CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-British broadcaster Virgin Media O2 to lay off 10% of workforce - The Telegraph (July 24)

(Corrects paragraph 5 in July 24 story to show BT will cut the jobs by 2030, and had not already cut jobs in May)

July 24 (Reuters) - British mobile operator Virgin Media O2 is planning to lay off 2,000 employees, or 10% of its total workforce, the Telegraph reported on Monday.

Redundancy notices were issued to some staff on Monday night, the report said.

"We are currently consulting on proposals to simplify our operating model to better deliver for customers, which will see a reduction in some roles this year," a company spokesperson told Reuters.

British broadband and mobile company Virgin Media O2 is owned by Liberty Global and Italy's Telefonica .

The company's rival, BT Group, Britain's biggest broadband and mobile provider, had said in May that it would slash more than 40% of its workforce by 2030. (Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru)