ICT

Software and Technical Support

Northern Ireland is the leading region in Europe for inward investment in software development and technical support centres.

Of over 700 companies in the ICT sector in Northern Ireland, more than 100 are international investors, including SAP, Fujitsu, HP, Openwave, Microsoft, Liberty IT and Northbrook Technology. These companies are benefiting from the opportunities the region offers for Research and Development (R&D), software development and business development, in one of the most flexible business environments in Europe.

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Mobile Telecoms

Northern Ireland is known for innovation and excellence in wireless application and development, R&D, and telecoms software development. The first region in Europe with 100 per cent broadband access, Northern Ireland is now to be the first region in Europe to benefit from the BT21CN project on the convergence of voice, video and data.

A well developed communications cluster of companies includes BT, Openwave, Conexant, BroadSoft, Intelliden, mFormation, Digital Theatre Systems, Nortel Networks, Seagate, Flextronics Design, Aepona, Mobile Cohesion, Asidua and Audio Processing Technology.

Access to globally recognized research centres of excellence is just one of the attractions Northern Ireland offers for telecommunications technology companies seeking a location that enables them to get to market faster.

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