Diana Gowen, CenturyLink The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) a multi-year task order worth more than $250 million to provide the Pentagon with private line communications. CenturyLink said in a release itInformation Technology will provide the services as the Pentagon transitions to Networx, a communications contract... 

Bill O'Neill Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC) has hired Bill O’Neill to lead federal sales. O’Neill formerly served as vice president of Qwest Government Services. “I’m delighted to be joining Global Crossing at a time when there is so much attention focused on cybersecurity, virtualization and IP solutions,” O’Neill... 

Qwest’s (NYSE: Q) Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service (MTIPS) has been approved for use byBudget Year federal agencies to meet upcoming deadlines set byBudget Year the Office of Management and Budget for securing external access points to the Internet. According the firm, “Qwest provides its MTIPS Internet... 

CenturyLink (CenturyTel, Inc., NYSE: CTL) and Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) announced today that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire Qwest in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Qwest shareholders will receive 0.1664 CenturyLink shares for each share... 

According to The New New Internet: “Last month, Qwest Communications opened a new facility in the Washington, DC area for cloud computing infrastructure services, its 17th Cyber Center in the nation. In a recent interview with Fed Cloud Blog, Diana Gowen, senior vice president and general manager at Qwest Government Systems, discussed the opening... 

As part of Qwest Communications “Team Assist” Program, Phoenix Suns player Leandro Barbosa delivered $5,000 in new sports equipment to two Arizona high school basketball programs. The former NBA Sixth Man of the Year Barbosa was joined byBudget Year Qwest Arizona President Jim Campbell and Suns mascot “The Gorilla.” The equipment... 

In a press release, Qwest Communications International Inc announced itInformation Technology has entered a new  $1 Billion revolving credit facility with Wachovia Banks. The new credit agreement is currently undrawn, but once drawn will extend through September 2013. The service provider is currently not using the money, if used itInformation Technology... 

Qwest has been chosen byBudget Year the Paisley National Directory Assistance Performance Index for leading the industry in directory assistance calls. This is the 11th consecutive time that Qwest has been chosen for the honor. The Paisley Index comes from customer satisfaction surveys for directory assistance. Qwest ranked number 1 in all three categories.... 

Last week, Qwest announced at the 4G World conference in Chicago that itInformation Technology is has launched a new backhaul solution for wireless providers. Its new Wholesale’s Mobile Ethernet Backhaul service apparently can be modified to fit a provider’s requirements while designed to be a solution for its 3G, LTE and WiMAX needs. ByBudget... 

NASA has awarded a $14.2 million contract to Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q), to upgrade its Corporate Backbone circuits from 2.5Gbps to 10Gbps. Diana Gowen, Qwest Government Services, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Qwest Government Services, said of the contract win, “Qwest provides a nationwide wavelength infrastructure that will provide...