CEBU CITY, Philippines – An Information Technology (IT) service company based in Finland is considering Cebu as one of their locations for expansion in Asia, citing Cebu’s business-friendly environment and the availability of IT-skilled workers here. Asian Development Bank and FinPro Solutions analyst Joona Selin said Finnish investors are considering Cebu for expansion because of [...]
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Tue, May 24 2011 » Business Services, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
ILOILO CITY, Philippines (PIA) — The two-day “Call Center Job Fair-BPO Jobs Now,” targeting those who want to have a career in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry opened May 19 at the Amigo Plaza Mall here in Iloilo City. Twenty-one year old Leovymae Cua of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, was among those who went early [...]
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Fri, May 20 2011 » Employment Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
MANILA, Philippines — Now more than ever, opportunities in the real estate office market are more attractive even in the key cities outside Metro Manila like Iloilo, Lipa, Bacolod and Davao. With revenues of close to $9 billion in 2010, or 26 percent more than 2009, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firms have been driving the [...]
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Thu, May 19 2011 » Industry Leader Profiles » No Comments
MANILA, Philippines—Not wanting to rely on the United States for all of its business, the local business process outsourcing sector is stepping up its push to enter new markets, including untapped clients in the US and potential customers in the United Kingdom and Asia-Pacific. According to Gillian Joyce Virata, executive director for information and research [...]
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Tue, April 5 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Outsourcing advisory firm Tholons has unveiled a road map that will guide Cebu as it moves up the value chain and transitions to the higher-value knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) services, while it optimizes its strength in voice-based business process outsourcing (BPO) services. Manuel Jacinto Ravago, Tholons vice-president and head of research, said the study showed [...]
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Tue, March 29 2011 » Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
MANILA, Philippines—The real estate sector continues to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the boom in the business process outsourcing sector, as vacancy rates drop and the need to construct more office, and even residential, spaces increases. In an interview with the Inquirer, David Young, managing director of real estate services provider Colliers International [...]
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Thu, March 17 2011 » Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
THE PHILIPPINES will continue to reap bounties from its burgeoning business process outsourcing industry, which has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, according to the World Bank. In its latest quarterly report on the Philippines, the World Bank pointed out that growing income of the BPO sector had more than made [...]
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Mon, March 7 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
With an estimated average annual demand of 250,000 square meters of office space, the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector continues to drive the office leasing market in Metro Manila and other large cities in the country. A number of locations outside the large business districts are benefiting from the robust growth of the BPO sector, [...]
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Fri, March 4 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments