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Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a large United States telecommunications carrier. [1]

100 relations: Afshin Mohebbi, American City Business Journals, American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency, Anna Diggs Taylor, Arizona, AT&T Corporation, Bangalore, Bell System, BellSouth, Boise, Idaho, CenturyLink, CenturyLink Field, Chief executive officer, Chief operating officer, CNET, Colorado, Communications Workers of America, CSX Transportation, Denver, Dex Media, Digital subscriber line, DirecTV, Dot-com bubble, Dublin, Ohio, El Paso County Telephone, Enron, Federal Communications Commission, History of AT&T, Idaho, Incumbent local exchange carrier, Insider trading, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Internet, Internet backbone, Iowa, IPTV, JD Edwards, Joseph Nacchio, KPN, KPNQwest, Landline, Long-distance calling, MAINWAY, Malheur Bell, MarketWatch, MCI Communications, McLean, Virginia, Minnesota, Monroe, Louisiana, Montana, ..., Montana Power Company, Naked DSL, National Security Agency, Nebraska, New Delhi, New Mexico, Noida, North Dakota, Omaha, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Philip Anschutz, Phoenix, Arizona, Qwest Corporation, Qwest Interprise America, Qwest Wireless, Regional Bell Operating Company, Richard Kastelein, Richard Notebaert, Rocky Mountain News, Salt Lake City, South Dakota, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Takeover, Telecommunication, Telephone slamming, Telephony, Television, The Carlyle Group, The Denver Post, The New York Times, The New York Times International Edition, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Union Pacific Railroad, United States, US West, USA Today, Utah, Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, Washington (state), Washington, D.C., Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, Wireless, Wyoming, 1801 California Street, 360networks, 555 17th Street. Expand index (50 more) »

Afshin Mohebbi

Afshin Mohebbi is an Iranian-born United States businessman, best known as the former President and Chief Operating Officer of Qwest Communications International.

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American City Business Journals

"." Houston Business Journal.

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American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency

American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency, 493 F.3d 644 (6th Cir. 2007), is a case decided July 6, 2007, in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the plaintiffs in the case did not have standing to bring the suit against the National Security Agency (NSA), because they could not present evidence that they were the targets of the so-called "Terrorist Surveillance Program" (TSP).

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Anna Diggs Taylor

Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs Taylor (born Anna Katherine Johnston) (December 9, 1932 – November 4, 2017) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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AT&T Corporation

AT&T Corp., originally the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is the subsidiary of AT&T that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies.

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Bangalore

Bangalore, officially known as Bengaluru, is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Bell System

The Bell System was the system of companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&T, which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984, at various times as a monopoly.

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BellSouth

BellSouth, LLC (stylized as BELLSOUTH and formerly known as BellSouth Corporation) is an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Boise, Idaho

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, and is the county seat of Ada County.

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CenturyLink

CenturyLink, Inc. is an American telecommunications company, headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that provides communications and data services to residential, business, governmental, and wholesale customers in 37 states.

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CenturyLink Field

CenturyLink Field is a multi-purpose stadium located in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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Chief operating officer

The chief operating officer (COO), also called the chief operations officer, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, comprising part of the "C-Suite".

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CNET

CNET (stylized as c|net) is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Communications Workers of America

Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States, representing about 600,000 members in both the private and public sectors.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Denver

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Dex Media

Dex Media, Inc. is a print and digital marketing company that was created by the 2013 merger of SuperMedia and Dex One.

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Digital subscriber line

Digital subscriber line (DSL; originally digital subscriber loop) is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines.

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DirecTV

DirecTV (stylized as DIRECTV) is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider based in El Segundo, California and is a subsidiary of AT&T.

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Dot-com bubble

The dot-com bubble (also known as the dot-com boom, the dot-com crash, the Y2K crash, the Y2K bubble, the tech bubble, the Internet bubble, the dot-com collapse, and the information technology bubble) was a historic economic bubble and period of excessive speculation that occurred roughly from 1997 to 2001, a period of extreme growth in the usage and adaptation of the Internet.

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Dublin, Ohio

Dublin is a city in Franklin, Delaware, and Union counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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El Paso County Telephone

The El Paso County Telephone Company is a small telephone company owned by Qwest Corporation, a subsidiary of CenturyLink.

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Enron

Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas.

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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by statute (and) to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

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History of AT&T

The history of AT&T dates back to the invention of the telephone itself.

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Idaho

Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.

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Incumbent local exchange carrier

An incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) is a local telephone company which held the regional monopoly on landline service before the market was opened to competitive local exchange carriers, or the corporate successor of such a firm.

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Insider trading

Insider trading is the trading of a public company's stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) by individuals with access to nonpublic information about the company.

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union that represents nearly 750,000 workers and retirees in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Panama, Guam, and several Caribbean island nations; particularly electricians, or inside wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other employees of public utilities.

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Internet

The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.

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Internet backbone

The Internet backbone might be defined by the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected computer networks and core routers on the Internet.

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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IPTV

Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is the delivery of television content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

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JD Edwards

J.D. Edwards World Solution Company or JD Edwards, abbreviated JDE, was an Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company.

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Joseph Nacchio

Joseph P. Nacchio (born June 22, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American executive who was convicted of insider trading related to his time as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International.

