United Telephone Company of Kansas

United Telephone Company of Kansas
Private (Subsidiary of CenturyLink)
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1909
Headquarters Overland Park, KS, United States
Products Local Telephone Service
Parent United/Sprint Nextel (until 2006)
Embarq (2006-2009)
CenturyLink (2009-present)
Website CenturyLink.com

United Telephone Company of Kansas is one of several CenturyLink companies providing local telephone service in Kansas. Kansas towns that United Telephone of Kansas serves include Junction City, Burlington, Hillsboro, and Garnett.

The company was founded in 1909 as The American Telephone Company. It was owned by Sprint Nextel until 2006 when it was spun off into Embarq. CenturyTel acquired Embarq in 2009, at which point United Telephone of Kansas began doing business as CenturyLink.

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