Source-linked industry record

Telecom layoffs

This page lists every layoff event we hold for the Telecom sector that still links to its original source. It is a record of what we have verified, not a complete count of layoffs in this sector.

Counted by the industry recorded against each event, normalised to a fixed list of 19 sectors. Rollup records and the per-site notices they absorb are counted once. Open this filter in the full tracker.

US states affected here

• Illinois 8,932 jobs
• California 8,769 jobs
• Kansas 7,682 jobs
• New Jersey 6,794 jobs
• Nebraska 5,391 jobs
• Georgia 4,421 jobs
• Virginia 3,828 jobs
• New York 3,507 jobs
• Alabama 3,300 jobs
• Indiana 2,180 jobs

Countries affected here

• United States 115,400 jobs
• United Kingdom 55,300 jobs
• Australia 9,788 jobs
• Spain 5,221 jobs
• Sweden 2,600 jobs
• Germany 2,000 jobs
• Canada 1,518 jobs
• India 1,100 jobs
• Israel 450 jobs

Employers with more than one recorded round here

• Charter Communications 30 recorded rounds
• Sprint 22 recorded rounds
• Verizon 17 recorded rounds
• VERIZON WIRELESS 16 recorded rounds
• Comcast 15 recorded rounds
• CINGULAR WIRELESS 13 recorded rounds
• Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 13 recorded rounds
• T-Mobile 12 recorded rounds
• LSC Communications 12 recorded rounds
• California Communications Access Foundation 9 recorded rounds
• Ericsson 8 recorded rounds
• United States Cellular Corporation 7 recorded rounds

Recorded events

Showing the 50 most recent of 480 recorded events. See all of them in the tracker.

1. Appliance Plus Cellular Inc · 1 jobs

   2026-07-31. Filed or independently reported record. Location: IA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

   • IA WARN notice (state page)

2. Appliance Plus Cellular Inc · 3 jobs

   2026-07-31. Filed or independently reported record. Location: IA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

   • IA WARN notice (state page)

3. Appliance Plus Cellular Inc · 5 jobs

   2026-07-31. Filed or independently reported record. Location: IA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

   • IA WARN notice (state page)

4. Appliance Plus Cellular Inc · 4 jobs

   2026-07-31. Filed or independently reported record. Location: IA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

   • IA WARN notice (state page)

5. Verizon · 3,000 jobs

   2026-07-16. Filed or independently reported record. Location: NY. Evidence: News report.

   • thestar.com.my
   • Barron's
   • Yahoo Finance
   • TradingView
   • TradingView
   • Full entry on this site

6. Telecon Inc. · 12 jobs

   2026-06-25. Filed or independently reported record. Location: Canada. Evidence: State WARN notice.

   • Quebec collective dismissal (MESS) (state page)

7. Telecon Inc. · 16 jobs

   2026-06-22. Filed or independently reported record. Location: Canada. Evidence: State WARN notice.

   • Quebec collective dismissal (MESS) (state page)

8. Charter Communications, Inc. · 313 jobs

   2026-06-21. Filed or independently reported record. Location: WI. Evidence: State WARN notice.

   • WI WARN notice (state page)

9. Bell Canada · 700 jobs

   2026-06-15. Announcement-stage record. Location: Canada. Evidence: News report.

   • iPhone in Canada
   • Full entry on this site

10. T-Mobile USA, Inc. · 74 jobs

    2026-06-08. Filed or independently reported record. Location: TX. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • TX WARN notice (state page)
    • TX WARN notice (state page)

11. Charter Communications · 62 jobs

    2026-05-07. Filed or independently reported record. Location: SC. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • SC WARN notice (state page)

12. T-Mobile USA · 78 jobs

    2026-04-21. Filed or independently reported record. Location: NJ. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • NJ WARN notice (state page)

13. T-Mobile USA, Inc. · 200 jobs

    2026-04-16. Filed or independently reported record. Location: TN. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • TN WARN notice (state page)

14. T-Mobile USA, Inc. · 74 jobs

    2026-04-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: KY. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • KY WARN notice (state page)
    • KY WARN notice (state page)

15. Telvista, Inc. · 110 jobs

    2026-02-28. Filed or independently reported record. Location: TX. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • TX WARN notice (state page)
    • TX WARN notice (state page)

16. Verizon · 1,319 jobs

    2026-02-20. Filed or independently reported record. Location: NJ. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • NJ WARN notice (state page)

17. Telstra · 650 jobs

    2026-02-01. Announcement-stage record. Location: Australia. Evidence: News report.

    The employer attributed this to AI.

