Louisiana-based communications and data services provider CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) said it will be reducing the headcount in its home turf by 55 positions. The layoffs are part of the company’s plan to decrease the company workforce by 1,000.
Annmarie Sartor, a spokesperson for the company, did not say when the reduction would start nor did she mention the positions that would be part of the jobs cut.
http://www.starminenews.com/after-colorado-centurylink-to-cut-55-positions-in-louisiana/6166/
CenturyLink has accepted more than a half-billion dollars in federal funds to extend broadband connections to 2.3 million rural customers over the next five years, the FCC said today. In late 2011, the FCC modernized the program to support networks capable of providing broadband and voice services, and created the Connect America Fund to efficiently and effectively administer that support to expand broadband in rural areas where market forces alone can’t support expansion.
http://www.ifreepress.com/at-t-49-8m-used-to-expand-broadband-in-rural-mississippi/
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