Norwalk-Based Frontier Communications Announces Layoffs

NORWALK, CT — Television, phone and internet company Frontier Communications announced it will layoff about 1,000 workers as part of a restructuring effort following a disappointing fiscal quarter, the company announced.

The Norwalk-based company, which acquired territories in California, Florida and Texas this year, lost a net of 155,000 residential customers last quarter.

The layoffs address redundancy in the company's operations following the purchase of those former Verizon territories, according to Frontier CEO Dan McCarthy, reports The Hour.

Among the divisions to experience job losses include marketing and engineering, the company wrote in a statement:

Frontier today announced a new customer-focused organizational structure and the creation of Commercial and Consumer business units. The updated structure will result in enhanced focus on the commercial segment and more efficient capital allocation. Current regional support functions including Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Communications and Marketing are being centralized to achieve improved operational performance as well as expense reductions.