Ericsson opens service centre in Iasi

Ericsson, one of the biggest telecom equipment producers worldwide, could announce the opening of a service centre in Romania this week. The company has announced it will organise an event tomorrow, which will be attended by local officials and Ericsson managers from outside Romania, in order to make an important announcement, “maybe the most important since Ericsson’s entry onto the Romanian market.” In February, Ericsson officials met with Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu, whom they informed that they intended to open a global support centre in the region. Ericsson representatives also had meetings with representatives of the local authorities in Iasi and Cluj over the last three months, on which occasion they visited several plots of land and facilities, which could have been used for the centre. In Iasi, Ericsson officials visited one of the buildings of the heavy machinery plant Fortus. According to sources from the telecom market, Ericsson has already decided to make the investment in Iasi. Ericsson Romania representatives did not wish to make any comment, when contacted by ZIARUL FINANCIAR.