CenturyLink India (previously known as Qwest Software Services) is a software development center situated in Bangalore and Noida, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of CenturyLink Inc. Its primary responsibility was to help CenturyLink with telecom projects in the OSS and BSS space. The company was established in India in September 2003. Over the years its has grown into a 1300 employee strong organization working out of its Outer Ring Road, Bangalore offices. In August 2009, it was certified as a CMMi Level 3 software development center. In March 2010, a new state-of-the-art development center was inaugurated in Noida. It supports CenturyLink in Networks, BMG, Mass Markets, Consumer Markets and other domains. It has played a crucial role in building IT systems for the Federal GSA NetworX program.