Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

Formerly	Central Telephone and Electronics, Inc. Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. CenturyTel, Inc. CenturyLink, Inc.
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: LUMN S&P 600 component
Industry	Telecommunications
Predecessor	Embarq Level 3 Qwest
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
Revenue	US$17.48 billion (2022)
Operating income	US$95 million (2022)
Net income	US$−1.55 billion (2022)
Total assets	US$45.58 billion (2022)
Total equity	US$10.44 billion (2022)
Number of employees	c. 29,000 (December 2022)
Subsidiaries	Lumen Technologies Operating Companies
ASN	3356
Website	lumen.com
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Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, which offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice and managed services through its fiber optic and copper networks, as well as its data centers and cloud computing services. Its has been on the S&P 600 index since being removed from the S&P 500 in March 2023.^[3]

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.