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What Is A Hosted Call Center? Benefits & Applications

TechnologyAdvice, Thursday, November 21st, 2024

Hosted call centers eliminate upfront infrastructure costs, reduce IT maintenance burdens, and offer a scalable, subscription-based model that adapts to business needs.

A call center is a centralized department that receives inbound calls from customers. Its purpose is to resolve issues, provide information on a service or product, and answer questions related to that product or service. This article will explore different types of call centers that a business can use to support its customers.

What is a hosted call center?

A hosted call center is a customer service function entirely managed by a hosted service provider, while the business using the hosted call center pays the service provider to maintain and support the customer service function through a subscription model. The entire hosted call center hardware and software is hosted by a service provider maintained on a cloud-based platform. Businesses using a hosted call center are not responsible for maintenance, support, or upgrades.

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