that amounts to more than a 10th of vodafone s global workforce, and will affect its firm s uk headquarters and other cities. the company had already outlined plans to cutjobs in germany and italy. ceo margherita della valle warned that vodafone s performance has not been good enough . let s speak now to karen egan, who is senior telecoms analyst at the research company enders analysis. thanks for being with us. let s come onto some of the performance issue in a second per first of all the jobs, 11,000 is about a tenth of the workforce, that is a lot of people to lose out of a business. it is workforce, that is a lot of people to lose out of a business. it is and particularly to lose out of a business. it is and particularly as to lose out of a business. it is and particularly as it to lose out of a business. it is and particularly as it comes to lose out of a business. it is and particularly as it comes on - to lose out of a business. it is and particularly as it co
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