EMBARQ celebrates one year as stand alone company

It's been a remarkable first year for EMBARQ as a standalone, publicly-held company since its inception May 17, 2006. EMBARQ, the fourthlargest communications company in the U.S., offers practical, innovative solutions to help customers in its 18-state service area communicate. The company offers local and long distance voice, data, wireless, high-speed internet and entertainment services.

"We set out to take telecommunications innovations and combine them with common sense, because we know that's what customers want -- leading edge communication technology that's practical and easy to use," said Dan Heese, EMBARQ chairman and CEO. "The proof that we have the right strategy is in our results. Customer satisfaction ratings are up, and employee satisfaction scores exceeded our benchmark, and we have a strong share price."

To help make the one-year milestone, EMBARQ employees are engaging in a variety of celebrations internally. Externally, the company will kick off a nationwide food drive; food will be aggregated in about 100 of the company's major work sites. Some work sites also will build food sculptures with the donated items. Upon conclusion of the food drive, donated items will be given to local food panties.

After a highly successful brand launch, EMBARQ provided many "firsts" to its customers and the U.S. telecom market. EMBARQ innovations and accomplishments include:

* Strong reported financial results and significant stock price appreciation in the company's first year of trading.

* The launch of EMBARQ One Voicemail, which integrates EMBARQ wireless voicemail messages with those received on an EMBARQ wireline home phone. Customers are notified on both devices when they have a message and can listen to their messages from one integrated mailbox on either device. EMBARQ was the first local communications company to being the service to market.

* The launch of EMBARQ Smart Connect, which allows businesses to move calls seamlessly between their wireless and wireline networks -- all without interrupting the call. This network service enables businesses to be more accessible and can help reduce wireless costs.

* Activating the company's one millionth EMBARQ High- Speed Internet (HSI) subscriber within the first six months as a stand-alone company. On April 25, 2007, EMBARQ announced high-speed internet subscriber additions reached a company record of 87,000 during the first quarter 2007. EMBARQ guarantees that its HSI price won't increase for as long as the customer has the service.

* Becoming the first local exchange company to offer its customers EMBARQ Media Safe, 25 gigabytes of storage offered free of charge to its high-speed internet customers.

* Moving its one millionth customer from a circuit to a high-tech packet network, allowing for easier convergence of voice and data services.

* Redesigning the company's retail stores with a fresh new look and feel. The new design garnered Retail Store of the Year award from Chain Store Age magazine. The company now has 50 retail stores, an increase of 18 stores since June 2006.

* Being awarded the highest ranking for large enterprise business customers in the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Major Provider Business Telecommunications Voice Services Study.

* Dedicating 76,000 employee volunteer hours, exceeding the goal by 62 percent. Overall, these hours are worth $1,371,040 to the communities served by EMBARQ

Hesse summarized the company's first 12 months by saying, "In one short year, EMBARQ has made unprecedented strides in new products, customer service, and company performance. Getting here took the intense customer focus, enthusiasm and company pride of our nearly 20,000 employee work force. The team's accomplishments this year have positioned us well to be the first company our customers think of to help them stay connected."

About EMBARQ

Embarq Corporation (NYSE:EQ), headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, offers a complete suite of commonsense communications services. The company has approximately 20,000 employees and operates in 18 states. EMBARQ is included in the S&P 500.

For consumers, EMBARQ offers an innovative portfolio of services that includes reliable local and long distance home phone service, high-speed Internet, wireless, and satellite TV from DISH Network - all on one monthly bill.

For businesses, EMBARQ has a comprehensive range of flexible and integrated services designed to help businesses of all sizes be more productive and communicate with their customers. This service portfolio includes local voice and data services, long distance, Business Class DSL, wireless, enhanced data network services, voice and data communication equipment and managed network services.

EMBARQ believes that by focusing on the communities the company serves and by employing common sense and practical ingenuity, it is able to provide customers with a committed partner, dedicated customer service and innovative products for work and home. visit embarq.com.