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Centel Corporation was an American telecommunications company, with primary interests in basic telephone service, cellular phone service and cable television service.
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TTTA extracted 98 structured relationships around Centel. Examples in this analysis include Centel → Area served → North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, Florida, Texas, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Nevada and Centel → Defunct → 1993; 33 years ago (1993) (Acquired by Sprint, divested as Embarq, acquired by CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centel | Area served | North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, Florida, Texas, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Nevada | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Defunct | 1993; 33 years ago (1993) (Acquired by Sprint, divested as Embarq, acquired by CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Divisions | Central Telephone Company Central Telephone Company of Virginia Central Telephone Company of Texas | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Founded | 1900; 126 years ago (1900) in Sioux City, Iowa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Founder | Max McGraw | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois (1977–1993) Lincoln, Nebraska (pre-1977), United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Industry | Telecommunications | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Predecessor | Central West Public Service Co, Western Power & Gas, Central Telephone and Utilities Corp. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Products | Telephone, Cable television, Wireless | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Traded as | NYSE: CTL | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | Type | Public | 1.00 | infobox |
| Centel | related to Centel | Central Telephone Company | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Centel bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Service, Company and Telephone. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Centel, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Centel with Former subsidiaries. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Centel to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Centel · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout