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Bohol Opens 10,500 BPO Seats
Manila Bulletin
By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.

October 4, 2010, 6:13pmTAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol – Job prospects for information technology (IT) graduates  in Bohol glimmer as business process outsourcing (BPO) pops up in talks among local leaders and the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).

The possibility of a call center or BPO investment in the province has also been fueled by the fact that the Province of Bohol has the capacity to hold at least 10,500 call center seats in the island.

Bohol Governor Edgard Chatto made this pronouncement following the completion of the installation of a new fiber optic system that opens the entire province to investors in the BPO industry.

Chatto said the new fiber optic system, in effect, opens up an estimated 10,500 seats for call center agents in Tagbilaran City or in any other part of Bohol

BCCI President Joseph Norris Oculam earlier revealed that the Chamber, along with local officials are sealing the arrangements to convert corporate space at Tagbilaran’s Island City Mall into Bohol's first call center hub.

Such news have made several parents of Boholano call center agents in Cebu excited with the  prospects of having their children work in an environment closer to home.

Perceived as a good venue for business process outsourcing, Bohol has never failed to amaze information technology entrepreneurs who see the existence of competitive schools offering standard call center courses as a telltale sign of competitiveness.

Sources with the Bohol Investment Promotion Center said the need to put up fiber optic cables to integrate Bohol into the vast worldwide network was realized last year,

The formal ushering of Bohol into the rest of the world has also signaled the opening of the Bohol One Stop Shop (BOSS) for investment support now located at the BIPC.


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