London: Openreach<\/a>, a division of British telecoms giant BT<\/a>, announced Friday plans for 2,500 new engineering jobs across the UK next year as it upgrades broadband services.

Work on connecting households and offices to faster and more reliable broadband will see supply chains create a further 2,800 jobs, it added.

\"Openreach today bucked the prevailing economic trend by creating 5,300 new UK-based engineering jobs... during 2021,\" a statement said.

Finance minister Rishi Sunak hailed the announcement, coming one day after he again extended the government's furlough scheme paying the bulk of wages for millions of private-sector workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

\"Throughout this crisis, I've been clear that our number one economic priority is to protect jobs so I'm delighted to welcome this announcement,\" Sunak said in the joint statement.

Openreach also announced a commitment to upgrade its 27,000 vehicles to electric by 2030.
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英国电信公司Openreach创造2500个工作岗位

连接家庭和办公室工作更快和更可靠的宽带将供应链创造2800工作岗位,Openreach说。

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2020年12月18日更新是05:03点

伦敦:Openreach,英国电信巨头的一个部门英国电信周五宣布,计划明年在英国2500个新工程工作升级宽带服务。

连接家庭和办公室工作更快和更可靠的宽带将供应链创造2800工作岗位,它补充说。

“今天Openreach逆主流的经济趋势通过创建5300个新英国工程工作……在2021年,”一份声明中说。

财政部长圣人Sunak称赞公告,一天后他再次扩展政府的休假计划支付数百万私营部门工人的工资的大部分在冠状病毒大流行。