# Qwest Communications American telecommunications company formed from the acquisition of [[wiki/US West|US West]] in 2000. Qwest was acquired by [[wiki/CenturyLink|CenturyLink]] in 2011, which later became [[wiki/Lumen Technologies|Lumen Technologies]]. Part of the Baby Bell reconsolidation chain documented in [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]].