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Press Releases

Qwest Statement on Changes to Convenience Fees

At Qwest, we work to balance the needs of the business with those of our customers. In recent months, we have been evaluating the broad implementation of convenience fees and have determined that fees for one-time online payments and those payments...

Qwest Communications International Inc. and Qwest Capital Funding, Inc. Announce Early Participation Results of Cash Tender Offer

DENVER, March 10, 2010 – Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) and its Qwest Capital Funding, Inc. (QCF) subsidiary announced today that a total of $959.5 million in aggregate principal amount of QCF's 7.9 percent Notes due 2010...

Fastest Qwest High-Speed Internet Service Expanding in Phoenix and Tucson Metro

Qualifying Residents Can Access Connection Speeds up to 40 Mbps Downstream, 20 Mbps Upstream

PHOENIX – March 9 – The next evolution of Qwest High-Speed Internet® has arrived in Phoenix and Tucson metro communities.* As Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) expands its next-generation fiber-optic-fast Internet network, qualifying...

Fastest Qwest High-Speed Internet Service Expanding in Utah

Qualifying Residents Can Access Connection Speeds up to 40 Mbps Downstream, 20 Mbps Upstream

SALT LAKE CITY – March 5 – The next evolution of Qwest High-Speed Internet® has arrived in many Utah communities.* As Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) expands its next-generation fiber-optic-fast Internet network, qualifying residents...

Fastest Qwest High-Speed Internet Service Expanding in New Mexico

Qualifying Residents Can Access Connection Speeds up to 40 Mbps Downstream, 20 Mbps Upstream

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  – March 5 – The next evolution of Qwest High-Speed Internet® has arrived in many New Mexico communities.* As Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) expands its next-generation fiber-optic-fast Internet network,...

News Items and Articles

Business Week: Managing the Wireless Data Deluge

Qwest CTO, Pieter Poll, shares how Qwest is on top of the wireless data deluge—the sending of text messages, e-mails, and photos sent from smartphones—by helping to widen the data highway with wireless backhaul equipment and services.

New York Times Interviews Qwest COO, Teresa Taylor

Teresa Taylor shares her thoughts on listening, leadership, hiring, and keeping it simple with Adam Bryant of the New York Times in an article titled, "Everything on One Calendar, Please."

Eric Bozich Talks About the Qwest 100Gbps Backbone and Developments in Ethernet Services

Eric Bozich, vice president National Services at Qwest, talks about how the Qwest backbone will scale quickly and cost-effectively for enterprise, consumer, and wholesale customers. Bozich also describes the range of shared and dedicated Ethernet services Qwest offers, and shares how Qwest is participating in developing industry-standard processes for network-to-network interfaces for Ethernet services.

A Qwest VP Tells How to Handle H1N1 at the Office

Eric Bozich, Qwest vice president National Services, answers a series of questions about the potential impact of H1N1 at the workplace and how to keep a business operating in the event of a pandemic.

Trends and Advances in Communications Technologies: Pieter Poll's View

Recently, Qwest CTO Pieter Poll sat down with key news outlets resulting in several online interviews. In three separate interviews linked here, Poll brings into focus his thoughts on current trends and advances in communications technologies, including cloud computing, social networking , and the super-fast broadband speeds planned for Qwest's long-haul network.