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Klausner Technologies has settled another round of visual voicemail patent disputes, announcing that it has reached settlements with Yahoo, Panasonic, Avaya, and Qwest Communications (now owned by CenturyLink) over the companies' use of visual voicemail technologies. Klausner's settlement with Yahoo makes Yahoo the 33rd company to license Klausner's visual voicemail patents; others include Apple, Sprint, Google, T-Mobile,… Read More

CenturyLink has announced it has completed its $12.2 billion all-stock acquisition of Qwest Communications, resulting in a new company with some 47,000 employees that's the third largest telco in the United States. Between Qwest's and CenturyLink's networks, CenturyLink now offers services in some 37 states, as well as wholesale connectivity to government and business customers via nearly 200,000 miles of fiber. The combined… Read More

In a move that may shake up the U.S. telecommunications industry, the firth-largest telecommunications operator CenturyLink—created from the merger of CenturyTel and Embarq——has announced it will be merging with Qwest, the nation's third-largest telco, in a tax-free stock-for-stock deal valued at about $10.6 billion. The deal is seen as a way for both companies to benefit from scaling as the market for traditional… Read More

Regional telecommunications operator Qwest announced today that it is introducing 12 and 20 Mbps DSL service in 23 of its top markets, Dubbed Qwest Titanium and Qwest Quantum, respectively, the company expects the services to be available to over 2 million customers by the end of 2008. The 20 Mbps service is currently the fastest DSL service available from a major U.S. telephone operator. “Our customers tell us that they want more… Read More

“Qwest quietly rolled out their 'OneFlex' voice-over-IP service last night, offering a basic plan of $30 a month and cheap US long distance that caps out at an additional $20 a month. That means $50for all-you-can eat long distance, which isn't exactly the cheapest thing in the world, but is pretty reasonable if you're looking to completely replace your land line service (as opposed tocomplementing it with Skype or the… Read More

“MCI said it accepted Verizon's lower price because its large business customers had threatened to defect if it was sold to Qwest. Qwest did not go quietly, accusing MCI of tilting the bidding war inVerizon's favor and shortchanging shareholders. “It is no longer in the best interests of shareowners, customers and employees to continue in a process that seems to be permanently skewed against Qwest,” the company… Read More

Beginning in the first quarter of 2005, Qwest will market and provide front-line customer support for the DIRECTVservice and incorporate it as part of its full suite of bundled communications services. As a result, customers will benefit from the convenience of one point of contact for service and a single bill for all their telecommunications and television services. “Today's announcement illustrates our strong commitment to… Read More

“We have recently formed several other partnerships with telecommunication companies that have demonstrated significant financial commitment and a desire for long-term partnership that providesbeneficial bundled service for our joint customers,” said Nolan Daines, senior vice president, Alliance Management Group, the broadband division of EchoStar. “Through these partnerships, our jointcustomers are enjoying a single bill,… Read More

“We have recently formed several other partnerships with telecommunication companies that have demonstrated significant financial commitment and a desire for long-term partnership that providesbeneficial bundled service for our joint customers,” said Nolan Daines, senior vice president, Alliance Management Group, the broadband division of EchoStar. “Through these partnerships, our jointcustomers are enjoying a single bill,… Read More