T-Mobile US announces plans to make 5,000 job cuts in the coming weeks

T-Mobile plans to cut 5,000 jobs (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

T-Mobile US has said it plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce.

In an email to employees shared in a regulatory filing, CEO Michael Sievert said the job losses would come over the next five weeks and affect T-Mobile workers across the United States – particularly those working in corporate and back office roles, as well as some technology positions.