- CenturyTel of Ohio
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CenturyTel of Ohio, Inc. Type Private (Subsidiary of CenturyLink) Industry Telecommunications Founded 1977 Headquarters Lorain, OH, USA Products Local Telephone Service Parent Centel (until 1992)
CenturyTel/CenturyLink (1992-present)Website http://www.centurylink.com/ CenturyTel of Ohio, Inc. is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Ohio, including Amherst, Lorain, and Vermillion.[1]
The company was established in 1977 as the Lorain Telephone Company. The company was acquired by Centel and changed its corporate name to Central Telephone Company of Ohio. In 1992, the company was sold to Century Telephone and changed its name to Century Telephone of Ohio, Inc.. In 1998, Century Telephone shortened its name to CenturyTel and the Ohio company changed its corporate name to CenturyTel of Ohio, Inc.[2]
The company does business as CenturyLink, a name it adopted in 2009 following the acquisition of Embarq. The acquisition is ironic because Embarq was formerly part of Sprint Nextel as its local telephone division. Sprint acquired Centel in 1993; now, CenturyTel of Ohio is under the same parent as some of the other Centel companies.
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CenturyLink, Inc. Corporate directors Glen F. Post IIINon-ExecutiveCharles Biggs · Virginia Boulet · Peter C. Brown · Richard A. Gephardt · W. Bruce Hanks · Gregory J. McCray · C.G. Melville, Jr. · Edward A. Mueller · Fred R. Nichols · Harvey P. Perry · Michael J. Roberts · Laurie A. Siegel · James A. Unruh · Joseph R. ZimmelHolding Companies Operating Companies Carolina Telephone & Telegraph · Central Telephone · Central Telephone Company of Texas · Central Telephone Company of Virginia · CenturyTel of Adamsville · CenturyTel of Alabama · CenturyTel of Arkansas · CenturyTel of Central Indiana · CenturyTel of Claiborne · CenturyTel of Colorado · CenturyTel of Missouri · CenturyTel of Mountain Home · CenturyTel of Northwest Arkansas · CenturyTel of Ohio · CenturyTel of Port Aransas · CenturyTel of Redfield · CenturyTel of San Marcos · CenturyTel of South Arkansas · CenturyTel of the Gem State · CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall · El Paso County Telephone · Embarq Florida · Embarq Minnesota · Embarq Missouri · Qwest · Spectra Communications Group · Telephone USA of Wisconsin · United Telephone Company of Eastern Kansas · United Telephone Company of KansasLong distance services CenturyTel Long Distance · Embarq Communications · Qwest CommunicationsAnnual Revenue: US$1.7 billion ( 
FY 2011) · Employees: 47,000 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: CTL · Website: centurylink.comCategories:- Companies established in 1977
- CenturyLink
- Communications in Ohio
- Telecommunications companies of the United States
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