Recent events
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2020
CenturyLink rebrands as Lumen Technologies
CenturyLink announced that it had rebranded as Lumen Technologies. The company said its financial strategy and reporting would not change as a result of the announcement.
2020
CenturyLink internet service outage
CenturyLink subscribers across the U.S. reported internet problems on August 30, 2020. CenturyLink said at 11 a.m. that all affected services had been restored; the cause was unclear.
2020
CenturyLink and Bark Technologies announce online-safety partnership
CenturyLink and Bark Technologies announced a partnership to promote Bark's online-safety solutions. Visitors to the CenturyLink website were offered a 30-day free trial followed by a lifetime 20% discount on Bark safety packages.
2020
CenturyLink agrees to amended antitrust judgment
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that CenturyLink agreed to settle allegations that it violated a court-ordered judgment related to its acquisition of Level 3. The agreement includes extending the non-solicitation period, appointing an independent monitoring trustee, and paying investigation costs; CenturyLink did not deny the allegations.
2020
Level 3 Financing agrees to sell $1.2 billion of senior notes
CenturyLink announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Level 3 Financing, had agreed to sell $1.2 billion in unsecured senior notes; the offering was expected to be completed on June 15, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.
2020
CenturyLink launches Rapid Threat Defense
CenturyLink launched Rapid Threat Defense, a service designed to identify and block malicious network traffic and automate threat detection and response.
2020
CenturyLink joins Microsoft Azure networking MSP program
CenturyLink joined the Networking Managed Service Provider program for Microsoft Azure, enabling it to offer network and consulting services around Azure services.
2020
CenturyLink wins $75 million DODEA task order
The Department of Defense Education Activity issued CenturyLink a $75 million task order under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions program. CenturyLink will provide virtual private networking, internet, voice and video services to the school system.
2019
CenturyLink settles Oregon consumer lawsuit
CenturyLink agreed to a $4 million settlement in Oregon over allegations involving deceptive advertising, billing practices, undisclosed fees and failure to apply promised discounts. The settlement also provides for refunds to affected consumers and requires changes to certain fees and disclosures.
2019
CenturyLink, VMware and AWS partner on hybrid-cloud solutions
CenturyLink, VMware and AWS work together with customers to manage applications and deliver hybrid-cloud solutions.
2019
CenturyLink prices $1.25 billion senior notes offering
CenturyLink announced that it had agreed to sell $1.25 billion of newly issued unsecured senior notes, priced at par and due in 2026. The offering was expected to be completed on December 16, subject to customary closing conditions.
2019
CenturyLink launches CDN Edge Compute
CenturyLink launched its CDN Edge Compute platform, a modular architecture that lets developers design, configure, and deploy custom web-application workloads at the edge.
2019
Level 3 Financing prices $1.5 billion senior secured notes offering
CenturyLink announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Level 3 Financing had agreed to sell $750 million each of 2027 and 2029 senior secured notes in proposed private offerings. The offering was expected to be completed on November 29, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.
2019
CenturyLink discloses customer information leak
CenturyLink said a third-party vendor publicized customers' names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses; the company said it did not believe financial information had been released. CenturyLink said it was launching an investigation to address security concerns.
2015
CenturyLink appoints Richard Warley to lead EMEA operations
CenturyLink announced the appointment of Richard Warley as managing director for its Europe, Middle East and Africa operations.