The expansion of the space rented in West Gate Militari business park by 30% from 16,000 square meters to 21,000 square meters was prompted by the growth in business and by a service outsourcing contract from Orange Romania, the largest mobile phone operator on the local market.
Part of the new space rented will accommodate a team of 100 to 220 people it will integrate with the operations outsourced by Orange, real estate and telecom market sources told ZF.
Ericsson representatives would not comment on the information, with the country manager of Ericsson Romania, Giovanni Dalla-Vedova, saying they would make an announcement when allowed to.
Orange, on the other hand, did not specifically confirm negotiations with Ericsson, but did verify that it was in talks over projects with various partners.
Ericsson won one of the biggest outsourcing contracts on the Romanian market this year awarded by the Telekom group. The seven-year managed services agreement entails transfer of 730 people from Telekom to Ericsson, as well.
Early in November, Liam Coffey, who runs Ericsson Romania’s global services center, said the division, which had 1,900 employees, would grow by 30% to 40% to 2,500 or 2,700 employees next year.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)