DUBLIN: Chinese telecoms company Huawei has opened a new research and development office at the IFSC in Dublin, which is expected to hire up to 50 people by next year.
This will bring to 120 the total number of Huawei employees working in R&D in Ireland.
The company has other R&D locations in Dublin, Cork and Athlone and it has been in Ireland since 2004 and works with all the major telecom providers here.
The project is supported by the Department of Jobs through IDA Ireland.
Huawei said the new office will expand and enhance research into business innovation, network services, cloud and customer experience.
The company said it has invested €35m in R&D in the Irish economy this year.
Zhou Hong, President of the European Research Institute at Huawei said that each year, the company invests at least 10% of its global revenue in R&D.
The opening of our newest Dublin facility highlights our long term dedication to investment and opportunities in Ireland’s technology sector. The facility will tap into Dublin’s growing clusters of cloud and technology businesses, nurturing future talent and providing additional new opportunities for highly-skilled professionals,” he said.
IDA Ireland chief executive Martin Shanahan said that the company’s decision to expand its R&D activity here in Ireland is a great endorsement of the country’s highly skilled, well-educated and technologically savvy workforce.
Richard Bruton, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation said that creating “a world-class ecosystem” for scientific research is a key part of the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs.
