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Qwest: History, Companies & Measurement

Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Qwest topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Qwest.

Related topics
84
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
90
Extracted relationships
205
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
90

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 41 topics
History · 18 topics
Refusal of NSA surveillance requests · 14 topics
Corporate structure · 6 topics
Problems · 3 topics
Legal and regulatory history · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1996; 30 years ago (1996)
Industry
Telecommunications
Headquarters
1801 California Street, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Area served
International
Defunct
August 1, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-08-01)
Fate
Merged with CenturyLink

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Problems

Legal and regulatory history

Refusal of NSA surveillance requests

Corporate structure

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Qwest connects Entity context

The extracted context around Qwest shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Qwest → AT, Bell Operating Company, Bell Operating System, Corp, CSX, El Paso County Telephone, ILEC, Inc, It, January, Light, LLC, Mountain Bell, Qwest Communications, Qwest Communications Company, Qwest Communications Corporation, Qwest Communications International, Qwest Corporation, Ride, US West Another extracted example is Qwest → Anschutz, Dublin, European-based EUnet International Ltd, Founded, Icon CMT, In, June, LCI, McLean, Ohio, Philip Anschutz, Qwest Communications, Southern Pacific Telecommunications Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, SuperNet, T1, The, This, Union Pacific, Virginia. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Qwest

Top relations

related to Corporate structure · 21
Qwest → AT, Bell Operating Company, Bell Operating System, Corp, CSX, El Paso County Telephone, ILEC, Inc, It, January, Light, LLC, Mountain Bell, Qwest Communications, Qwest Communications Company, Qwest Communications Corporation, Qwest Communications International, Qwest Corporation, Ride, US West
related to Founding · 20
Qwest → Anschutz, Dublin, European-based EUnet International Ltd, Founded, Icon CMT, In, June, LCI, McLean, Ohio, Philip Anschutz, Qwest Communications, Southern Pacific Telecommunications Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, SuperNet, T1, The, This, Union Pacific, Virginia
related to Defunct entities · 19
Qwest → ASP, Commonly, December, JD Edwards, LLC, Malheur Bell, Malheur Home Telephone Company, Merged, Operated, Oracle, Qwest Communications Company, Qwest Corporation, Qwest Cyber, Qwest Interprise America, Qwest Service Corporation, Qwest Services Corporation, SAP, Solutions, While
related to Refusal of NSA surveillance requests · 18
Qwest → ACLU, Agency, AT, August, BellSouth, Corp, District Judge Anna Diggs, In, In May, Judge Taylor's, NSA, September, Taylor, The Bush Administration, This, United States National Security, USA Today, Verizon
related to Later litigation involving Qwest Corporation · 16
Qwest → According, August, CenturyTel, In, Lumen, Lumen Technologies, Lumen's, New Mexico, New Mexico Fraud Against, Phone Recovery Services, Qwest Communications International, Qwest Corporation, Southwest, State, Taxpayers Act, The
related to External links · 13
Qwest → Archived, Bell Operating CompaniesName, Bell System Memorial, Company ProfileQwest NSA Website, MergeBell Operating Companies, NSA, One, Qwest Agree, Qwest Communications International Inc, Qwest Intercept Messages, Qwest WebsiteCenturyLink, SP Telecom, Wayback MachineVintage Qwest Commercial
related to US West acquisition · 11
Qwest → As, Baby Bell, Baby Bells, In, June, Philip Anschutz, The, They, Touch America, Unlike, US West
related to Alliances · 10
Qwest → Amsterdam, Dutch, European, Exchanges, In Europe, KPN, KPNQwest, Nasdaq, November, Qwest Communications
related to References · 10
Qwest → About EavesdroppingCongressman, Connections, Contract, DSL, July, Justice Dept, Microsoft Sign, Offer Windows Live ServicesPhone, Utilities Won't Give Details, Windows Live Services
related to Directory operations sale · 9
Qwest → Anderson, Carson, Dex Media, In, QwestDex, Stowe, The, The Carlyle Group, Welsh

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

services company communications also service million centurylink international corporation us sec west provided long-distance data customers billion nacchio stock alleged

Qwest relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 205 structured relationships around Qwest. Examples in this analysis include Qwest → Area served → International and Qwest → Defunct → August 1, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-08-01). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
QwestArea servedInternational1.00infobox
QwestDefunctAugust 1, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-08-01)1.00infobox
QwestFateMerged with CenturyLink1.00infobox
QwestFounded1996; 30 years ago (1996)1.00infobox
QwestFounderPhillip Anschutz1.00infobox
QwestHeadquarters1801 California Street, Denver, Colorado, U.S.1.00infobox
QwestIndustryTelecommunications1.00infobox
QwestNet income$2.917 billion (2007)1.00infobox
QwestNumber of employees30,000 (2010)1.00infobox
QwestOperating income$1.730 billion (2007)1.00infobox
QwestParentCenturyLink (2011)1.00infobox
QwestPredecessorUS West1.00infobox
QwestRevenue$13.778 billion (2007)1.00infobox
QwestServicesTelephone Internet Television1.00infobox
QwestSubsidiariesQwest Corporation1.00infobox
QwestTotal assets$22.532 billion (2007)1.00infobox
QwestTotal equity$563 million (2007)1.00infobox
QwestTraded asNYSE: Q1.00infobox
QwestTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
QwestWebsitewww.qwest.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Qwest bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Corporation, Company and Services. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Qwest
    • Corporation
    • Company
    • Services
    • Service
    • Also
    • Us
    • Centurylink
    • Long-distance
    • West
    • Sec
    • Million
    • Provided
  • qwest
    • Corporation
    • Company
    • Services
    • Service
    • Also
    • Us
    • Centurylink
    • Long-distance
    • West
    • Sec
    • Million
    • Provided
  • us west
    • Us
    • West
    • Merger
    • Accounting
    • Alleged
    • Stock
    • Centurylink
    • Qwest
    • Corporation
    • Colorado
    • Denver
    • Local
  • qwest corporation
    • Services
    • Telephone
    • Corporation
    • Qwest
    • Company
    • International
    • Service
    • Also
    • Local
    • Us
    • Centurylink
    • Long-distance
  • international brotherhood of electrical workers
    • Centurylink
    • Internet
    • Corporation
    • Denver
    • Accounting
    • Qwest
    • Company
    • Also
    • Service
    • Services
    • Colorado
    • Television
  • database of all international and domestic calls
    • Centurylink
    • Internet
    • Corporation
    • Denver
    • Accounting
    • Qwest
    • Company
    • Also
    • Service
    • Services
    • Colorado
    • Television
  • international herald tribune
    • Centurylink
    • Internet
    • Corporation
    • Denver
    • Accounting
    • Qwest
    • Company
    • Also
    • Service
    • Services
    • Colorado
    • Television
  • centurylink
    • Colorado
    • International
    • Denver
    • Share
    • Stock
    • West
    • Us
    • Corporation
    • Qwest
    • Communications
    • Internet
    • Television

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Qwest, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Qwest with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Qwest — Overview · splits 49 ⟂ 42
Qwest — History · splits 72 ⟂ 19
Qwest — Refusal of NSA surveillance requests · splits 76 ⟂ 15
Qwest — Corporate structure · splits 84 ⟂ 7
Qwest — Problems · splits 87 ⟂ 4
Qwest — Legal and regulatory history · splits 88 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Qwest

Nodes91
Edges90
Triples205
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Qwest to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Qwest · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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