Qwest Communications International Inc.
News and overview for Qwest Communications International Inc.
Colorado Utility Improves Customer Service with Qwest Call Center Technology [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 18 hours 10 minutes ago
Colorado Springs Utilities recently adopted a hosted call center solution from Qwest (NYSE: Q) that allows the organization to improve how it delivers key services, including meter-reading appointments, account review and service call status.
Earnings Preview: Qwest to report 3rd-qtr results
Forbes | 27 days 18 hours 14 minutes ago
NEW YORK -- Qwest Communications International Inc. is scheduled to report its third-quarter results on Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Qwest Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 22 hours 11 minutes ago
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q):
Qwest Announces December Webcasts [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 17 hours 11 minutes ago
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today announced that the following presentations will be webcast:
Qwest starts note exchange offer
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.) | 9 days 11 hours 40 minutes ago
DENVER (AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. said Friday that it began an offer by its Qwest Corp. subsidiary to exchange privately placed outstanding 8.375 percent notes due in 2016 for newly registered 8.375 percent notes also due that year.
Qwest begins offer to exchange privately placed outstanding notes
Sun (Baltimore), The | 9 days 11 hours 38 minutes ago
Qwest Communications International Inc. said Friday that it began an offer by its Qwest Corp. subsidiary to exchange privately placed outstanding 8.375 percent notes due in 2016 for newly registered 8.375 percent notes also due that year.
Qwest Announces Change to Management Retirement Benefits; Freezes Management Salaries for 2010 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 20 days 11 hours 11 minutes ago
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today announced that effective Jan. 1, 2010, the company will no longer provide future pension benefit accruals for active management employees under the Qwest Pension Plan and the Qwest Nonqualified Pension Plan. Active management employees who participate in the company’s defined benefit pension plan will retain their accrued pension benefit, as earned through Dec. 31, 2009, and are eligible to receive their vested accrued benefit when they leave Qwest.
Customers Rank Qwest Ethernet Services Best in Class [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 19 hours 11 minutes ago
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) has earned the “Market Leader” award for Ethernet services from Nemertes Research in its recently announced 2009 PilotHouse Awards. Nemertes Research is a research-advisory firm that specializes in analyzing and quantifying business value of emerging technologies.
Sprint, Ciena give back some gains - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 4 days 17 hours 31 minutes ago
Qwest Communications International Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!q/quotes/nls/q (Q 3.75, +0.10, +2.60%) was the lone advancer in the phone group, up a penny.
Qwest revenue falls short, shares up on outlook
Yahoo! | 25 days 20 hours 22 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Qwest Communications International Inc (Q.N) posted quarterly revenue that was slightly below Wall Street expectations but its shares rose almost 4 percent as it increased its profit outlook for the year.
Qwest Communications 3Q Earnings Fall Six Percent
NewsFactor Network | 16 days 35 minutes ago
Qwest fell behind CenturyLink into fourth place among U.S. phone companies by number of lines in service. AT&T and Verizon are the two largest. Qwest ended the third quarter with roughly seven million lines, down 12 percent from a year ago. It pointed to progress expanding its broadband service, where it added 28,000 subscribers.
Qwest Communications 3Q earnings fall 6 pct
San Diego Union-Tribune | 25 days 9 hours 30 minutes ago
Qwest employees Joseph Hammett, left, and Scott Naylin prepare to work on underground cables in Portland, Ore.,
Colorado-Based Chamber of Commerce Integrates Voice and Data Using Qwest VoIP Solution [Press Release]
Business Wire | 12 days 14 hours 8 minutes ago
The Aurora Chamber of Commerce, serving businesses in Colorado’s third-largest city, recently upgraded its office to an integrated voice and data platform using a unified communications solution designed and implemented by Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) and ShoreTel (NASDAQ: SHOR).
ATLANTIC-ACM Survey Ranks Qwest Wholesale Markets Best-in-Class [Press Release]
Business Wire | 40 days 20 hours 11 minutes ago
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) earned best-in-class honors from wholesale customers using collocation services as well as voice and data in a survey conducted by ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading research consultancy serving the telecommunications and information industries.
Qwest posts drop in 3Q earnings as revenue slides, customers continue to shed landline phones
Los Angeles Times | 25 days 17 hours 36 minutes ago
DENVER (AP) — Qwest Communications International Inc.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Qwest Communications International Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Local Exchange Carriers |
| Website: | http://www.qwest.com |
A journey at the speed of light: Qwest Communications spans the globe with its high-capacity broadband fiber-optic network. The company is among the leading US local phone providers and serves nearly 12 million access lines in a 14-state region stretching from Arizona north to Wyoming and east to Minnesota. Qwest also provides long-distance and international calling, as well as broadband data, voice, and video services to business customers. The company's wholesale network extends outside of its local service area, linking major global metropolitan areas and providing high-volume transmission capacity and other wholesale services to other carriers and resellers.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 13,475 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -2.2 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 681 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -76.7 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 32,937 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -11.0 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |