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Most Contact Centres Can Only Handle Calls in One Language

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Published On: 15th May 2013 10:10 - Modified: 18th Feb 2020

According to our poll, just 42% of contact centres have the capability to handle more than one language in the contact centre.

Furthermore, only 2% can support ten or more languages, whilst 7% can manage five to nine.

Poll – “How many Languages do you Handle in your Contact Centre?” – answers

58%: 1 language
19%: 2 languages
14%: 3 – 4 languages
7%: 5 – 9 languages
2%: 10+ languages

Source: Call Centre Helper webinar: Forecasting and planning a multi-skilled workforce Sample size – 151 Date: February 2013

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