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Lumen Technologies reports developments in enterprise communications, programmable networking, and network services for businesses. Company updates describe operating results, transformation initiatives, metro connectivity, long-haul data transport, edge cloud, security, managed services, and digital platform capabilities used to connect people, data, and applications.
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Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) announced Board leadership transitions and expanded executive roles ahead of its 2026 Annual Meeting on March 17, 2026. Chair Mike Glenn and Audit Committee Chair Hal Jones will retire; General Kevin P. Chilton will become Board Chair and Michael Collins is nominated to join the Board. The company also expanded executive roles for Chris Stansbury, Kye Prigg and Ana White to support a growth phase and AI-driven transformation.
Lumen (NYSE: LUMN) announced at its 2026 Investor Day that it has completed a turnaround and unveiled a multi-year growth plan focused on AI-ready networking and enterprise services.
Key targets include expanding to ~58 million fiber miles by 2031, nearly $13 billion in Private Connectivity Fabric deals, a NaaS platform serving 2,000+ customers, and adjusted EBITDA margin expansion toward the mid-30% range by 2030.
Lumen (NYSE: LUMN) said it doubled its Network-as-a-Service customer base to more than 2,000 businesses since Q3 2025 as enterprises shift to programmable networking for AI and cloud workloads.
The company expanded Internet On-Demand to over 10 million new locations, launched a Multi-Cloud Gateway routing layer, and enables NaaS management via the Lumen Connect self-service portal to speed deployment and lower complexity for real-time AI data exchange.
Lumen (NYSE: LUMN) received upgrades from Fitch, Moody’s and S&P on Feb. 23, 2026, reflecting significant debt reduction, improved liquidity, and extended maturity runway following the $4.8 billion Mass Markets sale to AT&T.
Agencies cited lower leverage, nearly $13 billion in PCF contract wins, and an annual $300 million interest expense reduction as drivers of the improved credit profile ahead of the company’s Feb. 25 Investor Day.
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) division Blue Planet announced that Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) is adopting Blue Planet AI Studio and AI agents to automate network operations. Initial use cases include device model generation, digital network twin applications, data discovery, migration, and resource reconciliation to speed OSS workflows.
The low-code, OSS-native platform aims to enable context-aware, closed-loop automation and accelerate Lumen’s journey toward an AI-ready, more autonomous network foundation.
Lumen (NYSE: LUMN) will host an Investor Day on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, with presentations from approximately 8:30 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET.
Senior leadership will outline the company’s next phase of transformation, covering the commercial engine, product pipeline, financial framework, and a multi-year growth strategy to strengthen earnings power and long-term value.
The live webcast and a post-event replay plus summary materials will be available on Lumen’s Investor Relations website, with replay and materials posted about 24 hours after the event ends.
Lumen (NYSE: LUMN) launched Multi-Cloud Gateway (MCGW) and expanded metro connectivity across 16 U.S. markets to accelerate secure data movement for AI and distributed workloads. MCGW is a software-defined, self-service routing layer on Lumen's global fiber, unifying cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-enterprise routing.
Metro Ethernet and IP upgrades deliver up to 100Gbps between regional sites and up to 400Gbps at key cloud data centers to support AI training, analytics, replication, and disaster recovery.
Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) appointed Jeff Sharritts as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, effective Feb. 4, 2026. Sharritts will report to CEO Kate Johnson and lead commercial strategy, including the Acceleration and Growth Team, to deepen customer relationships and drive profitable growth.
He joins from Cisco, where he led global customer-facing functions and oversaw businesses generating more than $50 billion in annual revenue, and succeeds Ashley Haynes-Gaspar.
Lumen (NYSE: LUMN) reported fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of $3.041 billion and full-year revenue of $12.402 billion. The company completed a $5.75 billion transaction with AT&T, cutting debt by over $4.8 billion, lowering net leverage to below 4x, and reducing annual interest expense nearly 45%. Adjusted EBITDA was $3.36 billion for 2025; free cash flow excluding special items was $1.041 billion. Lumen said it achieved >$400 million run-rate savings and expects continued cost savings and network modernization investment.
Lumen Technologies completed the sale of its Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business in eleven states, including Quantum Fiber, to AT&T (NYSE:T) for $5.75 billion in cash. The divestiture transfers more than 1 million fiber customers and > 4 million enabled fiber locations to AT&T.
Lumen plans to use about $4.8 billion of proceeds and cash to retire super priority debt, cutting interest expense by approximately $300 million annually, reducing debt to under $13 billion and targeting net debt to adjusted EBITDA below 4x. Lumen retains national and metro backbone fiber, copper consumer services, and enterprise/wholesale customers while accelerating an enterprise-focused strategy.