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Information / Communication Information Communication Services Telecommunications 61.2 - Wireless telecommunications activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 February 2020
Employment effect (start)
24 January 2020
Foreseen end date
27 February 2020
Description
The new call center, provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment, offers services to private users of Hrvatski Telekom (HT) fixed-line and mobile phone networks. The company employs around 500 people in Osijek, 400 of whom are working in call centres. In 2020, 116 new employees will be hired, and around 100 of them in the new call center.
The company is investing in this part of Croatia, as a part of a 5G Osijek city project. HT is building infrastructure and making numerous other investments, which should provide new employment possibilities. The company's long-term strategic purpose is to secure connections, Interne access and equal opportunities in all parts of Croatia.
Eurofound (2020), Croatian Telecom (Hrvatski telekom), Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 99810, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99810.
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