Altice’s SFR to cut up to 11% of staff in France in 2021

PARIS (Reuters) – Altice Europe’s French unit SFR said on Wednesday it could cut up to 1,700 jobs or about 11% of its staff this year in France.

SFR said in a statement that the departures would be on a voluntary basis. “These departures would take place in 2021,” SFR added.

(Reporting by Geert De Clercq and Matthieu Protard; Editing by Jan Harvey)