15th June 2006 – Wicom Communications, one of the leading European providers of IP based Contact Center solutions and VoIP telephony software for fixed and wireless network environments supports the Competence Call Center Group in its international expansion.
The Call Center service provider brings together its German, Austrian and Swiss operations into one virtual call center with the help of Wicom’s Communication Server Suite (CSS).
The Competence Call Center’s 250 employees in the German capital and 50 agents in Zurich are already using the Wicom solution, and now also the company’s operations in Linz, Austria will run on Wicom CSS. The Wicom CSS is an open standards-based all-IP telephony software suite, allowing a single, integrated system to be used for multi-channel customer service, telesales, enterprise telephony and mobility
The virtualisation of our Call Center opened up new opportunities for us to deploy our resources at an optimum level. We are now able to offer a better customer service at competitive costs to our clients. The easy and fast integration of Wicom’s solution within our networks allows us to quickly respond to customer requirements,
says Christian Legat, Managing Director of CCC in Berlin. Wicom’s CSS enables CCC to offer timelier and more effective customer service. A customer calling into the call center, whose details are already captured on the database, is put through to an agent who instantly receives all relevant information about the caller. Incoming queries via e-mail are also handled in this way. The system decides which agent is most suitable on the basis of key words included in the incoming query. This type of intelligent routing means incoming calls are put straight through to the right agent, cutting down waiting times and minimizing the amount of call
transfers.
“Wicom’s VoIP solution enables agents in Call Centers to be much more
flexible. If for example there is an influx of calls coming into the Linz center, colleagues in Berlin or Zurich can be brought in to share the load at the click of a mouse button and within seconds agent numbers handling inquiries increase significantly”, explains Stephan Bahr, Regional Sales manager for Wicom in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “Agents don’t need to be physically present for this. The Communications Server Suite integrates not only home office workers but also agents available on mobile phones.”
In addition to callers and call center agents, the management team at CCC also benefits from Wicom’s VoIP solution. Real-time monitoring is now possible across multiple local offices as the system records and provides information on all communication events coming in and out of the call center. “Since the start of the business, we have worked on over 40 million client contacts. Incoming and outgoing calls, as well as faxes and increasingly emails all contribute towards increasing volumes of contact handling. With Wicom’s solution, we are better equipped to service our customers on an international basis while also supporting our agents in their day-to-day jobs”, comments Christian Legat.
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