Telecom operator Uninor, a joint venture of Norwegian firm Telenor and theUnitech Group, Tuesday said it is in talks with business competitors torehabilitate its employees, who would be retrenched following its decision toscale down operations in four of its 13 circles.
"We have contacted the human resource departments of our competitors. Theyhave expressed a lot of interest," Uninor managing director Sigve Brekkesaid here.
The company, which has about 17,500 employees across the country, has alreadydecided to scale down operations in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Orissaand simultaneously strengthen in its the best performing circles like UttarPradesh-East, Uttar Pradesh-West, Bihar and Jharkhand, West Bengal and AndhraPradesh to give a boost to its finances and operations in preparation for thecoming auction of 2G spectrum.
The firm has a total of about 2,000 direct and indirect employees in the fourcircles.
"We want the reduction in business to be done in a very transparentway," Breek added.