Telia reaches 153 LTE locations; 231 by end-year
Greek incumbent telco OTE – controlled jointly by Germany’s Deutsche Telekom (DT) and the Greek government – has signed a three-year wage deal reducing workers’ pay in return for job security, to
make savings of EUR160 million (USD215 million) over three years as part of wider efficiency measures. OTE is 40%-owned by DT, which has indicated that it must negotiate a
lower wage bill and reduce employees’ rights at the former state
monopoly before it buys out the government’s final minority stake and takes full control of the telco, which includes Greek and Balkan
mobile group Cosmote. Reuters
reports that OTE will temporarily reduce the
working week from 40 to 35 hours until 2015, translating into an average 11% pay cut.
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