The investment group wants to acquire the 50 percent stake it doesn't yet own

While Clive Selley, the current CEO, will head up the company's international unit

The cuts will impact Telstra's AI JV with Accenture

The carrier owns a minority stake at present

Follows earlier reports that the carrier was looking to hire his replacement

Says the move will save $65m annually

Follows an agreement with trade unions

Sampath was widely tipped to take over as CEO at Verizon

As American Tower continues to push for payment

Layoffs will take place on April 2

The carrier's new CEO is bullish after a strong Q4

Attacks against Openreach's workforce last year soared

As the carrier aims to reach 40 million locations with fiber this year

As the emergence of AI continues to shape the vendor's focus into 2026

But says 150 new roles will be created

Discussions have been held in the last few days

As the carrier wants to ramp up the rate of its fiber build-out

The rats' desire for fiber has cost the provider dear

Meta wants to ramp up its data center footprint across the US

The CEO notified employees of plans to axe 450 jobs

It hasn't gone down well with MTN Group, a 49 percent stakeholder in the carrier

He replaces his late father who passed away earlier this month

It means VIF now owns Towerlink France

As CEO says, further job cuts will come in the future