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Press Releases

Qwest to Present at Oppenheimer Conference

 
 

DENVER – July 29, 2010 – Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today announced Kurt Fawkes, senior vice president of Investor Relations, will present at the Oppenheimer Annual Communications, Technology, Media &...

Qwest Launches Heavy Duty Internet

More Than Fast - Powerful

DENVER, July 22, 2010 —Today, Qwest (NYSE: Q) is introducing Heavy Duty™ Internet service. Qwest® Heavy Duty Internet is the culmination of Qwest’s commitment to providing dependable, fiber-optic-fast Internet speeds with...

Qwest Announces Revised Conference Call Time for Second Quarter 2010 Earnings

DENVER, July 21, 2010 – Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) has changed the time of its second quarter 2010 earnings conference call to 10 a.m. EDT. The announcement date of Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, and the earnings release time of 7 a.m. EDT...

Qwest Launches New Small Business Resource Center

Site Connects the Dots Between Business Challenges and Technology Solutions

DENVER, July 19, 2010 – Now small businesses have a free online resource for technology tips and advice: the Qwest Small Business Resource Center.
 
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The Qwest Small Business Resource Center provides IT-related news,...

Qwest to Hold Special Shareholder Meeting on August 24

DENVER, July 13, 2010 – Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) today announced it will hold a special shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at the Denver Marriott City Center. Shareholders will vote on a proposal to adopt the merger...

News Items and Articles

Qwest, IBM Team to Secure SMBs

Light Reading Chief Editor, Events, Carol Wilson weighs in on Qwest's efforts to "bring sophisticated security solutions to a new group of customers: small to mid-sized businesses."

Qwest opens a new data center focused on delivering cloud-based services

Increased demand for cloud-based services is driving the need for increased data center capacity, including a new Washington D.C.-area facility opened today by Qwest Communications.

Eric Bozich Praises QMOE for its Impact on Health Information Technology

Read vice president of product management, Eric Bozich's take on the benefits of Qwest Metro Optical Ethernet (QMOE) to health information technology (HIT) in this special USA Today insert. Find out how Qwest is "Creating Medical Records That Talk" on page six.

Qwest Cloud Courts Middle Market

Qwest is seeing its greatest demand from business customers who aren't big enough to gain the necessary economies of scale from operating their own data centers but still want security, reliability, and scalability. Eric Bozich, vice president of national services for Qwest, talks to Light Reading about this trend.

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.