This from INQ7.net :
INFORMATION technology school STI is set to enter the call center business, as it partners with call center solutions provider Five9 and John F. Kennedy (JFK) Center Foundation Philippines, an official told INQ7.net.
STI will enter a deal with JFK Center Foundation Philippines and Five9 this week, which will establish 400 to 500 small to medium-sized call centers that will generate additional 88,000 jobs by 2008, on top of the current 100,000 jobs.
Under the deal, Five 9 will provide the technology, while JFK Center Foundation will offer the training. STI, on the other hand, will provide the infrastructure and manpower.
"We will test pilot this in our main office in Makati. The idea is to operate this call center at night using our computer labs. Eventually, the STI-trained graduates will run this center," said Restituto Bundoc, STI head of public affairs, said in an interview.
STI chairman Monico Jacob said in a statement that STI intends to take advantage of its network of 120 schools nationwide.
Jacob said that the school will establish call centers in STI facilities, with a minimum of 50 seats each.