In an effort to speed up installation of its fiber optic cable Internet and television services, Verizon will hire 110 additional workers in Northern Virginia, company officials announced Monday. The company has been laying millions of miles of fiber optic cable throughout counties in both Northern Virginia and Maryland over the last two years as it gains approval from city and county governments to bring its services to the region.
Verizon’s FiOS services, which include Internet, television and phone, put it in head-to-head competition with existing providers Cox Communications and Comcast.
Verizon has secured cable franchises in parts of more than 15 Washington-area locations, including Fairfax, Loudoun, Arlington, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.
The new hires will include cable splicing and plant technicians.
While the company hasn’t released numbers, a spokeswoman for Verizon said a spike in subscribers warranted the additional employees, which will be added to the existing employee base of 4,500 in Northern Virginia. The company is also in the process of hiring 70 new employees for its customer support center in Hampton.
There are no current plans to add employees in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.
