Embarq to Dispose of Wireless Customers in 2009

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posted May 14, 2008, 12:09 PM   by Eric M. Zeman

Embarq's CFO recently told investors that the company plans to hand its wireless customers over to another carrier in 2009. The company had hoped to sign up 1 million customers, but has just 112,000. Embarq stopped signing up new customers earlier this year. It will keep its current customers until some point in 2009, and hasn't determined which wireless network operator the customers will be given to. Embarq was formerly part of Sprint. It will continue its landline operations.

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