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Lumen Technologies, Inc.

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink, Inc.) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. It offers network, security, cloud, voice, and other managed communications services through its fiber optic and copper networks, data centers and cloud computing services. The company has been included in the S&P 600 index since March 2023, and was previously listed among the S&P 500.

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Basic company information

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Business sectors
technology company [1]
Company / filing name
Lumen Technologies, Inc. [2]
Headquarters location
Monroe [1]
Founded
1930 [1]
Legal form
public company [1]
Official website
www.lumen.com ↗ [1]
Annual revenue
USD 17,478,000,000 · reported year 2022 [1]
ISIN (reported securities)
US1567001060 [1]
CIK
18926 [2]
Country in background record
United States [1]
Symbols / exchanges
LUMN (Nasdaq) [2]

Company positioning and business

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink, Inc.) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. It offers network, security, cloud, voice, and other managed communications services through its fiber optic and copper networks, data centers and cloud computing services. The company has been included in the S&P 600 index since March 2023, and was previously listed among the S&P 500. [3]

Its communications services have included local and long-distance voice, broadband internet, Multiprotocol Label Switching, 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. [3]

Lumen has gone through many acquisitions, divestments, and structural changes. In the 20th century, this primarily consisted of buying and selling local telecom providers. Larger mergers at the beginning of the 21st century added internet service providing to Lumen's core business. As cloud computing became more important, Lumen acquired businesses serving enterprise cloud customers, while divesting its consumer connectivity business to AT&T and Brightspeed. [3]

Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Lumen Technologies. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.

Understanding company scale

Annual revenue: USD 17,478,000,000 · reported year 2022. [1]

Financial year, securities and disclosures

Listed securities: LUMN (Nasdaq). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]

History and key events

  1. Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [1]

Financial results and regulatory disclosures

No individual financial documents have been indexed yet. Open the source to consult company disclosures. [2]

Related entities and concepts

Frequently asked questions

When was Lumen Technologies, Inc. founded?

Founded: 1930. The linked source provides the background record. [1]

Where is the headquarters of Lumen Technologies, Inc.?

Headquarters location: Monroe. The linked source provides the background record. [1]

Which business sectors are recorded for Lumen Technologies, Inc.?

Business sectors: technology company. The linked source provides the background record. [1]

Sources and review dates

  1. Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
  2. Company identity and profile data ↗
  3. Wikipedia contributors — Lumen Technologies (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗

Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.

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