Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has entered into a joint venture with Rockwell Land Corp. for the construction of a three-tower business process outsourcing (BPO) project in the Philippines.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Meralco said this will formalize an agreement signed last March 2007.
Meralco said based on the agreement, it will contribute [...]

ePLDT business process outsourcing (BPO) unit SPi yesterday announced it bought American medical billing company, Springfield Service Corp., for $44 million (P2.1 billion).
The purchase will support SPI ‘s expansion of its healthcare platform.
Ray C. Espinosa, ePLDT president said it was the largest acquisition for SPi, proof of the company’s plan to accelerate growth and strengthen [...]

BUSINESS-process outsourcing companies remained the biggest source of employment for Filipinos, even outside the metropolis, data from the recent International ICT Awards revealed.
Eighteen of the total 29 companies that vied for seven award categories disclosed growth in the number of their employees last year, hitting nearly a hundred thousand.
One of them is Accenture Inc., awarded [...]

In ordinary circumstances when received with much lack of knowledge, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is rarely received well by the rank and file for apparent reasons: job insecurity, lower wages threat, risks of handing significant aspects of your company’s daily operations to the hands of outsiders.
But some affluent business executives contended that when [...]