Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Waterford, Sligo
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61.90 - Other telecommunications activities

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
28 May 2019
Employment effect (start)
28 May 2019
Foreseen end date
31 May 2022

Description

Telecoms services company Allstate Sales Group (ASG) is to create 200 jobs in Waterford and Sligo. Half of the new jobs will be based at WorkLab Waterford and the other 100 at the IT Sligo Campus Innovation Centre. The new jobs are for technical and office professionals, including software developers, CAD/ARC-GIS technicians, management, finance and HR staff. This is the first time ASG is setting up operations outside the USA, having been founded there in 2008. The jobs measures are supported by IDA Ireland. ASG provides services in planning, designing, mapping and building the pathways that telecoms service providers need to connect new voice and data customers.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Allstate Sales Group, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 98191, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98191.