Everything Everywhere to cut 150 IT jobs

1,200 staff to go in total

Q2 revenue drop of 4.8 per cent poses problems for Everything Everywhere

Everything Everywhere has announced that it is to axe 1,200 jobs following the merger of Deutsche Telekom UK arm T-Mobile and France Telecom UK arm Orange.

The cuts equal 7.5 per cent of its workforce.

An Everything Everywhere spokesperson said: "we're proposing to reduce the number of roles in the IT department by 150 following yesterday's announcement. "

A report in the Financial Times quotes chief executive Tom Alexander saying that the job cuts were "regrettable," but that the firm needed to remove any overlap between the two brands’ operations.

However, Everything Everywhere will retain staff in charge of Orange and T-Mobile branding.

At a conference earlier this week Everything Everywhere wooed investors with an announcement about a launch on 5 October that would allow customers to access two national mobile networks.

It also said it would expand its retail footprint and increase its radio access network to more than 18,000 sites from the current 16,000.

Q2 2010 results from Everything Everywhere showed a 4.8 per cent drop in revenue, compared with last year.

That financial performance could present problems for its intention to roll out better-performing 4G networks to compete with similar plans from competing mobile operators.