IT BPO Industry
Iloilo as a " Silicon Valley"
With continuous influx of business-process outsourcing (BPO) industry , Iloilo could become a " Silicon Valley" .
5 Reasons why BPO investors preferred Iloilo
According to Kevin Jara, Colliers International Philippines’ senior manager for tenant representation, Iloilo is next to Manila where BPO locators are vying to.
1. Iloilo Rank in Philippines and Asia
Iloilo City is the most business-friendly for BPO in the Philippines for survey conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP ) for Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry .
2. Availability of PEZA building Offices and Low cost of doing business- Iloilo business Park has 60,800 square metres (654,200 sq feet) of leasable office space. The developer benefits from having PEZA status, hence all buildings within its Iloilo Business Park are PEZA-proclaimed, enabling outsourcing occupants to avail themselves of tax and non-tax perks.
3. The availability of talents.The regional center of Western Visayas, Iloilo has six universities, more than 30
colleges, and technical schools producing more than 17,000 students graduates annually with strong English proficiency of the population.
4. Power Supply - Iloilo power plant supply electricity to Visayas and Mindanao
5. Iloilo is safer place for BPO compare to Cebu and Bacolod.
5 Reasons why BPO investors preferred Iloilo
According to Kevin Jara, Colliers International Philippines’ senior manager for tenant representation, Iloilo is next to Manila where BPO locators are vying to.
1. Iloilo Rank in Philippines and Asia
Iloilo City is the most business-friendly for BPO in the Philippines for survey conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP ) for Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry .
2. Availability of PEZA building Offices and Low cost of doing business- Iloilo business Park has 60,800 square metres (654,200 sq feet) of leasable office space. The developer benefits from having PEZA status, hence all buildings within its Iloilo Business Park are PEZA-proclaimed, enabling outsourcing occupants to avail themselves of tax and non-tax perks.
3. The availability of talents.The regional center of Western Visayas, Iloilo has six universities, more than 30
colleges, and technical schools producing more than 17,000 students graduates annually with strong English proficiency of the population.
4. Power Supply - Iloilo power plant supply electricity to Visayas and Mindanao
5. Iloilo is safer place for BPO compare to Cebu and Bacolod.
1. Callbox - Iloilo-company among world best
Callbox is an Ilongo-company among world's best. It was founded by Rom Agustin and and Glen Norris operated out of an Internet café in the La Paz district in 2004. He forge a partnership with the University of Southern California-Viterbi School of Engineering and the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC) has 800 employees and the 500 is in its Iloilo main office and has since expanded its operations to Davao. It served fortune 500 companies such as eBay, Acer, DHL, Forbes Asia, Microsoft, HP, Singapore Trade Ministry, Kodak, VeriSign, Lockton, Solar Winds, Grundfos, Dassault Systemes, Fujitsu, and Tata. to offices in the US, the UK, Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia, serving hundreds of multinational companies from more than 20 countries around the world.
Callbox was awarded “Top Outsourcer of outbound services” by industry authority Contact Center World in 2009 and in 2010 Top Outsourcer of Outbound Services by Contact Center World and as Leading Provider of Outsourced Sales and Marketing Services by Datamonitor, a provider of premium global business information which monitors hundreds of top performing BPO organizations around the world.
Callbox was awarded “Top Outsourcer of outbound services” by industry authority Contact Center World in 2009 and in 2010 Top Outsourcer of Outbound Services by Contact Center World and as Leading Provider of Outsourced Sales and Marketing Services by Datamonitor, a provider of premium global business information which monitors hundreds of top performing BPO organizations around the world.
