Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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billion sale to expected this month. The rural phon e companies on Tuesday announceed the planned name and logo for thecombinedf company. CenturyLink will retain the CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) trading symbol. “Ourt new brand name was selectexd because our customers and employees told us it reflectede a company thatis forward-lookiny and committed to linking the countru together,” CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chiefd executive of CenturyLink, said in the The company will begin operating under the new branf immediately upon closing the deal.
In the followinf months, markets will be converted to the new with customers being notified in advance and the name beinf added tocompany signs, vehicles and marketingh materials. The logo is intended to represent the powedr of connecting people and businesse to one another and tonew opportunities, locallhy and nationally, the release said. Overlandd Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) and based in Monroe, La., are from the — before the deal can The headquarters will bein Monroe. A Denverd brand consulting agency, , helped develop the new bran strategy, name and logo, the release Together, the two companiea will have about 7.
5 million access lines, more than 2 millioj broadband customers and morethan 400,000p video subscribers. will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansa s City BusinessJournal ’s list of area public companies.