OREANDA-NEWS. August 18, 2010. Seven Networks, an IT company of Finnish roots that has expanded to Silicon Valley, is planning to open a development center in the Estonian capital Tallinn and hire 50 IT specialists here, the daily Eesti Paevaleht reported.

At the end of July Seven Networks entered into the Estonian business register a company by the name Seven Networks Estonia.

The CFO of the company, Robin Pulkkinen, said it was the attractiveness of the Estonian labor market that made Seven Networks look this way.

"We do have a development center in Helsinki, but it's very difficult to find fresh work force in Finland. Since a trip from Helsinki to Tallinn by ferry takes only a hour and a half, setting up the Estonian unit was a logical step," said Pulkkinen.

Seven Networks is a provider of mobile e-mail and messaging solutions for mass market devices. Among its partners are almost all major manufacturers of mobile telephones.