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Brightspeed of Texas, Inc. is a telephone operating company owned by Brightspeed that provides local telephone service in
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
. The company serves communities in Texas such as Killeen, Copperas Cove, and Cranfills Gap.


History

Brightspeed of Texas was founded in 1956 as Central Telephone of Texas,a subsidiary of
Centel Centel Corporation was an American telecommunications company, with primary interests in providing basic telephone service, cellular phone service and cable television service. Early history In 1900, Max McGraw took his savings from his newspa ...
. In 1992,
Centel Centel Corporation was an American telecommunications company, with primary interests in providing basic telephone service, cellular phone service and cable television service. Early history In 1900, Max McGraw took his savings from his newspa ...
was acquired by Sprint, and Central of Texas began carrying business on under the Sprint name retained its corporate name. In 2006, the company was spun off into
Embarq Embarq Corporation (stylized as EMBARQ) was the largest independent local exchange carrier in the United States (below the Baby Bells), serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long-distance, high-speed data and wireless services to ...
when Sprint Nextel spun off its local telephone operations. The company did business as CenturyLink from 2009-2022 following the acquisition of
Embarq Embarq Corporation (stylized as EMBARQ) was the largest independent local exchange carrier in the United States (below the Baby Bells), serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long-distance, high-speed data and wireless services to ...
by
CenturyTel Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is a ...
.


Sale to Brightspeed

On August 3, 2021, Lumen announced its sale of its local telephone assets in 20 states to Apollo Global Management, including Texas. Apollo announced the company acquiring the Lumen assets would trade under the name "Brightspeed".. The sale closed on October 3, 2022. Central of Texas was then renamed Brightspeed of Texas.https://bizimage.ohiosos.gov/api/image/pdf/202227802678


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See also

* Brightspeed *
Centel Centel Corporation was an American telecommunications company, with primary interests in providing basic telephone service, cellular phone service and cable television service. Early history In 1900, Max McGraw took his savings from his newspa ...
*
Embarq Embarq Corporation (stylized as EMBARQ) was the largest independent local exchange carrier in the United States (below the Baby Bells), serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long-distance, high-speed data and wireless services to ...
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