Centurylink Telecommunications Has Been Sold By Its Parent Company, Lumen Technologies, To Apollo Global Management Incorporated For More Than 7-Billion Dollars. The Deal Includes All Of Lumen’s Local Exchange Carrier Operations In A 20-State Region. Centurylink Currently Provides Landline Telephone And Digital Subscriber Lines Or DSL Internet Services In Northeast Tennessee As Well As In Southwest Virginia, North Carolina, And Georgia.