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Industry: Qwest

Timeline

• 2011: Qwest acquired by Centurylink
• 1999: Qwest acquires US West
• 1997: Qwest IPO
• 1988 Founded as SP Construction

Links

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Proceedings

FCC :: DSL :: Qwest Petition for Forebearance from dominant carrier tariff regulation, rate averaging requirements, and resale at an avoided cost discount, for Qwest's mss-market xDSL service. Comments Due Jan. 5; Replies Due Feb. 7.

Mergers

U.S. West

• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ISSUES FINAL APPROVAL OF QWEST-US WEST MERGER. Divestiture of Qwest's Prohibited Long Distance Businesses to Touch America, Inc. is Approved. The FCC ruled that Qwest's proposed divestiture of its long distance services, customers and assets in the US West Region to Touch America, Inc. is consistent with the Communications Act. by MO&O. Action by: the Commission. (FCC No. 00-231) News Media Contact: Michael Balmoris 0253. CCB Contact: Henry Thaggert at 7941.
• QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND US WEST, INC. Found that Qwest's proposed divestiture of in-region interLATA services, customers, and assets, the limited provisioning of transitional services to effectuate the divestiture, and its proposed special services arrangements do not involve Qwest performing in-region interLATA transmission or amount to the "provision" of in-region interLATA service in violation of section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Dkt No.: CC-99-272. Action by the Commission. Adopted: June 23, 2000. by MO&O. (FCC No. 00-231). CCB
• Released: April 14, 2000. PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENT ON QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. REPORT ON PROPOSED DIVESTITURE OF ITS LONG DISTANCE ACTIVITY IN THE US WEST REGION.Comments Due: May 5, 2000, Reply Comments Due: May 12, 2000. (DA No. 00-874). Dkt No.: CC-99-272. Contact: Policy and Program Planning: Henry L. Thaggert at 7941.
• FCC US West & Qwest Merger Webpage
• FCC APPROVES QWEST/US WEST MERGER. News Media contact: Mike Balmoris 0253; Common Carrier Bureau contact: Henry Thaggert 7941. by MO&O. Action by: the Commission. Adopted: March 8, 2000. Dkt No.: CC- 99-272. (FCC No. 00-91) CCB.
• QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. AND US WEST, INC., APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SECTIONS 214 AND 310 AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPLICATION TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF A SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING LICENSE. Approved applications to transfer control of licenses and lines from US West to Qwest Communications. Dkt No.: CC- 99-272. Action by the Commission. Adopted: March 8, 2000. by MO&O. (FCC No. 00-91). CCB
• US West-Qwest closer to winning approval C|NET 4/14
• FCC approves Qwest, U S West mergerMercury News
• FCC approves Qwest, US West merger USA Today 3/9/00
• FCC Approves Qwest/US West Merger PlanNewsbytes 3/9/00
• US West, Qwest merger gets FCC stamp of approvalC|NET 3/9/00
• Qwest Confirms Merger Talks With Unnamed Firm Newsbytes 3/6
• Qwest says any telecom-carrier deal will be in conjunction with U S West MSNBC 3/6
• Qwest confirms talks with 'major' telco NWFusion 3/6
• Qwest confirms merger talks C|NET 3/6
• Qwest Chief Hints At Calling Off US West Merger - Report Newsbytes 3/3
• Deutsche Telekom offers to buy Qwest, say reports 3/3 NWFusion

News

• Qwest Wants $350 Million From Uncle Sam To Deploy VDSL - After spending millions to derail faster fiber deployments..., dslreports 3/26/2010
• Former Qwest CEO Nacchio Finally Heads To Jail - Six years at minimum security facility in Pennsylvania, dslreports 3/10/2009
• Qwest Cut 1,700 Jobs - As carrier struggles with continued landline losses..., dslreports 2/10/2009
• Qwest cutting 1,200 jobs as profit drops, Globe and Mail 10/30/2008
• Nacchio Gets New Trial and Judge, Peerflow 3/25/2008
• Qwest Charges $33 For Doing Absolutely Nothing - The address change that wasn't nets new fee, higher prices., dslreports 2/25/2008
• Qwest: Utopia 'Harms Consumers' - Steer clear of that dangerous symmetrical fiber..., DSLreports 6/15/2007
• Ex-Qwest chief 'concealed' $90m in assets, prosecutors say, America's Network 3/30/2007
• Qwest Records Quarterly Profit and Rise in Internet Subscribers, NYT 2/9/2007
• SEC reportedly targeting former Qwest CEO, Bizjournals 3/15/2005
• Yuki Noguchi, MCI Again Rejects Qwest Merger Offer, WAPO April 6, 2005 ("MCI Inc.'s board of directors late last night rejected Qwest Communications International Inc.'s $8.9 billion offer, spurning the company's bid for a third time in favor of Verizon Communications Inc.")
• Qwest to Pay $250 Million in Fraud Probe, Wash Post 10/22/2004
• PR: Qwest 3Q, Qwest 11/16/2004
• Qwest sues AT&T over Net phone fees, CNET 5/7/2004
• Qwest Sets Out VOIP Stall, Light Reading 4/27/2004
• Qwest supports free VoIP access, FT 4/27/2004
• Qwest Prices Killing DSL VoIP, isp planet 1/5/2004
• Qwest to launch VoIP in December, CNET 11/21/2003
• U.S. Charges 8 in Qwest Fraud Probes, Wash Post 2/26/03
• Qwest to pay up for FCC violations, CNET 5/9/03
• Former Qwest executives indicted, NWFusion 2/26/03
• Qwest Looking To Sell Or Close Down Assets, CRN 9/18/02
• Qwest Reports $1.14 Billion Loss, Silicon 8/9/02
• Qwest Admits Incorrect Accounting, IDG 7/29/02
• Qwest CEO Shown The Door, Internet News 6/17/02
• Qwest Facing Another Probe?, Internet News 5/1/02
• SEC Steps Up Qwest Probe, Newsbytes 4/5/02
• Banks renegotiate Qwest's line of credit, CNET 3/19/02
• SEC Opens Informal Inquiry into Qwest, Internet News 3/11/02
• SEC curious about Qwest's accounting, CNET 3/11/02