MONROE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2003--CenturyTel, Inc.
(NYSE:CTL) plans to release its first quarter 2003 earnings results
pre-market opening on Thursday, May 1, 2003, and host a related
conference call at 10:30 a.m. CDT that day.
The conference call will be streamed live over CenturyTel's Web
site at www.centurytel.com. Interested parties can also access the
call by dialing 800/346-2923 and entering the conference id number:
3383 five minutes prior to the start of the call. A digital recording
of the call will be available beginning at 1:30 p.m. CDT on May 1,
2003, and ending May 5, 2003, at 1:30 p.m. CDT. The replay can be
accessed by calling 800/332-6854 and entering the conference id
number: 3383. A replay of the call will also be available on the Web
site after 12:30 p.m. CDT on May 1, 2003.
CenturyTel, Inc. provides communications services including local,
long distance, Internet access and data services to more than 3
million customers in 22 states. The company, headquartered in Monroe,
Louisiana, is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol CTL, and is included in the S&P 500 Index. CenturyTel is the
8th largest local exchange telephone company, based on access lines,
in the United States. Visit CenturyTel's corporate Web site at
www.centurytel.com.
CONTACT: CenturyTel, Inc., Monroe
Media: Patricia Cameron, 318/388-9674
patricia.cameron@centurytel.com
or
Investors: Tony Davis, 318/388-9525
tony.davis@centurytel.com
www.centurytel.com
SOURCE: CenturyTel, Inc.