2. Ayala Techno Hub - BPO - Hinduja
3. Iloilo Megaworld - Transcom Asia
Transcom Iloilo-Europe's largest business process outsourcing (BPO) firm.has 75 sites in 29 countries worldwide and has expertise in various industries including telecommunications, the financial industry, travel and leisure, utilities and retail/consumer good
2000
There are 13 IT-BPO firms employing over 6,000 people as of mid-2012 contributes P90M a month to Iloilo’s economy in Q4 ." This is due to the increasing outbound demands of companies that are investing in Iloilo" , according to Joven Tansi, executive director of Iloilo Federation for Information Technology
Read: http://balita.ph/2012/12/20/bpo-contributes-p90m-a-month-to-iloilos-economy-in-q4/
2000
There are 13 IT-BPO firms employing over 6,000 people as of mid-2012 contributes P90M a month to Iloilo’s economy in Q4 ." This is due to the increasing outbound demands of companies that are investing in Iloilo" , according to Joven Tansi, executive director of Iloilo Federation for Information Technology
Read: http://balita.ph/2012/12/20/bpo-contributes-p90m-a-month-to-iloilos-economy-in-q4/
4. Iloilo Megaworld - Startek
Megaworld Information technology (IT) and BPO Industry in Iloilo needs 40,000 jobs .
Megaworld Corporation have built " Iloilo Business Park " . It is a 72 hectare of development . It has also a 6-lane road , tree-lined street with Mall , Convention Center , a 12-storey five-star Richmond Hotel, buildings intended for BPO's that will have 24,000 seats , a festive walk and a 2-km. business Park. Startek and Reed Elsevier have started business . Obviously , its a greatest threat to Bacolod BPO Industry.
WNS Global Services is set to open in Iloilo Business Park on January 2016, and this early the BPO company is hiring Customer Service Representatives.WNS is a leading global business process management company which offers business value to 200+ global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals, including Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare and Utilities.
Megaworld Corporation have built " Iloilo Business Park " . It is a 72 hectare of development . It has also a 6-lane road , tree-lined street with Mall , Convention Center , a 12-storey five-star Richmond Hotel, buildings intended for BPO's that will have 24,000 seats , a festive walk and a 2-km. business Park. Startek and Reed Elsevier have started business . Obviously , its a greatest threat to Bacolod BPO Industry.
WNS Global Services is set to open in Iloilo Business Park on January 2016, and this early the BPO company is hiring Customer Service Representatives.WNS is a leading global business process management company which offers business value to 200+ global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals, including Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare and Utilities.
5. Iloilo Megaworld - IQOR
The city of Iloilo has all the capabilities and ideals to be the site of their expansion in 2016
6. Iloilo Megaworld - Nearsol
Nearsol
7. Iloilo Megaworld - WNS
WNS
8. Iloilo Megaworld - Reed Elsevier
Reed
Other BPO's in Iloilo
Other BPO's in Iloilo
1. Teletech Holdings Inc Iloilo - SM City
2. SPI Global ( formerly ePLDT Ventus) 1500
3. Interactive Voice Call Center
4. Medlink Trans Services
5. Eversun Software Philippines Corp.
6. Savant Technologies
7. Techno Call Corp in Valeria St., iloilo City
8. ATOS
9. Avatar Technologies - Jaro , Iloilo City
10. Numlock Solutions Corporations
14. TELEXELLENCE LTD. CO. is a NEW business process outsourcing (BPO) corporation
that provides premium quality telemarketing and online marketing services to international clients located outside of the Philippines.
Reed Elsevier, Vista Call Center, Xilium, WNS, , iXL Solution , RS2, Prosync, Trusttel Customer Care, OneVirtual Global Business Solutions , Bluu Qatar Philippines , POWRD Solutions , iQor Iloilo, Accentline, Rethink Staffing, Voiceless Iloilo and Yazaki-Philippine EDS Technoserve
1. Teletech Holdings Inc Iloilo - SM City
2. SPI Global ( formerly ePLDT Ventus) 1500
3. Interactive Voice Call Center
4. Medlink Trans Services
5. Eversun Software Philippines Corp.
6. Savant Technologies
7. Techno Call Corp in Valeria St., iloilo City
8. ATOS
9. Avatar Technologies - Jaro , Iloilo City
10. Numlock Solutions Corporations
14. TELEXELLENCE LTD. CO. is a NEW business process outsourcing (BPO) corporation
that provides premium quality telemarketing and online marketing services to international clients located outside of the Philippines.
Reed Elsevier, Vista Call Center, Xilium, WNS, , iXL Solution , RS2, Prosync, Trusttel Customer Care, OneVirtual Global Business Solutions , Bluu Qatar Philippines , POWRD Solutions , iQor Iloilo, Accentline, Rethink Staffing, Voiceless Iloilo and Yazaki-Philippine EDS Technoserve