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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 September 2010
Employment effect (start)
10 September 2010
Foreseen end date
Description
On 10 September 2010, the IT company Ericpo Telecom announced that it will recruit 600 workers in its newly opened facility in Kraków. Ericpol Telecom provides engineering services for the world's largest telecom operators, develops software for the telecom industry and provides outsourcing and consulting services.
Ericpol Telecom is a Polish company, which has operated in the IT field since 1991 and has around 1000 employees. The company has offices in three Polish cities- Lodz, Krakow and Warsaw, and has branches in Sweden, Ukraine and Belarus.
Sources
10 September 2010: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Ericpol Telecom, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71079, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71079.
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