# Lumen Technologies

> Lumen Technologies is a publicly traded digital networking company that sells fiber connectivity, programmable Network-as-a-Service, cloud networking, cybersecurity, voice, and managed services to enterprises, governments, carriers, and other institutions. Built from the former CenturyLink and Level 3 networks, Lumen is shifting away from consumer and legacy telecom toward enterprise infrastructure for AI and multi-cloud workloads, pairing a large owned fiber backbone with self-service software and the cloud-native control plane acquired through Alkira.

- **Founded:** 1968
- **Headquarters:** Monroe, Louisiana, United States
- **Founders:** Clarke M. Williams (Founder and former chairman of the incorporated predecessor)
- **Team size:** Approximately 24,000 employees globally as of December 31, 2025, including about 3,400 outside the United States
- **Products:** Lumen Private Connectivity Fabric, Lumen Network-as-a-Service, Lumen Connectivity Fabric, Lumen Connect, Multi-Cloud Gateway
- **Notable:** Built a network with more than 340,000 global fiber route miles and approximately 163,000 on-net buildings as of December 31, 2025., Private Connectivity Fabric contracts reached nearly $13 billion by early 2026., Network-as-a-Service surpassed 1,000 customers in August 2025 and 2,000 customers by February 2026.

## Products & services

- **Lumen Private Connectivity Fabric** — Custom, dedicated fiber architecture for hyperscalers and large enterprises that need high-capacity, low-loss routes for AI and data-center workloads.
- **Lumen Network-as-a-Service** — Self-service Internet, Ethernet, and IP VPN connectivity that customers can activate and scale on demand.
- **Lumen Connectivity Fabric** — A single-port, cloud-controlled architecture for deploying and scaling public and private connections.
- **Lumen Connect** — The digital hub for ordering, managing, monitoring, and securing Lumen connectivity and cloud services.
- **Multi-Cloud Gateway** — Programmable connectivity among public clouds, private clouds, data centers, and edge locations.
- **Cybersecurity and Black Lotus Labs intelligence** — DDoS mitigation, SASE, threat intelligence, managed security, and proactive blocking informed by telemetry from Lumen's network.
- **Managed network and professional services** — SD-WAN, IP VPN, dedicated internet, network modernization, consulting, operations, and incident support.
- **Cloud communications** — Cloud voice, unified communications, collaboration, contact-center connectivity, and PSTN access.

## Achievements

- Built a network with more than 340,000 global fiber route miles and approximately 163,000 on-net buildings as of December 31, 2025.
- Private Connectivity Fabric contracts reached nearly $13 billion by early 2026.
- Network-as-a-Service surpassed 1,000 customers in August 2025 and 2,000 customers by February 2026.
- Named 2024 North American NaaS Service Provider of the Year by MEF, now MPLIFY.
- Received Frost & Sullivan's 2024 North American Technology Innovation Leadership Award for network interconnection.
- Black Lotus Labs was named Threat Intelligence Company of the Year in the 2024 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards.
- Named to Fortune's 2025 list of America's Most Innovative Companies.
- Added more than 2.2 million intercity fiber miles and more than 5.9 petabits per second of capacity during the 2025 build update.
- Held approximately 2,500 patents and patent applications at year-end 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Completed the $475 million all-cash acquisition of Alkira, adding a carrier-agnostic cloud networking control plane to Lumen's physical network and Lumen Connect roadmap.
- **2026-05** — Reported first-quarter revenue of $2.899 billion; strategic products reached 51% of business revenue, overtaking legacy products.
- **2026-02** — Outlined a plan to reach 58 million intercity fiber miles by 2031, disclosed more than 2,000 NaaS customers, and announced Anthropic as a PCF customer.
- **2026-02** — Completed the $5.75 billion sale of fiber-to-the-home assets in 11 states to AT&T, using proceeds to reduce debt by more than $4.8 billion.
- **2026-02** — Introduced Multi-Cloud Gateway and expanded metro data-center connectivity for distributed AI and hybrid-cloud traffic.
- **2025-09** — Reported more than 2.2 million new intercity fiber miles and 5.9 petabits per second of added capacity in its multi-year network build.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lumen.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumentechnologies
- Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/lumentechco
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/lumentechnologies
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lumentechnologies/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lumentechnologies

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Last updated: 2026-08-11