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Amcat and telemarketing industry show commitment to reduce silent calls.


Amcat, a supplier of contact center solutions, hosted a series of educational seminars in May and is reporting growing commitment and enthusiasm from the telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations.  industry to improve best practices for outbound telephone contact. Delegates of outsourcers and in-house call centers, numbering around 120, attended the events that featured presentations from the DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub.

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 the DMA, over 37 percent of those that sign up to TPS are prompted by the incidence of silent calls, and the number of residential households on the TPS register now stands at 4.6 million. Between 3,000 and 5,000 numbers are lost daily, due to grievances over silent calls and/or fax tones.

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Title Annotation:Happenings
Publication:Customer Interaction Solutions
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2004
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