According to trade union sources, mobile and broadband operator Vodafone will shut all 34 of its proprietary stores in Spain by March 2022, as part of a wider plan to lay off over 500 workers in a hyper- competitive telecommunications sector. The telecom company announced earlier this month that it would negotiate the layoff of around 515 employees, some 12% of its Spanish workforce.
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