Telecom Layoffs
Comprehensive tracking of workforce reductions across the Telecom industry.
Total Jobs Cut
Companies Affected
AI-Cited Layoffs
AI-Related Cuts
Companies
BT Group
AIUnited Kingdom · May 2025
AI and automation replacing roles by 2030
Verizon
United States · Nov 2025
Market pressure and competition; 13% of workforce
BT Group
AIUnited Kingdom · Jun 2025
55,000 total cuts by 2030; roughly 15,000 before end of 2025
Nokia
Finland · Mar 2024
Global restructuring; up to 14,000 jobs by 2026
Nokia
Finland · Oct 2023
Slowing 5G equipment demand
Verizon
United States · Mar 2025
Network modernization and cost optimization
Verizon
AIUnited States · Feb 2026
Layoffs to hit 15,000 roles in 2026 as automation takes over
Vodafone
United Kingdom · Jun 2025
11,000 positions to be eliminated by 2026; redundancies underway
Vodafone
United Kingdom · May 2025
Simplification program and market consolidation
Verizon
United States · Nov 2025
Restructuring under CEO; 10,300 jobs cut in final three months of 2025
Ericsson
Sweden · Jun 2024
5G deployment slowdown; 1,400 in Sweden alone
Ericsson
Sweden · Jun 2025
5G deployment slowdown and cost optimization
Telefonica
Spain · Oct 2025
Telecom cost reduction and digital transformation
AT&T
United States · Jun 2025
Headcount dropped from 140,990 to 135,700 in first three quarters of 2025
Verizon
United States · Dec 2024
Network modernization and cost optimization
T-Mobile (UScellular)
United States · Sep 2025
Axed UScellular entire staff of 4,100 following acquisition of assets
Nokia India
India · Mar 2026
20% workforce cut in India as part of global restructuring under new CEO; 17,000+ India employees; revenue fell 15% YoY
Vodafone Idea
India · Apr 2025
Indian telecom joint venture restructuring amid financial stress
Ericsson (global)
Sweden · Mar 2025
1,900 total Ericsson layoffs; cost efficiency from 5G spending slowdown
Ericsson
Sweden · Jan 2026
Cost-saving measures amid telecom spending downturn
Ericsson
Sweden · Jan 2026
Cost-saving measures; prolonged 5G spending downturn
Bell Canada
Canada · May 2025
Laying off almost 700 non-unionized management jobs; under 2% of workforce
Bell Canada
Canada · Nov 2025
Management restructuring
Telstra
Australia · Feb 2026
Telecommunications market consolidation
Nokia India
India · Nov 2025
Global restructuring announcement; CEO Justin Hotard begins India cuts; 14,000 roles to be eliminated worldwide
Telstra
Australia · Feb 2026
Australian tech companies eliminated 4,450 roles in first ten weeks of 2026
Ericsson India
India · Jun 2025
Part of 5,000 global role reductions; 5G capex slowdown by Jio and Airtel after aggressive rollout phase
T-Mobile
United States · Mar 2026
Further aligning IT organization; cutting across Washington state including VP roles
Elisa
Finland · Dec 2025
Austerity and cost savings measures
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