CenturyTel, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is an integrated communications company engaged primarily in providing an array of communications services, including local and long distance voice, Internet access and broadband services. The Company operates in 25 states located within the continental United States. At December 31, 2008, its incumbent local exchange telephone subsidiaries operated approximately two million telephone access lines, primarily in rural areas and small to mid-size cities in 23 states, with over 68% of these lines located in Missouri, Wisconsin, Alabama, Arkansas and Washington. It also provides fiber transport, local exchange carrier, security monitoring, and other communications and business information services in certain local and regional markets. In July 2009, Embarq Corporation was acquired.