BNET Industries
Market Cap:$7.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$13.4B
- Public
- US
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Qwest offers a unique and powerful combination of managed voice and data solutions for businesses, government agencies and consumers - locally and throughout the country. Customers coast to coast are turning to Qwest's industry-leading national fiber optic network and its Spirit of Service for quality products and superior customer experience. Qwest is a participant in Networx, the largest communications services contract in the world, to provide leading-edge voice, data and video services.
Number of Employees 32,937
Peer Companies
NAICS Code : 517910
Recent Events
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Qwest Does Dividend
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Stock Picks: Q Up, BBY Down
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New Mexico AG asks for Qwest rates to be held steady (8:13 a.m.)
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NM AG asks for Qwest rates to be held steady
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ACN Opportunity Review
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Geospatial to provide utility location and mapping services to El Paso Electric
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Qwest Communications, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Nextel
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Qwest Launches a Simple Small Business Bundle
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Geospatial Holdings Subsidiary Enters Into Five Year Contract
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Geospatial Holdings' Subsidiary Enters Into Five Year Contract with Qwest Corporation to Locate...
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Qwest Posts Q3 Revenue of $3.1 Billion, See Improving Trends
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ratings wrap-up: Qwest, Palm, F5 Networks and more
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Qwest Does 8-Cent Dividend
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Qwest prepares to cancel wireless service [The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.]
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WSJ Thinks Verizon Could Buy DirecTV
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ASU, Qwest ink 5-year, $54 million deal
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Qwest expands network service contract with Arizona State University
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Qwest Launches "Crash Happens" Social Media Contest
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BUYINS.NET: PER, CVM, POT, AUY, DTV, AXP With Highest Daily Short Volume On NYSE Monday
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Qwest Communications Unveils Ethernet Backhaul Service
News & Analysis
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Integra Telecom Issues Statement Supporting FCC Ruling to Deny Qwest Petition for Forbearance
- 2008-07-26
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Integra Telecom Inc., a facilities-based, integrated communications carrier for business, released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission's FCC decision to deny Qwest Corporation's petition for forbearance: "Integra Telecom applauds the FCC's decision to deny Qwest Corporation's petition for forbearance," said Dudley Slater, CEO of...
XO Communications Praises FCC Decision Denying Qwest's Regulatory Forbearance Petitions
- 2008-07-26
BACKGROUND: The Federal Communications Commission today denied, 5 to 0, Qwest's petitions for regulatory forbearance from wholesale pricing rules on "last mile connections" in Denver, Minneapolis, Phoenix and Seattle. The following comments are attributable to Heather Burnett Gold, senior vice president - external affairs, at XO Communications. "XO...
XO Communications and Leading Competitors to FCC: Resale Lines Inflate Qwest's Competitive Market Analysis and Invalidate Forbearance Bids
- 2008-05-15
A group of competitive telecommunications companies today filed a study with the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") exposing Qwest's use of resale lines and "commercial offers" as the latest example of flawed data the Baby Bell is relying on to support premature bids for regulatory forbearance.
Leading Competitors to FCC: Dismiss Qwest's Use of "Wireless Substitution" to Justify Forbearance Bids
- 2008-04-22
A group of competitive telecommunications companies today filed independent studies with the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") refuting Qwest's claim that wireless competition has in any significant way reduced the Baby Bell's market power. The studies repudiate Qwest's effort to use so-called "wireless substitution" as a factor in determining competitive...
Qwest asks FCC again to excuse it from rules
- 2007-09-14
Qwest Communications International Inc., the third-biggest U.S. local-phone company, asked regulators to ease rules on data services it sells to large businesses, after withdrawing a similar petition two days ago. The request, sent to the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday, is identical to a petition filed in June 2006,...
Qwest asks FCC to cut subsidies to carriers in rural areas.(POLICY)
- 2007-08-01
Qwest Communications International has asked the Federal Communications Commission to slash subsidies provided to carriers in rural areas. The company announced that it wants a bring reforms to the USF Universal Service Fund, which adds an additional 12 percent surcharge to bills of...
Qwest receives concessions in quest to merge operations
- 2007-02-22
Qwest Communications International Inc. can merge its local and long-distance telephone operations with fewer government restrictions than some rivals had sought, U.S. regulators said. The Federal Communications Commission agreed Wednesday not to subject Qwest's long-distance division to some so-called dominant- carrier rules, which impose price controls and other...
Qwest Statement on FCC Forbearance Decision
- 2007-02-21
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Feb. 20, the Federal Communications Commission FCC granted Qwest's "forbearance" petition, easing federal regulations of its long-distance service.
Senators bristle at FCC chief's enforcement of AT& T–BellSouth merger
- 2007-02-02
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission faced tough questions from a Senate panel Thursday over his comments that he would not enforce a key condition the FCC imposed before approving of the AT&T-BellSouth merger. At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Thursday, Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye,...
In Iowa, Solving 'Phantom Traffic' Flap Takes Lots Of Patience
- 2006-11-20
A complex set of regulatory and court cases in Iowa involving "phantom traffic," access charges and intercarrier compensation ICC payments, including a dispute surrounding Qwest Communications International, is requiring a patient "want and see" attitude among state commissions and lawyers as the matter wends its way...
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