Qwest looking to unload long-distance business?
Struggling telecommunications carrier is searching for ways to lower its outstanding debt load, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Qwest Communications International is reportedly seeking a buyer for its long-distance carrier business, as the company searches for ways to lower its outstanding debt load, according to a report Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.
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That would pare down the footprint of the Denver-based telecommunications company, leaving it as a regional telecommunications player.
But such a sale could help offset its debt load, which at the end of the year stood at $13.7 billion.
Telecommunications giants AT&T, as well as Verizon, and smaller players such as TW Telecom may be interested in snapping up the business from Qwest.
A spokeswoman for Qwest declined to comment on whether the company's long-distance carrier business is up for sale. She also noted the company does not break out the financial performance of its long-distance carrier business.
Qwest is scheduled to release its first-quarter financial results on April 29.