Source-linked industry record
Telecom layoffs
This page lists every layoff entry 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.
494 recorded entries
207,631 jobs across 215 employers
1 entry the employer attributed to AI in its own words
Covering 2002 to 2026
Counted by the industry recorded against each entry, 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 128,933 jobs
- United Kingdom 55,300 jobs
- Australia 9,788 jobs
- Spain 5,221 jobs
- Sweden 2,600 jobs
- Germany 2,000 jobs
- Canada 1,724 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
- T-Mobile 13 recorded rounds
- CINGULAR WIRELESS 13 recorded rounds
- Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 13 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 entries
Showing the 50 most recent of 494 recorded entries. See all of them in the tracker.
T-Mobile · 113 jobs
- Dallas News
- No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by 2026-08-25.
- Full entry on this site
Verizon Corp Resources Group LLC · 156 jobs
EchoStar · 330 jobs
Appliance Plus Cellular Inc · 1 jobs
Appliance Plus Cellular Inc · 3 jobs
Appliance Plus Cellular Inc · 5 jobs
Appliance Plus Cellular Inc · 4 jobs
Verizon · 3,000 jobs
Telecon Inc. · 12 jobs
Telecon Inc. · 16 jobs
Charter Communications, Inc. · 313 jobs
Bell Canada · 700 jobs
T-Mobile USA, Inc. · 74 jobs
Charter Communications · 62 jobs
T-Mobile USA · 78 jobs
T-Mobile USA, Inc. · 200 jobs
T-Mobile USA, Inc. · 74 jobs
- KY WARN notice (state page)
- KY WARN notice (state page)
- Not in the Internet Archive yet. We keep checking weekly; next check by 2026-08-25.
Telvista, Inc. · 110 jobs
Verizon · 1,319 jobs
Telstra · 650 jobs
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)”
T-Mobile USA, Inc. · 172 jobs
Verizon · 165 jobs
Verizon · 139 jobs
Verizon · 54 jobs
Meteorcomm LLC · 49 jobs
Verizon Communications Inc. · 13,000 jobs
Communications Test Design, Inc. (CTDI) · 15 jobs
Communications Test Design, Inc. (CTDI) · 64 jobs
Charter Communications · 176 jobs
Comcast Corporation (Beltway Integrated Supply Chain Operations) · 42 jobs
Verizon · 13,000 jobs
San Bruno CityNet Services · 13 jobs
EchoStar Corporation · 17 jobs
Charter Communications · 1,200 jobs
Comcast · 240 jobs
Consolidated Communications · 1 jobs
Ericsson · 100 jobs
Gexel Telecom · 36 jobs
LSC Communications Transport LLC · 180 jobs
Telstra · 500 jobs
Movate, Inc. (AT&T Project) · 71 jobs
Charter Communications · 174 jobs
AT&T Alabama · 73 jobs
United States Cellular Corporation · 86 jobs
- WA WARN notice (state page)
- WA WARN notice (state page)
- Not in the Internet Archive yet. We keep checking weekly; next check by 2026-08-25.
United States Cellular Corporation · 12 jobs
- MI WARN notice (state page)
- MI WARN notice (state page)
- Not in the Internet Archive yet. We keep checking weekly; next check by 2026-08-25.
US Cellular Corporation · 1 jobs
United States Cellular (USCC) · 95 jobs
United States Cellular Corporation · 286 jobs
USCC Management Services, LLC · 11 jobs
USCC Management Services, LLC · 17 jobs
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 15,633 entries
- Food & Hospitality 6,016 entries
- Healthcare & Pharma 5,906 entries
- Retail & E-commerce 5,320 entries
- Logistics & Transport 4,158 entries
- Technology 4,049 entries
- Finance & Insurance 3,478 entries
- Professional Services 2,698 entries
- Media & Entertainment 2,465 entries
- Energy 1,788 entries
- Airlines & Travel 1,599 entries
- Government & Nonprofit 1,552 entries
- Automotive 1,423 entries
- Real Estate & Construction 1,401 entries
- Aerospace & Defense 1,331 entries
- Education 1,160 entries
- Consumer Goods 1,056 entries
- Agriculture 682 entries
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Telecom layoffs. AI Layoff Tracker, AskTheRecruiter.com. Accessed Aug 22, 2026. https://asktherecruiter.com/blog/industry-layoffs/telecom/ Licensed CC BY 4.0; every entry links to the filing, notice or report behind it.Email digest
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