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Call center kings: India loses out to Philippines

By Mon, Nov 28, 2011 1:36PM UTC View Comments Pic: AP.

The Philippines now surpasses India as a top call center destination. The Philippines employs 400,000 in the industry against India’s 350,000. We can always debate the data, but we can’t deny the fact that this trend is hard to ignore. This is a classic ‘Who moved my cheese’ for India’s call center industry. This trend...

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Philippines bans labor deployments to 41 countries

By Thu, Nov 03, 2011 10:45AM UTC View Comments Philippines bans labor deployments to 41 countries

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines, one of the world’s largest labor exporters, has ordered a ban on the deployment of workers to 41 countries — including war-torn Afghanistan and booming India — where Filipino officials say there are inadequate protections against labor abuse, the government said Wednesday. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said worker deployments...

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