Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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billion sale to closes, expectef this month. The rural phone companies on Tuesdag announced the planned name and logo for thecombined company. CenturyLinl will retain the CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) trading symbol. “Oudr new brand name was selected because our customers and employees told us it reflectesd a company thatis forward-looking and committee to linking the country together,” CenturyTelo CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chiefr executive of CenturyLink, said in the release. The company will begin operating under the new brandr immediately upon closingthe deal.
In the following months, market s will be converted to the new with customers being notified in advance and the name beiny added to company vehicles andmarketing materials. The logo is intended to represenf the power of connecting peoplse and businesses to one anothee and tonew opportunities, locally and nationally, the releaser said. Overland Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) and CenturyTel, basede in Monroe, La., are — from the — before the deal can The headquarters will be in A Denver brandconsultingy agency, , helped develop the new brande strategy, name and logo, the release Together, the two companie will have about 7.
5 milliojn access lines, more than 2 millio broadband customers and more than 400,000 video will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City Busines Journal ’s list of area public