Qwest Names Stephanie G. Comfort Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy

Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) announced today that Stephanie Comfort has been named executive vice president of corporate strategy. The move represents a promotion for Comfort, who was tapped by Qwest Chairman and CEO Edward Mueller to lead the strategy function in September 2007. "Stephanie has proven exceptionally effective in helping us chart a comprehensive path forward,” Mueller said. "We’ve come to rely on her sound judgment backed by her deep financial background and an understanding of the company’s place in the lives of our customers.” Comfort joined Qwest in 2002 to lead the company’s investor relations program. Prior to Qwest, she was with Morgan Stanley, Inc., where she was a portfolio manager, strategist and senior telecommunications services analyst. She has also worked at Salomon Brothers, Inc. and Wertheim Schroder & Co., Inc. Comfort holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Wellesley College. She resides in Denver with family. About Qwest Qwest offers a powerful combination of award-winning broadband, video and voice solutions for residential customers, businesses and government agencies. Customers coast to coast turn to Qwest's industry-leading national fiber optic network to meet their evolving communications and entertainment needs. Qwest employees are the driving force behind the company’s nationally recognized Spirit of Service. Qwest is a participant in Networx, the largest communications services contract in the world, to provide innovative voice, data and video services. For more information on Qwest please visit www.qwest.com. For information about the products and services Qwest is offering in the Networx contract, visit www.gsanetworx.com The Qwest logo is a registered trademark of Qwest Communications International Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries.