Call center

nounStandard termTelecom & IT

A centralized facility equipped to handle large volumes of inbound or outbound telephone requests.

An operational hub where agents manage customer interactions via telephony systems. These facilities rely on automatic call distributors, interactive voice response systems, and computer telephony integration to route callers efficiently. They are engineered to maximize agent utilization and minimize hold times for large-scale support, sales, or dispatch operations.

Heard on the job

We need to route the overflow traffic to the backup call center if the queue hits fifty callers.

Also heard as

  • contact center