Qwest (US)

Qwest is one of America's last large regional telecoms companies, offering fixed line communications to 14 states mainly in the Western US, as well as wireless, broadband, long distance and related services. Revenues were $12.3bn in 2009. Edward Mueller is chairman & CEO. In 2010, Qwest is to be acquired by CenturyLink, and will likely be merged with the Embarq local fixed line business, which was previously part of Sprint. Advertising Age/Kantar reported measured expenditure of $58m for Qwest in 2009, out of an estimated total of $338m. Adbrands does not currently profile this company but subscribers may access account assignments and contact information. The searchable account assignments database is available to full subscribers to Adbrands.net premium services. Click here to access Adbrands account assignments (subscribers only); or see here for information on how to subscribe.

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