CenturyLink, a publicly owned company headquartered in the US and a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, was founded in 1930 and operates as a telecoms provider with approximately 28,210 employees. The company reported $2.7B in revenue as of 2024. It functions as a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company delivers hybrid networking, cloud connectivity, and security solutions to customers around the world.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1930

Headcount

28,201

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

Lumen Technologies announced on March 16, 2026, that Board Chair Mike Glenn and Hal Stanley Jones, a director and Chair of the Audit Committee, will retire and not stand for re-election at the company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This followed Lumen's 2026 Investor Day on February 24, where the company unveiled its multi-year vision, strategy, and financial framework to accelerate its transformation into an enterprise-focused technology infrastructure company and a network for AI. The company also announced on February 23 that it doubled its network-as-a-service (NaaS) customer base to more than 2,000 businesses since Q3 2025, reflecting enterprises' shift to on-demand programmable networking for AI and cloud workloads. Previously, on February 22, Lumen received upgraded ratings from Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investor Service, and S&P Global, marking a significant milestone in its multi-year financial and operational transformation.

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CenturyLink offers 6 products in the media and telecoms services industry. CenturyLink's product portfolio comprises of consumer electronics, media and TV services and telecoms.
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CenturyLink's revenues were $2.7B in 2024. Caretta Research has split CenturyLink's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is consumer broadband, which represents 54% of CenturyLink's revenue.
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