Industry Telecommunications | Founded 1971 | |
Type Private (Subsidiary of CenturyLink) Products Local Telephone Service Website http://www.centurylink.com/ Home & Business Internet, Phone, and TV | CenturyLink Parent organizations CenturyLink, Embarq, Centel | ||
Central Telephone Company of Virginia is a telephone company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service within the commonwealth of Virginia.
The company was founded in 1971 under ownership by Centel. The latter company was acquired by Sprint in 1992. The company remained in Sprint hands until 2006 when its local telephone operations were spun off as Embarq. In 2009, Embarq was acquired by CenturyTel, becoming CenturyLink in 2010.
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