NFON AG has decided to establish a nearshore location for another Research & Development centre in Europe, and has chosen Portugal. In September 2020 the founding is planned in the Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (Lisbon metropolitan area) with the aim to start as soon as possible to employ the first developers this year and to increase the R&D team to 30 specialists in the following year. Lisbon the tech-hub: After a thorough evaluation process, Portugal was able to prevail in the decision. With a very high proportion of graduates in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology and a very good and broad integration of the English language, Portugal offers, in addition to other location advantages, a very high affinity of young employees for international development projects. As a result, the supply of developers in the areas of frontend, backend, PHP and general coding is high.