Hangzhou Opens 1,200-seat Software Outsourcing Base

Xinhuanet, 10/25/08

Stage one of construction on the Hangzhou Symbio international outsourcing base was completed recently. The base is a joint project of Hangzhou Data Technologies, the Symbio Group, and eOn Communications, and measures 10,000 square meters with 1,200 seats following the first phase of construction. It will focus primarily on software and call center outsourcing, with software outsourcing (overseas) to account for 70% of business.

Among the jobs already landed by the outsourcing base are the Symbio Group's US-targeted game software outsourcing and financial software outsourcing services, Market 168's bank card services, eOn Communications Corporation's Korean international call center services, and Zhejiang Netcom's customer center call services, as well as Alibaba's Taobao call center. Revenues from the base are projected to total RMB 100 mln for 2008.