customers through a deal with DISH Network. Its other services include commercial printing, database management, and direct mail.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 2,599.7 (2008)
One-year % Growth in Sales -2.1 (2008)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 365.7 (2008)
One-year % Growth in Net Income -12.6 (2008)
Number of Employees 6,500 (2008)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees -1.5 (2008)
Fiscal Year-End December