Type
Business expansion
Country
Lithuania
Region
Lietuva; Vilniaus apskritis;
Location of affected unit(s)
Vilnius
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
19 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
19 March 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019

Description

Swedish leading telephone company and mobile network operator Telia is to create around 200 new jobs in its Service Centre in Vilnius by the end of 2019. Currently Telia Global Services Lithuania employs 295 employees. According to the management, the number of employees in the Service Centre will grow to 500 in 2019, and is expected to reach 1,000 people over the next few years.

On 1st February 2017, Teo, Omnitel and Baltic Data Center merged into one legal entity under the name Telia Lietuva. Currently Telia Lietuva employs 1,922 employees. Telia Lietuva is part of an international Telia Company Group operating in Nordic and Baltic countries.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Telia Global Services Lithuania, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 97380, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97380.