Bloomberg News reports that Verizon Wireless has laid off 50 workers in Arkansas who were part of the former Alltel Corp., which Verizon acquired in January.

Verizon spokesman Scott Morris said the cut made up the bulk of 80 people who were laid off across the company. Morris says the workers were notified of the layoff on Thursday, but that their last day will be 30 days from now.

The Arkansas layoffs came as part of the process that Verizon is going through to identify redundant positions among its corporate staff. Morris says the layoffs were in human resources, finance, security and other areas.
Morris said Verizon has about 3,200 Arkansas employees.