Qwest Communications Inc.

Recent Events

News & Analysis

government and qwest communications inc. - All News and Analysis

• 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...

  Tags: FCC, Government, petition, Qwest Communications Inc.

• 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...

  Tags: FCC, Government, Qwest Communications Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, XO Communications Inc.

• Court overturns conviction of ex-Qwest chief

  - 2008-03-17

  DENVER, Colorado AFP — A US appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction of the former chief of imploded telecoms giant Qwest Joseph Nacchio and sent the case back to court. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled that the exclusion of key testimony from an expert...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, conviction, Denver, exclusion, FINANCE, Government, prosecutor, Qwest Communications Inc., SOFTWARE, U.S. Circuit Court

• Losing the war on attorney-client privilege: viewing the selective waiver quagmire through the Tenth Circuit's In Re Qwest Communications International.

  - 2008-01-01

  THE attorney-client privilege, which belongs to the client, not to the lawyer, enables individual and corporate clients to communicate with their lawyer in confidence. (1) It is the "bedrock of the client's rights to effective counsel and confidentiality in seeking legal advice." (2) Attorney-client privilege "plays...

  Tags: attorney, Cir, Government, MARKETING, Mitchell, Qwest Communications Inc., SEC, SOFTWARE, Thompson, U.S., U.S. Department of Justice, waiver

• Qwest Delivers High-Speed Internet Services to the Government of the District of Columbia

  - 2007-11-27

  Fiber-Optic Network Supports District Government Agencies

  Tags: Government, High-speed Internet, Qwest Communications Inc.

• 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,...

  Tags: FCC, Government, petition, Qwest Communications Inc.

• Research and Markets: New Profile Looks into Qwest's Government Business and Recent Contracts

  - 2007-08-03

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c64648) has announced the addition of "Competitive Profile of Qwest: Government Services" to their offering.

  Tags: Government, Qwest Communications Inc.

• SEC begins distributing $267 million to defrauded Qwest investors

  - 2007-08-02

  DENVER -- Federal regulators have begun distributing $267 million to investors who lost money when Qwest Communications International Inc.'s stock collapsed in 2002 amid allegations of accounting fraud. About 200,000 investors who purchased Qwest securities between July 27, 1999, and July 28, 2002, would receive payments, according to...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, investor, Qwest Communications Inc., Regulations, SEC

• 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...

  Tags: carrier, FCC, Government, Qwest Communications Inc., subsidy

• 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...

  Tags: FCC, Government, petition, Qwest Communications Inc.