Boost for city’s bid to be telecoms software hub

WATERFORD is setting its sights on attracting some of the world’s top telecommunications software companies to the region.

The bid has been boosted by a new €1 million centre for excellence and research which is to be set up at the city’s Institute of Technology.

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has selected the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology as the new base for a national telecommunications services research centre. The IT beat off stiff competition from other top centres around the country.