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Why Use SMS to Reach Your Client Base?

/ Bulk SMS Delivery

With the continual and fast paced development of mobile communications we see today, businesses need to keep track of, and capitalise on the ways their customers communicate whilst on the move. But despite the huge growth in the use of instant messaging applications such as Whatsapp and Skype, using SMS is still thought to be one of the best ways to broadcast a written message to a large client base.
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What Is IDA?

/ For Call Centres, Interconnect

In order to stay competitive in business, it is essential to have a choice of suppliers so that you are always able to source the best prices, and this is particularly true in the telecommunications industry where prices can fluctuate considerably between providers every month for landline and mobile calls. Therefore, having a choice of telecommunications providers can offer significant cost savings for any business, but it is having the power to choose which calls to send to each provider that is an extremely valuable commodity - that is where IDA can help.
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As British Businesses Reaffirm Local Outsourcing, What Does the Future Hold for UK and Indian Call Centres?

/ For Call Centres, Interconnect, Telecoms & Data

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.
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How Are UK Call Centres Managing PCI Compliance Issues?

/ For Call Centres, TPS Compliant

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) was formed in September 2006 with the purpose of improving the security of credit / debit card information throughout the process of a card transaction. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council are responsible for application and management of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, which is the standards and requirements that are used to ensure that all organisations that process, store, or transmit their customers' card information, do so in a secure environment. PCI compliance applies to any organisation that processes payment via credit or debit card, regardless of their size.
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The Importance of Voice Quality to Your Contact Centre

/ For Call Centres, Interconnect, Telecoms & Data

In the contact centre industry, the importance of consistently high call quality cannot be understated. It is, after all, the fundamental purpose of a contact centre to make outbound calls to individuals, and due to the significant overheads associated with a contact centre operation, they simply cannot afford to drop calls or have bad call quality at any time. The significance of dropped calls and bad call quality cannot be understated due to the severe impact that it can have on the contact centre operation. This article explores some considerations that are necessary to ensure that call quality doesn't adversely affect your operation.
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Historic CDRs and How These Might Influence Call Centres’ Future Campaigns

/ For Call Centres, Interconnect

CDR or 'Call Detail Records' are historic call statistics that can be retrieved on a regular basis to assist in analysing the efficiency of a call centre and its campaigns. The information that can be obtained from CDRs has the potential to be a key factor in making call centre agents more adept at handling calls. Subsequently this can only improve the productivity of a call centre overall.
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