25/06/2010

Microsoft Expansion Leads To 400 Dublin Jobs

A US call centre firm is to create up to 400 jobs in Dublin after an expansion by computing giant Microsoft.

Stream Global Services won a contract with Microsoft to become the European customer service centre for its Xbox 360 games console customers.

Stream currently employs about 300 staff at its Santry offices.

A Stream spokesman said that the contract with Microsoft is expected to generate more than €50m per year in revenue for Stream.

It said that the Dublin office will provide multi-lingual support, offering 16 different languages for the company's European customers.

The company has been providing customer care and technical support services for over twenty-five years. Management said they were looking for people fluent in French, German & Dutch.

The statement said that the initial phase of the implementation will be fully operational in the third quarter of 2010.

Meanwhile, DSG International, the group which owns Curry's, PC World and Dixon electrical goods retail chains plans to create 100 jobs by the end of the year.

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