Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company founded in 1968, headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. Lumen provides networking infrastructure including fiber optic networks supporting quantum communication deployments and quantum networking research. The company explores quantum key distribution (QKD) integration into telecommunications infrastructure and quantum-safe networking solutions. Lumen collaborates with quantum technology providers advancing practical quantum communications capabilities over existing fiber networks. The company serves telecommunications enterprise and government markets requiring quantum-safe communications infrastructure. Lumen contributes to quantum networking development providing telecommunications infrastructure supporting quantum communications deployments and quantum-safe security implementations preparing network infrastructure for quantum internet and post-quantum security transitions protecting telecommunications networks against quantum computing threats.