The job cuts at the end of March will affect about 6 percent of the company's 1,600 workers in Jamaica, spokesman Errol Miller said. He did not disclose what kind of jobs would be targeted.

The layoffs are part of Cable & Wireless' efforts to streamline local operations as it faces increased competition, especially from Jamaica's Digicel Group Ltd.

Jamaica opened its telecommunications sector in 2002 after more than 40 years of monopoly by Cable & Wireless. The telecom remains the leading provider of fixed-line service in the Caribbean nation, but is No. 2 in cellular service behind Digicel, which launched in 2001.

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