ECONOMIC DOWNTURN GOOD FOR CALL CENTRES BUISNESS


ECONOMIC DOWNTURN GOOD FOR CALL CENTRE BUISNESS - IPSCAPE OPEX MODEL ATTRACTS NEW DEALS
IPscape Pty Ltd today reported the current economic downturn has boosted sales of its pay-as-you-go call centre solutions and pay-if-you-use disaster recovery service. IPscape specialises in hosted customer contact solutions including inbound and outbound call centres. The solutions bundle telecommunication costs, call centre software and administration into a monthly payment rather than an upfront capital expenditure.

Sydney, Australia, February 20, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Pscape Pty Ltd today reported the current economic downturn has boosted sales of its pay-as-you-go call centre solutions and pay-if-you-use disaster recovery service.

‘The concept of transforming a capital cost into a variable cost is very compelling when available capital is limited and the outlook uncertain,’ said Simon Burke, CEO at IPscape. ‘Call centres can be extremely capital intensive and we’ve had a rash of new sales from businesses wanting to break free of the “constant investment” cycle.’

Latest IPscape deals include Thomas Direct, a QLD based outsourcer; a Northern Territory government department; professional sales & lead generation company, Strike Force Sales; Home Based Call Centres (HBCC) and SEMA, a marketing IT solutions group.

‘Every day we learn of another indicator highlighting economic uncertainty, causing concern and capex restraint in the business community,’ noted Burke.

‘The real kicker is the organisations that are more efficient will be better placed to ride out the turbulence but efficiency is often predicated on new or updated technology; which in old world technology parlance means capex.

‘In these harsh times IPscape’s modern opex model for new contact centres, or to gain additional functionality, can boost efficiency even when capex has been frozen or slashed.’

IPscape specialises in hosted customer contact solutions including inbound and outbound call centres. The solutions bundle telecommunication costs, call centre software and administration into a monthly payment rather than an upfront capital expenditure.

IPscape also offers a disaster recovery service for contact centres on a pay-if-you use basis reducing the disaster recovery spending to only when a disaster strikes.

‘Our solutions are designed to make operating a call centre simple and cost effective but include all the clever features that improve response and productivity,’ commented Burke. ‘Our hosting model means we can have a new campaign ready in minutes so clients can capitalise on even a fleeting window of opportunity.’

PRIMUS AUSTRALIAN CALL CENTRE CREATED 1000 JOBS IN 2008

PRIMUS TELECOM HAS CREATD 1000 LOCAL JOBS WITH THE LAUNCH OF A FULL SERVICE CALL CENTRE IN THE MELBOURNE CBD :The $3.2 million call centre in Flinders Street was officially opened yesterday by Federal Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.The 430 seat centre will employ 700 staff directly and another 300 indirectly. The new facility also incorporates a training and development centre."This is great news for the local economy with more jobs staying here in Melbourne," Senator Conroy said."By investing in Australia’s telecommunications industry, Primus is continuing to play an important role in delivering competition for the benefit of Australian consumers. The Australian Government welcomes investments such as the new Primus call centre in Melbourne."Bucking the trend to move call centre operations overseas, Primus Telecom CEO Ravi Bhatia said an Australian workforce delivers a superior standard of customer care."Almost all of our competitors have moved their call centre jobs and customer support jobs overseas," Bhatia said."Primus is one company which has faith in Australia and thinks people in Australia are highly talented and can do a wonderful job and have high productivity levels."Serving around 500,000 customers, the call centre handles all aspects of customer contact including inbound and outbound sales, service delivery, provisioning, billing, customer care and technical help desk functions.The opening comes a month after Primus completed a multi- million dollar upgrade to its Melbourne data centre. The upgrade doubled the footprint of the data centre, allowing Primus to expand its offering of virtual web hosting, ASP services, e-commerce, co- location and dedicated server farms.Primus' decision to retain Australian call centre staff comes amid a growing customer backlash against offshore call centres. A recent customer churn survey undertaken by BMC Software found 75 per cent of respondents listed onshore call centres as a key to customer loyalty.

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