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Qwest Communications Inc.

(Q) is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$6.7B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$13.4B

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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

Contact Information

1801 California Street

Denver, Colorado 80202

www.qwest.com

(303) 992-1400

Peer Companies

NAICS Code : 517910

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ACN Opportunity Review

11/29/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Geospatial to provide utility location and mapping services to El Paso Electric

11/25/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Qwest Communications, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Nextel

10/29/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Qwest Launches a Simple Small Business Bundle

10/28/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Geospatial Holdings Subsidiary Enters Into Five Year Contract

10/22/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Geospatial Holdings' Subsidiary Enters Into Five Year Contract with Qwest Corporation to Locate...

10/22/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Qwest Posts Q3 Revenue of $3.1 Billion, See Improving Trends

11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
ratings wrap-up: Qwest, Palm, F5 Networks and more

10/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Qwest Does 8-Cent Dividend

10/15/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Qwest prepares to cancel wireless service [The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.]

10/14/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
WSJ Thinks Verizon Could Buy DirecTV

10/01/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
ASU, Qwest ink 5-year, $54 million deal

9/26/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Qwest expands network service contract with Arizona State University

9/25/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Qwest Launches "Crash Happens" Social Media Contest

9/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
BUYINS.NET: PER, CVM, POT, AUY, DTV, AXP With Highest Daily Short Volume On NYSE Monday

9/22/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Qwest will absorb Malheur Bell

9/19/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
STOCKS NEWS US-Citigroup upgrades Nucor to 'buy'

9/17/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Qwest Communications Unveils Ethernet Backhaul Service

9/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Colorado Business

9/16/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Qwest Unveils New Backhaul Service

9/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

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Qwest not off hook yet

- 2004-10-22

DENVER -- U.S. prosecutors said Thursday Qwest Communications isn't off the hook, even though the company agreed to a $250 million civil fine for its addiction to fraudulent accounting. The Securities and Exchange Commission set the fine, accusing senior managers of directing a scheme to record one-time revenue...

Tags: FINANCE, NETWORKING, Qwest Communications Inc., revenue, SEC, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Former Qwest Sales Manager Pays SEC Fine

- 2003-10-01

Loren Pfau, a former Qwest Communications International Inc. [NYSE: Q], sales manager, says he will pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $25,000 to settle a lawsuit that names him as an accomplice to helping the carrier artificially inflate revenues by more than $26 million. According to SEC paperwork, Qwest--assisted by...

Tags: fiber-optics, FINANCE, NETWORKING, Qwest Communications Inc., revenue, SEC, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Regulation: what's too much? At NATOA Confab, Ops and officials spar over levels of scrutiny.(a discussion of the annual meeting of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors)

- 2003-09-15

DENVER -- Cable regulators are undeterred by the close scrutiny from telecommunications providers, but find they are financially strapped by shrinking local revenues paired with unfunded local homeland-security mandates. "The government DENVER -- Cable regulators are undeterred...

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