CenturyLink is a publicly owned company headquartered in the US. Operating as a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, the company was founded in 1930, employs approximately 28,210 individuals, and reported $2.5B in revenue as of 2025. CenturyLink functions as a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company specializes in telecoms, delivering hybrid networking, cloud connectivity, and security solutions to customers around the world.
On September 11, 2026, Lumen Technologies Chief Executive Officer Kate Johnson outlined the company's strategy at a Citi conference, positioning its network and software capabilities to meet enterprise demand for artificial intelligence, which requires real-time data movement among buildings, cloud platforms, data centers, and edge locations. Earlier the same day, the company affirmed its shift toward digital networking, noting that strategic revenue now comprises over half of its total revenue and grew 14% in the latest quarter. Previously, on September 10, Lumen Technologies used the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference to highlight its sharper shift toward digital networking, even while managing a declining legacy business. President and CFO Chris Stansbury stated the company completed major transactions and reached its leverage target, with a current focus on transforming its fiber network into a platform for cloud access, automation, and AI traffic. This follows Johnson's presentation on September 9 at Citi’s 2026 Global TMT Conference, where she described Lumen as undergoing a deep reinvention, moving from static telecom circuits to a programmable network built for artificial intelligence, while acknowledging that the market does not yet fully recognize this transition.
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CenturyLink offers 6 products in the media and telecoms services industry. CenturyLink's product portfolio comprises of telecoms, media and TV services and consumer electronics.
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CenturyLink's revenues were $2.5B in 2025. Caretta Research has split CenturyLink's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is consumer broadband, which represents 46% of CenturyLink's revenue.
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