Centel

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Centel Corporation
Type Defunct
Founded 1900 as McGraw Electric Company
Headquarters Chicago, USA
Industry Telecommunications
Products Telephone, Television, Wireless

Centel Corporation was a former independent telephone company that provided telephone services in largely rural areas. Founded in 1900 as a small wiring company, it grew to provide electricity, cable television, and wireless telephone service to its customers.

It was purchased by Sprint in 1992. The purchased Centel telephone subsidiaries were then spun-off of Sprint as part of the formation of Embarq Communications, Inc..

[edit] Former Subsidiaries

  • Central Telephone Company
  • Centel Cellular Telephone
Sprint Nextel Corporation

Corporate Directors: Gary D. Forsee - Chairman and CEO | Keith J. Bane | Gordon M. Bethune | Timothy M. Donahue | Frank M. Drendel | James H. Hance, Jr. | V. Janet Hill | Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. | William E. Kennard | Linda Koch Lorimer | Stephanie M. Shern | William H. Swanson

Assets
Holding Companies: Sprint Corporation | Centel | NEXTEL Communications
Wireless Services: Sprint PCS | NEXTEL | Boost Mobile

Annual Revenue: $34.7 billion USD ( FY 2005) | Employees: 62,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: S | Website: www.sprint.com
Embarq Corporation

Corporate Directors: Peter C. Brown - Chairman and CEO | Steven A. Davis | Daniel R. Hesse | John P. Mullen | William A. Owens | Dinesh C. Paliwal | Stephanie M. Shern | Laurie A. Siegel

Assets
Operating Companies: Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company | Central of Virginia | Central Telephone Company of Texas | Central Telephone Company | Sprint - Florida | United Telephone - Southeast | United Telephone Company of South Carolina | United Telephone Company of Ohio | United Telephone Company of Indiana | United Telephone Company of New Jersey | United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania | United Telephone Company of South Central Kansas | United Telephone Company of Minnesota | United Telephone Company of Missouri | United Telephone Company of the West | United Telephone Company of Texas | United Telephone of the Northwest

Annual Revenue: $6.7 billion USD ( FY 2005) | Employees: 20,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: EQ | Website: www.embarq.com
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