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ICT Group Accelerates International Expansion in Canada and Europe.


LANGHORNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1997--ICT Group Inc. has expanded its international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee.  to accommodate the accelerated market demand for European teleservices with the addition of a facility in the United Kingdom.

In addition, the company is opening a center in Halifax, Nova Scotia For other uses, see Halifax.
Halifax, Nova Scotia may refer to any of the following:
  • Halifax Regional Municipality, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada
, Canada, in early October, which will enhance its already burgeoning Canadian presence on the international scene.

This increase in capacity of high quality, technology-driven call center operations provides support for multilingual inbound and outbound calling for domestic and multinational corporations

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 and institutions.

"The opening of these centers is further evidence of the company's strategic commitment to expand internationally and provide marketing support for our growing roster of clients operating globally," said John J. Brennan John J. "Jack" Brennan (born 1954) is the Chairman and CEO of The Vanguard Group.

Brennan joined Vanguard in 1982. For many years he had served as the company's president along side John C. Bogle who was Vanguard's founder and CEO.
, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. .

"Because of our experienced operations in Europe and Canada and the fact that we have been entrenched en·trench   also in·trench
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 in the creation of these businesses ourselves, we are extremely well positioned and knowledgeable about international operations to respond quickly to the needs of our multinational clients."

"Our European and Canadian call centers offer a wide range of international telephone- based direct marketing and call center management services. With cross-border calling rates dropping significantly, we expect telephone marketing to grow dramatically over the next few years," Brennan added.

The London facility is equipped with 80 highly automated universal inbound/outbound workstations. There are plans to expand the center further to 120 workstations by mid-1998. The Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (nō`və skō`shə) [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography
 center will have 120 outbound predictive dialing workstations to effectively service Canadian and U.S. campaigns.

These facilities join operations in Dublin, Ireland, and in Moncton and Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John[3] is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 68,043. The population of the Census Metropolitan Area is 122,389. , Canada, to help multinational corporations expand their product and service offerings. Clients taking advantage of these new facilities include major insurance, financial services and telecommunications firms.

ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT.

(2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL.

1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test.
 Group, an independent, multinational provider of call center teleservices for sales, marketing and customer care, employs more than 365 professionals in management, sales, systems and operations and approximately 3,750 telephone sales and customer service representatives and research interviewers.

The company manages 28 call centers in nine states, Europe and Canada, from which it supports outbound and inbound calling for domestic and multinational corporations and institutions.

In addition to its corporate staff, ICT Group's sales and marketing divisions as well as its market research division are headquartered in Langhorne, Pa.

ICT Group has sales offices in Philadelphia; Chicago; Miami; Stamford, CT; Boston; Amherst, NY; London, England, and Dublin, Ireland. Facilities currently conducting international operations are located in Miami, FL; Dublin, Ireland; London, England, and New Brunswick, Canada.

To learn more about ICT Group, visit its web site at www.ictgroup.com. ICT Group is traded on Nasdaq:ICTG ICTG Irish Christmas Tree Growers
ICTG Information and Communications Technology Group (SAIC) 
.

The London facility is at Aspect Gate, 166 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 1BH, United Kingdom, +44-181-901-3100, FAX: +44-181-901-3111.

The Halifax facility will be at 155 Chain Lake Drive, Suite 32, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3S 1B3 Canada.

CONTACT: ICT Group Inc., Langhorne

Patricia A. Crane, 215/757-0200, fax: 215/757-7877

www.ictgroup.com
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