CenturyTel to buy Embarq for $5.8 billion Archives Published: October 27, 2008 Reading time: Less than 1 min. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail CenturyTel has reached an agreement to acquire rival U.S. telecommunications carrier Embarq for US$5.8 billion, creating a company that operates in 33 U.S. states. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Related articles US Suspends Anthropic AI Model Exports Over Foreign Military Intelligence Concerns Global Insights June 17, 2026 Chinese Hackers Exploited Google Workspace Rules To Steal Research And Defense Emails Risk & Resilience June 17, 2026 AWAN Distribution And Huawei Strengthen Partnership At Huawei Pakistan Partner Summit 2026 Channel & Partners June 16, 2026 CISA Adds LiteSpeed CPanel Plugin Vulnerability To Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Risk & Resilience June 16, 2026