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Information / Computing 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 62.9 - Other information technology and computer service activities 62.90 - Other information technology and computer service activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 April 2013
Employment effect (start)
25 April 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
US information technology company Qualcomm is to establish a major Irish facility in Cork with an initial workforce of up to 100 people. However, it is understood that the facility could eventually have capacity for up to four hundred new jobs. Qualcomm's corporate headquarters are based in San Diego in the USA. The company has 157 sites across the world, and has an existing Irish site in Dublin.
Sources
25 April 2013: The Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Qualcomm, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 75314, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75314.