CenturyLink puts imprint on Qwest buildings

CEDAR RAPIDS -- CenturyLink, which acquired Qwest Communications Corp. on April 1, is changing the signs on some Cedar Rapids buildings.

Employees of Nagle Signs of Waterloo removed the Qwest sign from a building on Third Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets SE on Friday and replaced it with a CenturyLink sign. The building for many years was a retail office for the regional telecommunications provider when it was US West.

Monroe, La.-based CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. The company provides broadband, voice and wireless services to consumers and businesses in 33 states.

CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations. It has committed to invest at least $25 million during the next five years on broadband (high-speed Internet) in Iowa.