Altice Cuts 1,000 Jobs in Portugal as It Implements AI

An Altice office in Lisbon in 2023.

Photographer: Zed Jameson/Bloomberg

Altice Portugal is cutting about 1,000 jobs, or 16% of its workforce, as leaps in artificial intelligence render some functions redundant.

About 800 workers signed up to a buyout program in July, said Jorge Felix, president of the Union of Altice Portugal Workers, adding to the 200 who had already agreed to leave. A spokesman for Altice declined to comment on the job cuts in Portugal.