Type
Business expansion
Country
Hungary
Region
Kozep-Magyarorszag; Kozep-Magyarorszag; Budapest
Location of affected unit(s)
Budapest
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

700 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
11 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 January 2009

Description

British mobile phone company Vodafone is opening a shared services centre in Budapest, the CEO of the company's Hungarian unit announced. The centre will employ 700 people by 2009 and will carry out simple business transactions, such as business-to-business billing and accounts payable. The centre will provide services for all of Vodafone's worldwide operations, including human resources. Details of a contract with the Hungarian government are still being negotiated and the date of opening the centre has not been announced yet.


Sources

  • 11 May 2007: Budapest Business Journal

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Vodafone, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 65344, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65344.