    “Telstra announced about 650 job cuts in early 2026 with AI-driven restructuring cited in the announcement coverage (ACS Information Age)”

    • ACS Information Age
    • Full entry on this site

18. T-Mobile USA, Inc. · 172 jobs

    2026-01-30. Filed or independently reported record. Location: IL. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • IL WARN notice (state page)

19. Verizon · 165 jobs

    2026-01-23. Filed or independently reported record. Location: WA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • WA WARN notice (state page)
    • WA WARN notice (state page)

20. Verizon · 139 jobs

    2026-01-23. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

21. Verizon · 54 jobs

    2026-01-23. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

22. Meteorcomm LLC · 49 jobs

    2026-01-17. Filed or independently reported record. Location: WA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • WA WARN notice (state page)
    • WA WARN notice (state page)

23. Communications Test Design, Inc. (CTDI) · 15 jobs

    2025-12-31. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

24. Communications Test Design, Inc. (CTDI) · 64 jobs

    2025-12-31. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

25. Charter Communications · 176 jobs

    2025-12-10. Filed or independently reported record. Location: ME. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • ME WARN notice (state page)
    • ME WARN notice (state page)

26. Comcast Corporation (Beltway Integrated Supply Chain Operations) · 42 jobs

    2025-12-05. Filed or independently reported record. Location: MD. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • MD WARN notice (state page)

27. Verizon · 13,000 jobs

    2025-11-20. Filed or independently reported record. Evidence: News report.

    • dallasnews.com
    • Full entry on this site

28. San Bruno CityNet Services · 13 jobs

    2025-11-15. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

29. EchoStar Corporation · 17 jobs

    2025-11-01. Filed or independently reported record. Location: MD. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • MD WARN notice (state page)

30. Charter Communications · 1,200 jobs

    2025-10-22. Filed or independently reported record. Evidence: News report.

    • telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
    • Full entry on this site

31. Comcast · 240 jobs

    2025-10-15. Filed or independently reported record. Location: GA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • GA WARN notice (state page)
    • GA WARN notice (state page)

32. Consolidated Communications · 1 jobs

    2025-09-17. Filed or independently reported record. Location: MN. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • MN WARN notice (data file)
    • MN WARN notice (state page)

33. Ericsson · 100 jobs

    2025-09-09. Filed or independently reported record. Location: Canada. Evidence: News report.

    • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
    • Full entry on this site

34. LSC Communications Transport LLC · 180 jobs

    2025-07-09. Filed or independently reported record. Location: IL. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • IL WARN notice (state page)

35. Telstra · 500 jobs

    2025-07-09. Filed or independently reported record. Location: Australia. Evidence: News report.

    • smh.com.au
    • Full entry on this site

36. Movate, Inc. (AT&T Project) · 71 jobs

    2025-07-01. Filed or independently reported record. Location: TX. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • TX WARN notice (state page)
    • TX WARN notice (state page)

37. Charter Communications · 174 jobs

    2025-06-26. Filed or independently reported record. Location: MA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • MA WARN notice (state page)

38. AT&T Alabama · 73 jobs

    2025-06-20. Filed or independently reported record. Location: AL. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • AL WARN notice (state page)

39. United States Cellular Corporation · 86 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: WA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • WA WARN notice (state page)
    • WA WARN notice (state page)

40. United States Cellular Corporation · 12 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: MI. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • MI WARN notice (state page)
    • MI WARN notice (state page)

41. US Cellular Corporation · 1 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: TX. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • TX WARN notice (state page)
    • TX WARN notice (state page)

42. United States Cellular (USCC) · 95 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: VA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • VA WARN notice (state page)

43. United States Cellular Corporation · 286 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: TN. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • TN WARN notice (state page)

44. USCC Management Services, LLC · 11 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: MD. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • MD WARN notice (state page)

45. USCC Management Services, LLC · 17 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: MD. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • MD WARN notice (state page)

46. United States Cellular Corporation · 8 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

47. United States Cellular Corporation · 7 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

48. United States Cellular Corporation · 6 jobs

    2025-06-02. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

49. US Cellular Corporation · 205 jobs

    2025-05-22. Filed or independently reported record. Location: AZ. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • AZ WARN notice (state page)
    • AZ WARN notice (state page)

50. Charter Communications · 171 jobs

    2025-05-01. Filed or independently reported record. Location: CA. Evidence: State WARN notice.

    • CA WARN notice (data file)
    • CA WARN notice (state page)

A state page link goes to that state's official WARN list and a data file link goes to the file it publishes. The notice was filed at that source; older notices roll into the state archive.

Other industries

• Manufacturing 15,498 events
• Food & Hospitality 5,932 events
• Healthcare & Pharma 5,782 events
• Retail & E-commerce 5,251 events
• Logistics & Transport 4,099 events
• Technology 3,891 events
• Finance & Insurance 3,412 events
• Professional Services 2,647 events
• Media & Entertainment 2,402 events
• Energy 1,769 events
• Airlines & Travel 1,589 events
• Government & Nonprofit 1,483 events
• Automotive 1,384 events
• Real Estate & Construction 1,353 events
• Aerospace & Defense 1,320 events
• Education 1,136 events
• Consumer Goods 1,030 events
• Agriculture 664 events

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