Embarq

Embarq Corporation

Company type	Subsidiary
Traded as	NYSE: EQ[1]
Industry	Telecom Service - Domestic
Predecessor	Sprint Sprint Nextel
Founded	May 17, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-05-17)
Defunct	July 1, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-01)
Successor	CenturyTel CenturyLink
Headquarters	Overland Park, Kansas , U.S.
Area served	19 states
Services	Telecommunications
Revenue	$6.363 billion USD (2006)
Number of employees	18,000 (2007)
Parent	Sprint Nextel (2006) CenturyTel (2009-2010) CenturyLink (2011-present)
Subsidiaries	Centel United Telephone Companies
Website	https://www.embarq.com Archived 14 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

Embarq Corporation (stylized as EMBARQ) was the largest independent local exchange carrier in the United States (below the Baby Bells),^[2] serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long-distance, high-speed data and wireless services to residential and business customers. It had been formerly the local telephone division (LTD) of Sprint Nextel until 2006, when it was spun off as an independent company. Embarq produced more than $6 billion in revenues annually, and had approximately 18,000 employees. It was based in Overland Park, Kansas.

In 2009, it was purchased by CenturyTel, which rebranded as CenturyLink (now known as Lumen Technologies) after the merger.