Updated at 1:37 p.m., Friday, February 16, 2007
Hawaiian Telcom lays off six workers in restructuring
Advertiser Staff
Hawaiian Telcom said it laid off six employees as part of a cost-cutting and restructuring effort. Another 60 employees accepted early retirement packages that were offered in January.Hawaiian Telcom spokesman Dan Smith said the job cuts were made yesterday across various areas of the company.
Hawaiian Telcom is the state's main telecommunications provider and has about 1,800 employees.
In 2005, the phone company was sold for $1.6 billion by Verizon Communications Inc. to the Washington, D.C.-based global equity firm The Carlyle Group and a small group of local investors.
