Verizon Wireless confirmed it laid off more former Alltel employees as it works to complete its assimilation of the carrier. Verizon spokeswoman Lucie Pathmann declined to put a number on the cuts, but told ArkansasBusiness.com that the effort was part of the carrier's plan to eliminate redundant jobs following its $28.1 billion acquisition of Alltel, which closed early this year.
The majority of the job cuts were in Little Rock, Ark., the site of Alltel's headquarters and now a Verizon regional office. The job cuts were in marketing, finance, legal and other areas.
In July, Verizon laid off 80 workers, and the majority of those workers--50--were former Alltel employees in Arkansas.
Throughout much of the year, Verizon has been digesting Alltel's operations: switching over billing systems, upgrading wireless broadband service and re-merchandising stores. Verizon's blockbuster acquisition of Alltel made it the nation's largest wireless carrier with 89 million total subscribers.
For more:
- see this ArkansasBusiness.com article [1]
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Links:
[1] http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aID=118669.54928.130811
[2] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-lays-80-workers-many-arkansas/2009-07-10
[3] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-begins-integrating-alltel-customers/2009-06-01
[4] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-verizon-selling-alltel-assets-t-2-5b/2009-05-08
[5] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-requests-more-time-sell-alltel-assets/2009-04-28?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
[6] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/blackstone-makes-bid-verizons-divested-assets/2009-04-07