Qwest Communications International Inc.

Qwest Communications 3Q earnings fall 6 pct
Seattle Times, The | 25 days 2 hours 45 minutes ago
DENVER Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a 6 percent drop in third-quarter profit Wednesday as customers continue to give up traditional landline telephones. Qwest has been struggling to find ways to grow sales as its industry shrinks. It offers local phone service in 14 Western states and customers have been siphoned off by competition from cable and cell phone providers.

Qwest to Save $100 Million Via Pension, Pay Freeze
ABC News | 20 days 17 hours 32 minutes ago
Qwest to save $100M by stopping contributions to management pensions; freezing manager pay

Qwest Communications 3Q Profit Falls 6 Pct,
ABC News | 26 days 5 hours 28 minutes ago
Qwest Communications posts drop in 3Q earnings as revenue continues slide

Qwest to end cell phone service on Oct. 31
Seattle Times, The | 31 days 18 hours 56 minutes ago
DENVER Qwest Communications International Inc. said Thursday it will be ending its cell phone service on Oct. 31. The phone company said customers who switch to another carrier before the end of the month will be able to transfer their current phone numbers. But those who don't switch by the deadline will forfeit their mobile phone numbers.

Broadband Briefs for 10/23/09
CED Magazine | 30 days 22 hours 22 minutes ago
Qwest to end cell phone service on Oct. 31 . . . Incognito adds Service Activation Center.

Qwest to end cell phone service on Oct. 31 - Business Wire - SunHerald.com
Sun Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss.), The | 31 days 19 hours ago
For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser.

Qwest to end cell phone service on Oct. 31 - National Business - MiamiHerald.com
Miami Herald, The | 31 days 19 hours 3 minutes ago
DENVER -- Qwest Communications International Inc. said Thursday it will be ending its cell phone service on Oct. 31.

Unstrung - Mobile Applications - Qwest Wireless Counts Down - Telecom News Wire
Unstrung.com | 31 days 20 hours 39 minutes ago
Qwest is encouraging remaining Qwest Wireless customers to switch to a new wireless provider in advance of the Oct. 31 shutdown

Light Reading - Qwest Freezes Chiefs' Salaries - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 20 days 18 hours 52 minutes ago
DENVER -- Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q - News) 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 l...

Ex-Qwest CEO Seeks Fresh Start on Sentence
ABC News | 20 days 11 hours 30 minutes ago
Ex-Qwest CEO, prosecutors disagree on whether judge has to start fresh in re-sentencing him

CSX, Genworth, Legg Mason, Qwest Communications, UCBH: U.S. Equity Movers
Bloomberg | 39 days 20 hours 38 minutes ago
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of 2:25 p.m. in New York.

Qwest to save $100 million via pension, pay freeze
Seattle Times, The | 20 days 17 hours 22 minutes ago
DENVER Fiber-optic network provider Qwest Communications International Inc. said Monday it will save about $100 million by stopping contributions to the pension plans of active managers and freezing their pay.

Qwest to save $100 million via pension, pay freeze - Technology - MiamiHerald.com
Miami Herald, The | 20 days 17 hours 40 minutes ago
DENVER -- Fiber-optic network provider Qwest Communications International Inc. said Monday it will save about $100 million by stopping contributions to the pension plans of active managers and freezing their pay.

Wire Technology
Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 20 days 17 hours 36 minutes ago
DENVER -- Fiber-optic network provider Qwest Communications International Inc. said Monday it will save about $100 million by stopping contributions to the pension plans of active managers and freezing their pay.

U.S. bill would overhaul annual phone fund
Reuters | 16 days 21 hours 24 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers said on Friday they introduced a measure aimed at overhauling an annual fund intended to ensure nationwide telephone service in high-cost, rural areas by including money for high-speed Internet use.