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KPN

KPN (in full Koninklijke KPN N.V., also Royal KPN N.V.) is a Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company.

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KPNQwest

KPNQwest was a telecommunications company equally owned by the Dutch national telecom operator KPN and Qwest Communications International Inc., the Internet communications company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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Landline

A landline telephone (also known as land line, land-line, main line, home phone, landline, fixed-line, and wireline) is a phone that uses a metal wire or optical fiber telephone line for transmission as distinguished from a mobile cellular line, which uses radio waves for transmission.

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Long-distance calling

In telecommunications, a long-distance call or trunk call is a telephone call made to a location outside a defined local calling area.

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MAINWAY

MAINWAY is a database maintained by the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) containing metadata for hundreds of billions of telephone calls made through the four largest telephone carriers in the United States: AT&T, SBC, BellSouth (all three now called AT&T), and Verizon.

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Malheur Bell

Malheur Home Telephone Company, commonly known as Malheur Bell, was a rural telephone company operating in Oregon.

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MarketWatch

MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis, and stock market data.

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MCI Communications

MCI Communications Corp. was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and ushered in the competitive long-distance telephone industry.

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McLean, Virginia

McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe (historically accessdate) is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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Montana Power Company

The Montana Power Company (MPC) was an electric utility company based in Butte, Montana which provided electricity to Montana consumers and industry from 1912 to 1997.

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Naked DSL

A naked DSL (a.k.a. standalone or dry loop DSL) is a digital subscriber line (DSL) without a PSTN (analogue telephony) service — or the associated dial tone.

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National Security Agency

The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence.

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Nebraska

Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States.

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New Delhi

New Delhi is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of all three branches of Government of India.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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Noida

Noida, short for the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a systematically planned Indian city under the management of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (also called NOIDA).

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.

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Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Philip Anschutz

Philip Frederick Anschutz (born December 28, 1939) is an American billionaire entrepreneur who owns or controls many companies in a variety of businesses, including energy, railroads, real estate, sports, newspapers, movies, theaters, arenas and music.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Qwest Corporation

Qwest Corporation is a Bell Operating Company owned by CenturyLink.

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Qwest Interprise America

Qwest Interprise America, Inc. (stylized !NTERPRISE) was created in 1995 to address the advanced data, network integration and interworking needs of large customers.

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Qwest Wireless

Qwest Wireless LLC was a cellular phone service owned by Qwest Communications and offered in the United States.

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Regional Bell Operating Company

The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of United States v. AT&T, the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone & Telegraph Company (later known as AT&T Corp.). On January 8, 1982, AT&T Corp.

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Richard Kastelein

Richard Kastelein, a Dutch Canadian dual citizen, is the founder and publisher of Blockchain News, a publication focused on Blockchain technology and theory (not Bitcoin-centric) launched in late 2015 and the founder of The Hackitarians, a Dutch Foundation (Stichting) that runs technology hackathons also known as gamified, short-term innovation events around the world.

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Richard Notebaert

Richard C. Notebaert (born 1947 in Montreal, Canada) is the former Chairman and CEO of Qwest, Tellabs and Ameritech.

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Rocky Mountain News

The Rocky Mountain News (nicknamed the Rocky) was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States, from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.

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Takeover

In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company (the target) by another (the acquirer, or bidder).

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Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of signs, signals, messages, words, writings, images and sounds or information of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.

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Telephone slamming

Telephone slamming is an illegal telecommunications practice, in which a subscriber's telephone service is changed without their consent.

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Telephony

Telephony is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunication services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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The Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group is an American multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services corporation.

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The Denver Post

The Denver Post is a daily newspaper and website that has been published in the Denver, Colorado area since 1892.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times International Edition

The New York Times International Edition is an English-language newspaper printed at 38 sites throughout the world and sold in more than 160 countries and territories.

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The Salt Lake Tribune

The Salt Lake Tribune is a daily newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah, with the largest weekday circulation but second largest Sunday circulation behind the Deseret News.

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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is an afternoon, early evening newscast on CNN hosted by Wolf Blitzer that first aired on August 8, 2005.

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government.

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad (or Union Pacific Railroad Company and simply Union Pacific) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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US West

US West, Inc. (stylized as U S WEST), was one of seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC's, also referred to as "Baby Bells"), created in 1983 under the Modification of Final Judgement (United States v. Western Electric Co., Inc. 552 Fed. Supp. 131), a case related to the antitrust breakup of AT&T.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Verizon Communications

Verizon Communications Inc., or simply Verizon, is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate and a corporate component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Verizon Wireless

Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless (commonly shortened to Verizon, and stylized as verizon), is an American telecommunications company which offers wireless products and services.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), also referred to as Welsh Carson, is a private equity firm.

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Wireless

Wireless communication, or sometimes simply wireless, is the transfer of information or power between two or more points that are not connected by an electrical conductor.

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Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States.

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1801 California Street

1801 California Street is a skyscraper in Denver, Colorado.

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360networks

360networks, Inc. was a wholesale telecommunications carrier.

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555 17th Street

555 17th Street, formerly known as the Anaconda Tower and the Qwest Tower, is a skyscraper in Denver, Colorado.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest

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