Outsourcing is the process of hiring an independent organisation to carry out a business process which was previously performed internally. Outsourcing is very common and is used in a great variety of industries, from animations to IT. It's a useful and valuable way for a company to spend its money, as often it allows that company to focus on more important aspects of their work, saving time and money. For example, someone running an online shop may be more concerned with providing good-quality clothing on time than learning how to create and manage the website, and so would find a separate IT company to do this. Essentially, it's like paying your big brother to do your Maths homework so you can spend more time doing your History project. One particularly common form of outsourcing is placing companies' call centres abroad, typically in countries such as India. Read more
Over the past couple of decades, we have seen the call centre boom take place in India as centres moved there from more developed countries like the UK. This huge growth has several explanations; firstly the cheapness of using call centres based here, which helps increase companies' incomes. In the UK, the average salary for a worker in a call centre is around £12,500 per year, whereas in India this is just £1,200. The boom was also encouraged within India as it was seen by many as a road to development and a good opportunity for graduates to find work. There is also the wealth of English-speaking workers, with more in India than in the UK and USA combined. Read more
There are many acronyms used within the call centre industry, often these buzzwords and abbreviations will regularly come up in conversation within this environment. These can be confusing to anyone new to the telecoms industry, hopefully the following glossary will explain a few of the three letter acronyms listed below. Read more
There are many acronyms used within the call centre industry, these can often be very confusing for those people new to the field. The purpose of this article is to therefore explain all of the common buzzwords, jargon and abbreviations that will be found as soon as people start talking about call centres. Read more
Due to the emergence of SIP based telephony and Softswitch technology, coupled with the recent reduction in mobile termination rates, Nexbridge are able to offer some of the most competitive call charges in the industry. Our call charges are so competitive that many contact centres have found our call charges cheaper than their current call charges.
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A virtual call centre is a concept whereby call centre agents do not operate from a single location, but are geographically dispersed instead of operating from work stations within their employer's premises. Typically this scenario works by having all of your call centre agents working from home, or alternatively in smaller groups. This setup doesn't have any impact on the ability of a customer being able to contact one of your contact centre, as calls will automatically be distributed to the remote locations wherever they may be. Many organisations choose this model for a variety of business benefits, including: Read more
When running a call centre, or a team of call centre agents, it can be difficult at times to understand changes in performance and agent morale. Read more
A SIP trunk is a service offered by an Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) to use Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to deliver telephone services and to set up communications for individual users as well as both small and large businesses. Read more
IP telephony (Internet Protocol telephony) uses the internet to deliver calls as packets of data on shared lines. Also know as VOIP it is the real-time transmission of voice signals over the internet or private data network. Read more
Fax, also known as facsimile, involves the transmission of scanned material via electronic signals through a telephone system. Once this information has been transmitted, the device receiving the information (typically a fax machine) will convert the electronic signals into an image. The use of fax machines to transmit images and information has declined over recent years due to the emergence of internet based technologies such as email, however, there are many industries that still rely on faxes to transmit information such as financial records and signed contracts. Read more
