Centel

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Centel Corporation

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: CTL
Industry	Telecommunications
Predecessor	Central West Public Service Co, Western Power & Gas, Central Telephone and Utilities Corp.
Founded	1900; 124 years ago (1900) in Sioux City, Iowa
Founder	Max McGraw
Defunct	1993; 31 years ago (1993) (Acquired by Sprint, divested as Embarq, acquired by CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies)
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois (1977-1993) Lincoln, Nebraska (pre-1977) , United States
Area served	North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, Florida, Texas, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Nevada
Products	Telephone, Cable television, Wireless
Divisions	Central Telephone Company Central Telephone Company of Virginia Central Telephone Company of Texas

Centel Corporation was an American telecommunications company, with primary interests in providing basic telephone service, cellular phone service and cable television service.