维珍媒体O2将在大规模重组中裁减数千个职位这家电信巨头维珍媒体O2（VMO2）将裁减数千个职位，以削减成本基础，此举正值投资者对其偿还220亿英镑债务能力的担忧加剧之际。
Virgin Media O2 to axe thousands of jobs in sweeping shake-up The telecoms giant Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is to axe thousands of jobs as it slashes its cost base amid investor concerns about its ability to service its £22bn debt mountain.
《天空新闻》获悉，由自由全球和西班牙电信共同拥有的VMO2正在制定计划，将在未来几个月内裁减其1.6万名员工中的相当大一部分。
Sky News has learnt that VMO2, which is jointly owned by Liberty Global and Telefonica, is drawing up plans to make a substantial proportion of its 16,000-strong workforce redundant in the coming months.
知情人士透露，在下周二发布第三季度财报之前，具体裁员人数尚待敲定，届时公司将以财务指标而非人数形式确认降本目标。
Sources close to the company said precise numbers had still to be finalised ahead of its third-quarter results next Tuesday, when a cost-reduction target will be confirmed in financial - rather than headcount - terms.
不过他们承认，VMO2的裁员规模将达数千人，一位内部人士透露多达4000个职位可能受到影响。
They conceded, though, that layoffs at VMO2 would be in the thousands, with one insider suggesting as many as 4,000 jobs were likely to be affected.
据了解，英国通讯工人工会（CWU）和Prospect工会的官员已被告知部分即将实施的转型计划。
Trade union officials at the CWU and Prospect are understood to have been briefed on some of the impending transformation plans.
据一位内部人士透露，大多数受影响员工将为非一线面向客户的岗位，而在首席执行官卢茨·舒勒的带领下，公司已启动多项高层领导层变动。VMO2还预计将审查其对承包商和供应商的使用，以降低成本。一位知情人士表示：“最终的降本数字仍在变动中。”VMO2发言人拒绝就裁员计划置评。
The majority of the affected staff will be those in non-customer facing roles, according to one insider, while a number of senior leadership changes are already under way at the company led by chief executive Lutz Schuler. VMO2 is also expected to review its use of contractors and suppliers in a bid to bring down costs. "The final numbers on cost reduction are still moving around," said one person close to the situation. A VMO2 spokesman declined to comment on the redundancy plans.
此次季度财报发布之际，市场对该公司债务堆积的担忧日益加剧，其债券价格在夏季大幅下跌。
The quarterly results will be presented against a backdrop of mounting fears about the company's debt pile, with the price of its bonds falling sharply during the summer.
下周的业绩更新预计将指向VMO2更广泛的战略转型，正值英国经济增长乏力之际。
Next week's update is likely to point towards a broader strategic transformation of VMO2's business at a time of lacklustre growth in the UK economy.
《金融时报》7月曾报道，VMO2正在考虑削减债务的选项，包括削减股息和资本支出。
The Financial Times reported in July that VMO2 was considering options to cut its indebtedness, including slashing its dividend and capital expenditure.
一旦确认，VMO2的裁员将叠加BT集团和沃达丰三号的大规模裁员，因为电信运营商正在努力提高效率，以应对不断上升的成本压力。
When confirmed, the job losses at VMO2 will add to significant layoffs at BT Group and Vodafone Three as telecoms operators seek to become more efficient because of rising cost pressures.
天空公司是天空新闻的直接母公司，也是VMO2在宽带和付费电视服务领域的竞争对手，该公司去年9月也裁掉了数百个岗位。
Sky, the immediate parent of Sky News and a competitor to VMO2 in the provision of broadband and pay-television services, also cut hundreds of jobs in September last year.
VMO2即将进行的重组，发生在英国电信市场正在经历重塑之际，这场重塑由竞争政策制定者推动，并伴随着TalkTalk电信集团的近期倒闭。
The looming restructuring at VMO2 comes amid a shake-up of Britain's telecoms market being driven by competition policymakers and the recent collapse of TalkTalk Telecom Group.
BT对TalkTalk的紧急收购引发了竞争对手的愤怒，他们担心这将巩固前国有垄断企业及其Openreach基础设施部门的市场力量。
BT's emergency takeover of TalkTalk has angered rivals fearful that it will entrench the market power of the former state monopoly and its Openreach infrastructure division.
《金融时报》本周报道，VMO2正接近达成协议，在英国部分地区使用Openreach的网络，将其覆盖范围从1900万家庭扩大到Openreach覆盖的最多2500万家庭。
The FT reported this week that VMO2 was nearing a deal to use Openreach's network in parts of the country to extend its footprint from 19 million to as many as the 25 million homes covered by Openreach.
VMO2还预计将暂停自身的网络建设计划，以削减资本支出预算。
VMO2 is also expected to halt its own build-out programme to reduce its capex budget.
过去两年中，多家光纤替代网络运营商因行业经济动态恶化而倒闭。
A number of fibre altnets have collapsed in the last two years because of the industry's deteriorating economic dynamics.
CityFibre力图成为Openreach最重要的竞争对手，但其自身庞大的债务堆阻碍了这一努力，目前该公司正在与部分贷款商谈判重组债务，要求这些贷款商承担重大损失。
CityFibre's efforts to become the most significant rival to Openreach have been stymied by a large debt pile of its own, which it is now in talks to restructure by asking some lenders to take a significant haircut.
竞争与市场管理局（CMA）此前被要求加快对BT收购TalkTalk交易的审查，该机构还暗示可能阻止由Nexfibre发起的20亿英镑收购Netomnia的交易，从而引发了VMO2的愤怒。Nexfibre是一家批发光纤合资企业，其参与方包括VMO2的两家股东。
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which was asked to fast-track a review of BT's TalkTalk deal, has also sparked anger at VMO2 by signalling that it may block a £2bn takeover of Netomnia by nexfibre, a wholesale fibre joint venture whose participants include both of VMO2's shareholders.
相反，CMA表示，其偏好方案是让CityFibre收购Netomnia，以创建一个更强大的Openreach挑战者。Netomnia自身的股东正在强烈反对该机构的声明。
Instead, the CMA said its preference would be for CityFibre to acquire Netomnia in order to create a stronger challenger to Openreach. Its statement is being vigorously opposed by Netomnia's own shareholders.
一位知情人士表示，BT周五股价飙升6.7%——这一消息源于Openreach被VMO2使用的报道——“证实了我们一直以来的观点，即Ofcom制造竞争的意图在他们反对[nexfibre-Netomnia]合并时就已夭折”。“Ofcom和CMA的逻辑并不符合现实。
A source close to one said that BT's 6.7% share price surge on Friday - on the back of the news about Openreach being used by VMO2 - "confirms what we have been saying, that Ofcom's intent to create competition died when they went against the [nexfibre-Netomnia] merger". "The logic of Ofcom and the CMA is not rooted in reality.
“希望他们能及时意识到这一点，以防止对英国市场竞争造成更大损害。”消息人士称，Netomnia的股东计划下周与两家监管机构会面，抗议事态发展。
"Hopefully they will realise that in time to prevent more damage to competition in the UK market." Sources said that Netomnia's shareholders were scheduled to meet both regulators next week to protest at the unfolding situation.