TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 12, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has received a two-year contract to provide commercial internet services to members of a nonprofit coalition of U.S. research and education networks, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it participated in a competitive solicitation process for internet protocol transit …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 1, 2018 — David Young, senior vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), believes a programmatic approach will help federal information technology leaders in their agencies’ transition from the General Services Administration‘s Networx contract vehicle to the potential $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Young, …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 16, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has received approval from the Justice Department to sell Level 3 Communications assets in the Tucson, Ariz., area to Utah-based FirstDigital Telecom, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The telecommunications company said Monday it will divest fiber network platforms as part of an …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has named David Young, formerly regional vice president for strategic government, to take the role of senior vice president of the company’s strategic government group, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said the appointment is part of its integration efforts and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 16, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has secured initial clearance to sell certain Albuquerque, New Mexico-based fiber network assets of recently acquired Level 3 Communications to Unite Private Networks following a review by the Justice Department, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Federal Communications Commission and other government …

Glen Post, CEO of CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) over the past 26 years, will retire from his position in May and be succeeded by Chief Operating Officer and President Jeff Storey. Post originally planned to retire on Jan. 1, 2019 but he decided to move his retirement earlier and make it effective on …

David Young, regional vice president of strategic government at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), has said he believes the company’s purchase of Level 3 Communications provides CenturyLink an opportunity to provide integrated technology offerings for federal clients and manage current and new government contracts, FierceTelecom reported Tuesday. CenturyLink closed its $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 in …

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has named eight executives to the strategic government leadership team that will work to support federal agencies, educational institutions, national and regional public consortiums and defense companies. The company said Thursday the executives will directly report to David Young, regional vice president of strategic government, and help …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 2, 2018 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) will offer collab9‘s cloud-based unified communications-as-a-service technology to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board to fulfill work under a General Services Administration contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The GSA contract is held by CenturyLink subsidiary Level 3 Communications and has a one-year base …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 13, 2017 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) will collaborate with Comcast‘s business arm to deliver data networking products and services to the state government of Pennsylvania under a new contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The networking capabilities will serve the state’s various agencies and organizations and include Ethernet, …