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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
NEW DELHI: India is the most cost-competitive offshore locations for contact centres in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), research firm Datamonitor has said.
However, call center agent benefits are creeping upward, as local players work to reduce attrition levels, Datamonitor said in its report on ''The Global Offshore Cost Assessment''.
In APAC, Hong Kong and Singapore are slightly more expensive locations due to high living costs. Malaysia is an immature and cost competitive market, it said.
The study provides cost comparisons in major offshore and nearshore markets, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Egypt, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore and South Africa.
Latin America provides the lowest offshore agent price while Canada and South Africa are the most costly locations.
According to Datamonitor, Argentina, Brazil and Chile provide the lowest fully loaded call center agent price point among all offshore locations examined in the ...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: NEW DELHI: India is the most cost-competitive offshore locations for contact centres in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), research firm Datamonitor has said.
However, call center agent benefits are creeping upward, as local players work to reduce attrition levels, Datamonitor said in its report on ''The Global Offshore Cost Assessment''.
In APAC, Hong Kong and Singapore are slightly more expensive locations due to high living costs. Malaysia is an immature and cost competitive market, it said.
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