Lumen Technologies
American communications company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company has been on the S&P 600 index since being removed from the S&P 500 in March 2023.[3]
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Company type | Public |
Industry | Telecommunications |
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Founded | 1930; 94 years ago (1930) |
Headquarters | Monroe, Louisiana, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kate Johnson (CEO) |
Services | Network, Cloud Security, Voice, Managed Services, Big Data as a Services, Multi-Cloud Management, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, SaaS Apps, Cloud Connect, Internet, Phone, TV |
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Number of employees | c. 29,000 (December 2022) |
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Website | lumen |
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Its communications services have included local and long-distance voice, broadband, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), private line (including special access), Ethernet, hosting (including cloud hosting and managed hosting), data integration, video, network, public access, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), information technology, and other ancillary services.[4]
Lumen has gone through many acquisitions, divestments, and structural changes. In the 20th century, this primarily consisted of buying and selling local telecom providers. Larger mergers at the beginning of the 21st century added internet service providing to Lumen's core business. As Cloud computing became more important, Lumen acquired business to serve enterprise cloud customers.