Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Formerly
  • Central Telephone and Electronics, Inc.
  • Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc.
  • CenturyTel, Inc.
  • CenturyLink, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryTelecommunications
Predecessor
Founded1930 (1930)
HeadquartersMonroe, Louisiana, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kate Johnson (CEO)
ServicesNetwork, Cloud Security, Voice, Managed Services, Big Data as a Services, Multi-Cloud Management, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, SaaS Apps, Cloud Connect, Internet, Phone, TV
RevenueDecrease US$17.48 billion (2022)
Decrease US$95 million (2022)
Decrease US$−1.55 billion (2022)
Total assetsDecrease US$45.58 billion (2022)
Total equityDecrease US$10.44 billion (2022)
Number of employees
c. 29,000 (December 2022)
Subsidiaries
ASN
Websitelumen.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

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 is a member of the Fortune 500[3] and has been on the S&P 600 index since being removed from the S&P 500 in March 2023.[4]

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.[5]

Lumen also serves global enterprise customers across North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.[6] It previously served the Europe, Middle East, and Africa enterprise markets, until the Lumen EMEA subsidiary was acquired by UK-based Colt Technology Services in November 2023 for $1.8b USD.[7]

  1. ^ "CenturyLink Inc. 2022 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Goovaerts, Diana (September 13, 2022). "Lumen names former Microsoft exec Johnson CEO as Storey retires". Fierce Telecom. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "CenturyLink". Fortune. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "Fair Isaac & Co. Set to Join S&P 500; Others to Join S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600" (PDF). S&P Dow Jones Indices. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "Profile: CenturyLink Inc (CTL.N)". Reuters.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Enabling Digital Businesses". www.centurylink.com.sg. Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "Colt completes $1.8bn acquisition of Lumen EMEA". Colt. November 2, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

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