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A Youthful Population and Focus on Outsourcing Power Cali to New Heights

Cali, Colombia, continues to grow its IT sector as it looks to attract more BPO, ITO and KPO interest. Invest Pacific says 2018 saw 20 new projects, 10 of them with new companies, added to Cali's investments and moves like Sitel's 2017 opening in the city are adding to the interest.
By Tim Wilson March 11, 2019
Spanish BPO Emergia Acquires Colombia’s Conalcreditos

With offices in Cali, Pereira, and Bogota, Conalcreditos provides debt collection services for banks and other financial services firms, in addition to customer services.
By Narayan Ammachchi December 20, 2018
Centurylink Lights Up New Cable Route Between Cali and Quito

Along the way, the 585-km cable enables IP services in the cities of Popayan, Ipiales, and Pasto in Colombia, and Tulcan, Quito and Ibarra in Ecuador.
By Narayan Ammachchi February 14, 2018
Educational Institutes Tackle the Root of Colombia’s Key Weakness

There are still huge hurdles that Colombia must overcome to improve Colombian BPO, but with initiatives like this, perhaps other educational institutes will soon start to follow suit.
By Matt Kendall October 18, 2016
EXL Acquires IQR Consulting, Adding Analytics Tools to Portfolio

For the New York City-based EXL, this is the second acquisition this year, after it purchased LISS Systems that provides digital customer acquisition and policy administration solutions for the insurance industry.
By Narayan Ammachchi September 9, 2016
Colombian Counterfeiters Make a Killing by Printing U.S. Dollar Bills

Though police are cracking down on counterfeiters, the appetite for the dollar does not seem to be subsiding.
By Narayan Ammachchi February 8, 2016
Transcom’s Exit from Colombia Reflects Bad Business Not a Bad Market

Transcom is no canary in a coal mine. It seems to simply be one firm that couldn’t hack it in Colombia, an anomaly in an otherwise healthy and growing marketplace.
By Jared Wade January 21, 2016
Level 3 Expands Data Center Service to Cali, Colombia

The Colorado-based firm regards Cali as the main economic engine for Southwest Colombia and has connected its undersea cable in the port of Buenaventura overland to the nation's third-largest city.
By Narayan Ammachchi January 15, 2016
Colombia’s Cali Uses Big Data to Change Perceptions, Drive Investment

Cali, Colombia’s third largest and at one point one of its most violent cities, is …
By Bianca Wright February 16, 2015
Colombia to Build Research & Innovation Center for Auto Industry

Colombia is embarking on an ambitious project to build a research center to propel its prospective …
By Narayan Ammachchi June 17, 2014
Top Picks in Latin America to Spark Your Salsa Groove

Salsa – the dance, just like the sauce – can be full of ingredients, hot …
By Patrick Haller June 2, 2014
ProBarranquilla Foresees Further Growth in Northern Colombia

Colombian investment promotion agency ProBarranquilla is hopeful of creating 2,500 jobs by the end of this year …
By Narayan Ammachchi October 7, 2013

Cali, Colombia, continues to grow its IT sector as it looks to attract more BPO, ITO and KPO interest. Invest Pacific says 2018 saw 20 new projects, 10 of them with new companies, added to Cali's investments and moves like Sitel's 2017 opening in the city are adding to the interest.

With offices in Cali, Pereira, and Bogota, Conalcreditos provides debt collection services for banks and other financial services firms, in addition to customer services.

Along the way, the 585-km cable enables IP services in the cities of Popayan, Ipiales, and Pasto in Colombia, and Tulcan, Quito and Ibarra in Ecuador.

There are still huge hurdles that Colombia must overcome to improve Colombian BPO, but with initiatives like this, perhaps other educational institutes will soon start to follow suit.

For the New York City-based EXL, this is the second acquisition this year, after it purchased LISS Systems that provides digital customer acquisition and policy administration solutions for the insurance industry.

Though police are cracking down on counterfeiters, the appetite for the dollar does not seem to be subsiding.

Transcom is no canary in a coal mine. It seems to simply be one firm that couldn’t hack it in Colombia, an anomaly in an otherwise healthy and growing marketplace.

The Colorado-based firm regards Cali as the main economic engine for Southwest Colombia and has connected its undersea cable in the port of Buenaventura overland to the nation's third-largest city.

Cali, Colombia’s third largest and at one point one of its most violent cities, is …

Colombia is embarking on an ambitious project to build a research center to propel its prospective …

Salsa – the dance, just like the sauce – can be full of ingredients, hot …

Colombian investment promotion agency ProBarranquilla is hopeful of creating 2,500 jobs by the end of this year …