Mobile firm Three creates 50 jobs
Mobile broadband provider, Three, is to create 50 new jobs.
The positions are in the area of finance, product development and retail sales.
The company already employs 400 people in Ireland.
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte said: "Three is playing a significant role in terms of the quality service and competition it offers to consumers in Ireland.
"Three has been a significant driver of mobile broadband penetration through its delivery of the National Broadband Scheme. The "smartphone" economy is vital to Ireland’s future and I am heartened that Three is strengthening its presence here."
Robert Finnegan, Chief Executive of Three said: "Today’s announcement demonstrates the power of the new “smartphone” economy – we’ve talked about the “smart economy” for years but the explosion of the smartphone is changing the way consumers use the internet for good and it is driving economic growth around the world.
"2011 is the year of the smartphone – 340 million people will buy one this year alone and Three will be at the forefront of this new mobile phenomenon in Ireland."
