Claims campus will be home to Europe s largest mobile technologies engineering team
Matthew Hughes Wed 10 Mar 2021 // 19:59 UTC Share
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With an estimated opening date of late 2022, the 33,000m
2 facility will serve as Cupertino s largest wireless communications R&D facility, with a heavy emphasis placed on developing proprietary 5G chippery.
In a blog post, Apple said the facility will house Europe s largest mobile technologies engineering team.
It s a bold claim. Nokia s Oulu campus, which is home to its 5G radio design team, has a couple of thousand workers – although these are spread across manufacturing and research.
Still, even if it s not the greatest thing since sliced laugenbrötchen, it does allow Apple to consolidate much of its operations in the Bavarian capital, ongoing since 1981. In recent years, Apple s ranks have swelled following a spate of buyouts. The most notable is its $1bn acquisition of Intel s modem development wing in