Embarq
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Embarq Corporation is the name of the spin off company consisting of Sprint Nextel's local telephone division, traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EQ.
The company is the fifth largest local exchange carrier in the United States (under the Baby Bells) and the largest independent local provider, serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long distance and high-speed data services to residential and business customers. The company consists of approximately 20,000 employees.
Telephone directories for Embarq customers are published by R.H. Donnelley.
Approximately $3 billion in debt incurred from the Sprint Nextel merger was transferred to the new company. The company is estimated to have approximately $6 billion in revenues.
Embarq trademarks are the property of a subsidiary named Embarq Holdings Company LLC, commonly mistaken as the actual name of the publicly traded holding company, Embarq Corporation.
It began trading on the NYSE on May 18, 2006.
Coverage
Just like the former Bell System & GTE, Embarq (and previously Sprint) provides its local service through operating companies. The states that it provides service to include:- Florida
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wyoming
Official Sites
- [Embarq Corporation]
- [Embarq Logistics] (Formerly Sprint North Supply)
- [Embarq Wholesale Services]
Embarq Competitors
| United States telephone companies | ||
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| Alaska Power and Telephone Company | AT&T | BellSouth (pending acquisition) | CenturyTel | Cincinnati Bell | Frontier | Embarq | Hawaiian Telcom | Qwest | TDS | Verizon | Windstream | |||
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| Embarq Corporation |
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| Corporate Directors: Peter C. Brown - Chairman and CEO | Steven A. Davis | Daniel R. Hesse | John P. Mullen | William A. Owens | Dinesh C. Paliwal | Stephanie M. Shern | Laurie A. Siegel |
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Assets Operating Companies: Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company | Central of Virginia | Central Telephone Company of Texas | Central Telephone Company | Sprint - Florida | United Telephone - Southeast | United Telephone Company of South Carolina | United Telephone Company of Ohio | United Telephone Company of Indiana | United Telephone Company of New Jersey | United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania | United Telephone Company of South Central Kansas | United Telephone Company of Minnesota | United Telephone Company of Missouri | United Telephone Company of the West | United Telephone Company of Texas | United Telephone of the Northwest |
Annual Revenue: .7 billion USD (
FY 2005) | Employees: 20,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [EQ] | Website: [www.embarq.com] |
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