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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 May 2010
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2010
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Telecommunications company Lintel intends to create 200 new jobs in 5 different Lithuanian cities by the end of 2010. Currently the company owes five Contact Centres in Lithuania (in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Panevezys and Radviliskis) and employs 900 employees. According to the management, the expansion of Lintel was determined by the growing popularity of client line services in Lithuania - this kind of services increased by more than 20 per cent during 2009.
Sources
31 May 2010: Lietuvos Rytas
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Lintel, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 70927, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70927.
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