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Information / Communication Information Communication Services Telecommunications 61.9 - Other Telecommunications Activities
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
8 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2018
Foreseen end date
1 September 2018
Description
Fastweb, an Italian telecommunication player, decided to move back to Italy its customer care activities previously offshored and outsourced to Romania. The activities will be managed by an Italian contractor, and will be carried out in two facilities in Cagliari and Lecce. The relocation, which will be implemented by the end of September, aims to increase the quality of the service and improve the firm's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Eurofound (2018), Fastweb, Reshoring in Italy, factsheet number 73, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73.
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