AT&T Is Buying Lumen's Consumer Fiber Business
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Lumen Technologies, the Colorado internet giant better known by many as CenturyLink, is selling its residential business to AT&T. AT&T will gain 1 million internet customers from the $5.75 billion acquisition, the company said in a statement. It will expand its reach in metro areas in 11 states, including Denver, according to the statement.
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Lumen stock is trading lower Thursday after the company announced the sale of its consumer fiber-to-the-home business.
Ashley Haynes-Gaspar currently works at Lumen Technologies, Inc. (Louisiana), as Chief Revenue Officer & Executive Vice President from 2024. Ms. Haynes-Gaspar received her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida.
B purchase of Lumen's (NYSE:LUMN) consumer fiber business as "a positive" and "strategically aligned." The transaction will benefit both parties as it boosts the U.S. telecom giant's fiber footprint and reduces debt and creates a leaner business structure for the smaller rival.
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Snowflake posts better-than-expected earnings and issues guidance ahead of analysts’ estimates, while shares of Lumen Technologies soar as AT&T will buy Lumen’s mass markets fiber business for $5.75 billion.
After the transaction, Dallas-based AT&T will own roughly 95% of Quantum Fiber, an all-fiber residential internet service.
AT&T is making major moves in the fiber cable space. The telecom giant has clinched a deal to acquire Lumen Technologies’ consumer fiber operations for $5.75 billion in cash, the companies said on Wednesday.