$5 million for expansion of call center in El Salvador

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President of the company, Brian Cox, announced the plans during a visit to call center facilities. He also announced the acquisition of new facilities to which they will move before 2009, in order to easier accommodate the new personnel.

The company specializes in giving assistance to telecommunication companies in the area of sales, customer service and technical support. Last September, they managed to make 11,000 sales from offices in El Salvador, he commented.

Source: elsalvador.com

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