Qwest Communications International Inc.

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Colorado Utility Improves Customer Service with Qwest Call Center Technology [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 18 hours 42 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.


Qwest Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 22 hours 43 minutes ago
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q):


Qwest Announces December Webcasts [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 17 hours 43 minutes ago
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today announced that the following presentations will be webcast:


Qwest Announces Change to Management Retirement Benefits; Freezes Management Salaries for 2010 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 20 days 11 hours 43 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 43 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.


Colorado-Based Chamber of Commerce Integrates Voice and Data Using Qwest VoIP Solution [Press Release]
Business Wire | 12 days 14 hours 40 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 43 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 Delivers High-Speed Networking Service to Health Care Clinics in Central Washington [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 20 hours 43 minutes ago
Memorial Practice Management (MPM) has selected Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) to provide an advanced communications network solution to connect seven MPM-managed health care clinics in central Washington. MPM provides services, including staff recruitment, administration, billing, and technical support designed to help physicians and their staffs manage the time-consuming aspects of running their practices.


A. Duie Pyle Enhances Business Performance, Service with Qwest s Integrated Voice and Data Solution [Press Release]
Business Wire | 33 days 19 hours 41 minutes ago
A. Duie Pyle recently upgraded its communications network and enhanced operations using an integrated voice and data solution from Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q). Qwest connected 20 A. Duie Pyle locations, including its West Chester headquarters campus and the company’s network of service centers and warehouses with Qwest iQ Networking. By implementing Qwest’s solution, this privately owned company was able to prioritize between Internet and private data, allowing the company the flexibility ...


Remaining Qwest Wireless Phone Customers Must Switch to a New Wireless Provider by Oct. 31 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 31 days 15 hours 21 minutes ago
Qwest (NYSE: Q) will discontinue Qwest Wireless cellular phone service on Oct. 31, 2009, and is encouraging remaining Qwest Wireless customers to switch to a new wireless provider in advance of the Oct. 31 shutdown. Customers who do not transition to a new wireless service provider by Oct. 31 will have their Qwest Wireless service disconnected, and will forfeit their Qwest Wireless phone number.


Qwest Communications Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.08 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 38 days 20 hours 43 minutes ago
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today announced its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share. The quarterly dividend is payable on Dec. 11, 2009, to all stockholders of record at the close of business on Nov. 20, 2009.


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Business Wire | 25 days 13 hours 17 minutes ago
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PMSI Holdings Corporation Purchases Rights Under the Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Patents [Press Release]
Business Wire | 23 days 22 hours 43 minutes ago
Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. announced today that PMSI Holdings Corporation, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical services companies serving the United States with headquarters in Tampa, FL, has entered into an agreement to purchase rights under the patent portfolio held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and licensed through its affiliate, A2D, L.P.


LATINA Style Magazine Announces the 2009 LATINA Style 50 Report [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 90 days 12 hours 11 minutes ago
...and CEO of LATINA Style, Inc. "We commend the companies...Kaiser Permanente AT&T Inc. Marriott International, Inc. Verizon Communications, Inc. Southern California...Insurance Company Freddie Mac Qwest Communications Wyndham Worldwide...


Selectica Ranked a Number One Sell-Side Quote-to-Contract Product Suite in Latest Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Software Report [Press Release]
Business Wire | 12 days 17 hours 6 minutes ago
Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC), a leading provider of enterprise contract lifecycle management and sales configuration solutions, announced today that the company was named a leader in the AMR Research report titled “Contract Lifecycle Management Landscape: Why CLM Technologies Need To Be Part of Your Supply Chain,” published on Oct 29, 2009.





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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