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| − | '' Manila At No. 2 As Philippines Gains | 6 Indian Cities Among Top 10, Tier-2 Centres Move Up ''
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| − | Bangalore: Bangalore remains by far the most attractive IT/ITeS outsourcing location in the world, and six Indian cities are part of the top 10 most attractive outsourcing locations, says the latest annual ranking by consulting firm Tholons. The other cities are Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune.
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| − | But the 2014 edition of this survey, which ranks the top 100 locations, also points to some interesting trends – several Indian tier-2 cities, as also cities in the Philippines, Poland, and South America, have significantly improved their attractiveness over the past year.
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| − | Chandigarh (at No 23), Kolkata (25), Jaipur (38) and Ahmedabad (63) have all improved their rankings. Ahmedabad rose the most, by six ranks, compared to last year’s ranking, suggesting that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s economic initiatives are paying off even for the IT/ITeS industry. It is seen to be particularly good in finance & accounting BPO and in certain aspects of IT. However, Coimbatore (31), Bhubaneswar (55) and Thiruvananthapuram (68) slipped a little.
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| − | “Efforts by Nasscom (IT industry body) and others to promote tier-2 & 3 cities are paying off,” said Vikrant Khanna, principal at Tholons. But he said it remains to be seen whether these cities can evolve to service a diverse portfolio of services.
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| − | Manila, capital of the Philippines, has risen to the No. 2 spot, dislodging Mumbai, which is down to No. 3. Other cities in the Philippines, including Davao City, Santa Rosa (Laguna) and Bacolod City, all rose up the ranks, while Cebu City maintained its No. 8 position.
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| − | “The Philippines was predominantly in voice-based BPO, but now, non-voice BPO is also growing significantly,” said Khanna. Global companies, he said, are showing a lot of interest in doing work there, as also service providers in India who want to derisk their business.
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| − | The Philippines’ close cultural ties with the US has helped, but it has less than a tenth of India’s population, so those established centres there are looking at building strengths of 1,500-2,000 people over three years. That’s unlike in India where companies are able to scale quickly to many thousands of employees.
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| − | Industry analysts say India has no reason to have any immediate worries about the Philippines. “The India story is compelling with 3.5 million graduates coming out of colleges every year. A lot of heavy lifting will be done from India. The Philippines still has a lot of catching up to do in nonvoice areas,” said Keshav Murugesh, CEO of business process management company WNS Global Services.
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| − | Tholons ranks cities based on six parameters – scale & quality of talent; cost; business catalyst (economic profile of city); infrastructure; risks (political and social risk, risk of natural disasters etc); and quality of life.
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| − | As many as 39 of the top 100 locations in the latest survey are from Asia Pacific. But other continents too are seeing more action now.
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