Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - Birmingham Business Journal:

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billion sale to closes, expected this The rural phone companies on Tuesday announcede the planned name and logo for the combined CenturyLink will retain theCenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) tradingg symbol. “Our new brand name was selectedd because our customers and employees told us it reflected a companyg thatis forward-looking and committed to linking the country together,” CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chiedf executive of CenturyLink, said in the release. The company will begihn operating under the new brandd immediately upon closingthe deal.
In the followinv months, markets will be converted to the new with customers being notified in advance and the name being addec tocompany signs, vehicles and marketing The logo is intended to represent the power of connectinf people and businesses to one another and to new locally and nationally, the release said. Overland Park-based Embarw (NYSE: EQ) and CenturyTel, based in Monroe, La., are from the — before the deal can The headquarters will be in A Denver brandconsulting , helped develop the new brand name and logo, the release Together, the two companies will have about 7.5 million access lines, more than 2 million broadbanxd customers and more than 400,000 video will .
Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City BusinessJournal ’s list of area publid companies.