CenturyTel, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated communications company. The company provides a range of communications services, including local and long distance voice, Internet access, and broadband services in the continental United States. Its services include local exchange and long distance voice telephone services, as well as enhanced voice services, such as call forwarding, conference calling, caller identification, selective call ringing, and call waiting; network access services; data services, including high-speed and dial-up Internet services, and data transmission services over special circuits and private lines; and fiber transport, competitive local exchange, and security monitoring services. The company also offers other related services, such as leasing, selling, installing, and maintaining customer premise telecommunications equipment and wiring; providing billing and collection services to third parties; participating in the publication of local telephone directories; and provides printing, database management, direct mail services, and cable television services. As of December 31, 2006, CenturyTel operated approximately 2.1 million telephone access lines. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Monroe, Louisiana.