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Qwest Uses Process Simulation to Move at the Speed of Business Change
White Papers Qwest, a telecommunications company located in North America, provides voice, video, and data services to residential, SMB, and enterprise-level customers. In response, Qwest created a business process center of excellence - a centralized Business...
[November 8, 2008, 0:01]
Embattled Qwest chief executive resigns
News Qwest Communications' chief executive Joseph Nacchio has resigned at the request of the board, according to published reports. During a board meeting late Sunday, Qwest directors reportedly named Richard Notebaert as the company's new chief executive.
[June 17, 2002, 9:08]
Microsoft and Qwest ink US DSL pact
News Microsoft and Qwest Communications International on Thursday teamed up to pursue a wider audience for their broadband offerings in the States. Under a five-year pact, Microsoft and Qwest will bring together the software maker's MSN Internet access...
[April 26, 2001, 14:53]
More government eyes on Qwest
News The federal government is reviewing the contract status of Qwest Communications International in light of the embattled telecoms company's accounting problems. The General Services Administration, the buying and procurement arm of the federal...
[July 15, 2002, 7:57]
Internet2 gets boost from Qwest
News Participants of Internet2 include Qwest Communications, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Intel and Lucent Technologies, all of which have fallen on hard times with the economic downturn, making some wonder if Internet2 might not be at risk.
[October 5, 2001, 10:20]
Alcatel-Lucent has potential, but dangers too
News Lucent Technologies last week landed a DSL deal with the only US regional Bell that Alcatel had failed to partner with, Qwest Communications International, and that could make the courtship of the two equipment behemoths just sweet enough to make...
[May 29, 2001, 10:47]
EBay goes down for three hours
News The outage on Wednesday night struck a Qwest Communications facility in California, that hosts many of eBay's Web servers, according to eBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove. While the Qwest glitch lasted only 10 minutes, eBay technicians were forced to...
[August 22, 2003, 8:59]
EMC, Hitachi squabble over big customer
News The only products that were removed from Qwest were elderly and unused older 5800 models sitting in a warehouse and other older 7700E models originally installed through the Hewlett-Packard deal that began in September 1999.
[November 9, 2001, 10:17]
The Day Ahead: Broadwing flies under the radar
News While the big players in the telecommunications arena struggle, companies like Broadwing, Williams and Qwest will become the new leaders. Broadwing, which was spawned from the merger of Cincinnati Bell and IXC Communications, brings about 18,000...
[November 8, 2000, 13:00]
Supercomm diversifies as telcos suffer
News But Oren Shaffer, chief financial officer at Qwest Communications, said last week that Qwest spent "significantly" less in the first quarter on capital improvements than expected. Communications equipment makers gather in Atlanta on Monday for...
[June 3, 2003, 12:26]
Smoothing out two-way video
News Ten top carriers -- AT&T, Bell Atlantic, British Telecommunications, France Telecom, MCI WorldCom, Optus, Qwest Communications International, Sprint, Telia and Telstra -- from North America, Europe and Australia are testing the technology, FVC.com...
[September 13, 1999, 15:25]
Apple users to get a taste of MSN
News Microsoft quietly dipped its toe in the Mac market earlier this year when it offered dial-up access for those customers in 14 states served by telecom provider Qwest Communications. Offering the service was part of a deal Microsoft struck with...
[August 22, 2002, 9:11]
KPNQwest loses its grip on data
News It is a joint venture between Dutch national carrier KPN and US-based Qwest Communications International. Ohlsson said Qwest networks serving the United States were not showing unusual amounts of undelivered data.
[June 13, 2002, 11:46]
KPNQwest network nears closure as legal battle looms
News This call joins that of KPNQwest bondholders who have made the same demand of KPN and Qwest, following a meltdown faster than that of the collapsed power giant Enron. The consortium alleges that KPNQwest lied about income from its two founders...
[June 24, 2002, 12:36]
KPNQwest could face Enron-style investigation
News The US carrier Qwest and the Dutch telco KPN both took long-term capacity, in the form of 20-year licences, from their joint venture, KPNQwest, which booked all this money as revenue for 2001. KPN has kept quiet about its dealings with KPNQwest...
[June 10, 2002, 17:10]
Techs duck and cover after WorldCom
News According to a SoundView Technology Group report, Juniper's customer base revolves around WorldCom and struggling companies like Qwest and Ericsson. The Securities and Exchange Commission has already been investigating Qwest Communications...
[June 27, 2002, 8:43]
The Day Ahead: Corvis IPO set to soar on promising products
News As for Qwest, it will buy $150m of Corvis gear over two years as long as the company is price competitive and can meet technical requirements by the end of 2001. Broadwing Communications, Williams Communications and Qwest Communications are all on...
[July 28, 2000, 12:38]
WorldCom customers urged to hang on
News Gartner said Qwest is "not seen as strong" and told clients to consider carriers such as AT&T, Sprint, SBC Communications, BellSouth and Verizon in the United States. Analysts said dumping WorldCom for a struggling rival like Qwest Communications...
[July 4, 2002, 11:33]
The Day Ahead: Welcome to revenue season
News Our reporting of revenue is affected significantly by warrants issued to our initial customers, including Qwest, AduroNet and Broadband Office," the company said in regulatory filings. The practice is common in the communications equipment sector...
[October 2, 2000, 13:05]
US Baby Bells rattle ISPs
News Make sure yours isn't one of them.Qwest won't disappear in the blink of an eye. ISPs said the ad crossed the boundaries of fair competition, and complained that Qwest was taking perceptions of the downturn too far.
[May 16, 2001, 16:49]
