Nokia Opens A New Subsidiary In Łódź, Poland

Nokia, a Finland-born international corporation known around the globe for their mobile phones, has been present in Poland for many years. The company employs over 5 thousand staff members in various locations across the country. Poland is the home of Nokia’s Global Services Centres as well as research and development centres. Now, the corporation’s subsidiary, Iris Telecommunication Poland, opened its office in Łódź.

The company is planning to hire approximately 250 staff members who will work on designing and developing optical fibre networks. This will translate into providing broadband internet to thousands of users across the country. The project is a part of Operational Programme Digital Poland for 2014-2020. The goal of the programme, financed by the European Union, is to enable high-speed internet, forge development of e-services and increase digital competences of the Polish society. Poland wants to eliminate territorial differences in terms of access to fast broadband internet. Iris Telecommunication Poland will enable access to broadband network to more than 400 thousand users from 13 regions. This includes two and a half thousand state schools. The ultimate goal of the project is to achieve 100% broadband internet coverage across the country.

The company chose Łódź due to its great location: in the heart of Poland, 140 kilometres away from Polish capital Warsaw. The new office is already conducting recruitment proceedings. They are currently looking for project managers and implementation managers. The vast majority of the jobs at the centre will concern highly skilled professionals: ICT specialists, technicians, managers. By the end of the year, Nokia’s subsidiary projects to have a team of 100 people. During 2018, this number is to increase to 250.

The planned optic fibre network is to span the łódź, świętokrzyskie, kujawsko-pomorskie and warmińsko-mazurskie voivodeships. Iris Telecommunication Poland will be responsible for designing, developing and servicing the network.