"We're taking a long term approach with our call center. The variety and quality of manpower available combined with low turnover confirms our decision to establish our national poll center in Nice. It also helps us prosper and maintain our reputation as a subsidiary of one of the leading interview call centers in France".Mr Patrick Rougeot, Director of CSI.
A large pool of highly skilled and educated workforce enables rapid set up of client relations center. Côte d'Azur is mostly represented by a cosmopolitan, skilled and young population. In addition, exceptional quality of life allows exclusive client relations centers to retain skilled personnel...
This dynamic cluster offers a unique professional environment where exclusive client relations centers set up and grow. Today, Nice Sophia Antipolis house nearly 50 customer relations centers servicing the luxury markets, the tourism industry, the banking and insurance industry...
> AMERICAN EXPRESS, ESCOTA, PRO AIR, AMADEUS, CSA/CSI, CONVERS, LUXOTTICA, KONE, AB CROISIERE ,....

The very high tech innovations in secured mobile and e-technologies generated by massive R&D activity in Sophia Antipolis, Europe's first technology park, make Côte d'Azur a prime location for telecom savvy and reliant client relations services...
Strategically, the new developments that are taking place in the Nice Airport business district as well as in Sophia Antipolis, represent the largest commercial real-estate offer available outside of Paris. Set up costs for client relations centers as well as cost of living in Côte d'Azur are affordable by all.
Rapid growth potential of client relations centers is enhanced by the proximity of Nice International Airport which enables direct travel to 100 destinations and provides the largest number of low cost seats in Europe, thus fostering easy access to and by corporate clients and business travelers.

Public grants and subsidies are amongst the most financially attractive in Europe and emphasize the local government's support to the development of client relations services. Nice's Arenas district boasts one of only two French districts entitled to grant a special development subsidy of up to 15,000 euros per job created over a three year period until 2013...
With over 300 days of sunshine a year, a countryside stretching from the mountains down to the sea, a rich heritage and a cultured, diverse population constantly buzzing with life, the Côte d'Azur is truly a dream destination.
"Sophia-Antipolis is a very attractive region for any semiconductor company, for several reasons. The first one is that in the technology park of Sophia-Antipolis there is a solid tradition of analog and digital design, which is due to the presence of other big companies working in the same or similar markets, like Texas Instruments, Intel, STM and others. The second reason is linked to presence in the technology park of the Polytech'Nice-Sophia and other important schools.
That will guarantee our future growth since the region will always offer both experienced design engineers and you talents to hire."
Interview with Paolo Cusinato, Design Director of MAXIM Sophia-Antipolis design center
"For me, Sophia Antipolis is unique in Europe because of its multicultural nature which is evident daily, but also the concentration of a multitude of companies from the computing world in a single location."
Interview with Davide NOARO, Computer Engineer, Ausy, Sophia Antipolis

•Inward Investments Manager
Main fields of activity: Luxury markets, tourism industry, banking and insurance industry...
Customer relations centers: 50
Jobs: 1.700
Foreign languages skills: 50% of Côte d'Azur's client relations centers require specific skills in foreign languages
Companies: AB Croisières, American Express, Amadeus, Caisse d'Epargne, CSA/CSI, Convers, Dircli, Escota, Kone, Luxottica, Mediacomm, Pro Air, Pro BTP, Pro-Vente System,...