Deutsche Telekom: 45 000 T-Com employees will be transferred to the new T-Service unit

Deutsche Telekom (DT) has just announced its intention to transfer some 45 000 employees of T-Com to its new subsidiary T-Service, with the aim to bring back salaries to a competitive level. DT said there would be no job cuts throughout this process. Meanwhile, a new wage agreement has just been found at T-Systems, a subsidiary specialized in business to business services. (Ref. 061070)
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Kai-Uwe Ricke, head of Deutsche Telekom, has just denied the rumours launched by Bild Zeitung on a new layoff plan involving 23 000 people, added to the 32 000 job cuts already planned by the end of 2008. However, the first European telecommunications group(244 000 employees) plans to transfer 45 000 T-Com employees (out of 80 000) to T-Service, its new subsidiary. According to the company, this outsourcing could take place in 2007, with 35 000 employees gathered in the services activity (techn

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