“UPC is analyzing the possibility to outsource field operations. It is about 400 people. Ericsson and Huawei are competing for the contract. A decision has yet to be made,” one of the sources said.
UPC Romania had 1,451 employees on average last year, according to Finance Ministry data, 190 fewer than in 2013.
“Huawei, Ericsson and another company are in talks with UPC. A decision has not been made. It’s an important contract, about 400 people. It’s a project similar to Romtelecom and Orange’s field technical operations outsourcing,” another source said.
A third source told ZF that UPC was discussing a number of outsourcing projects, and one of them was the field operations outsourcing but it was not clear yet which it would choose to implement.
“Outsourcing the people in the field operations is one possibility.”
UPC did not comment on the information.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)