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Tel-Us

Family-built. Industry-recognized.

Company Background

Most call centers talk about quality. Tel-Us has been proving it since 1979 — with an award-winning team, and a track record of service excellence that spans over four decades.

24/7/365 Answering

Live answering coverage day, night, weekends, and holidays.

Bilingual Agents

Professional English & Spanish live answering services.

US-Based

Friendly, professional agents representing your business with care.

The call center that actually knows your business

Who We Are

Tel-Us Call Center has been in business since 1979 — and in an industry known for high turnover, rapid change, and inconsistent quality, we’ve built something genuinely rare: a stable, experienced, deeply committed team that treats every business we serve as if it were our own.

We started as a traditional answering service and have grown into a full-service inbound call center offering live agent support, AI answering service, virtual office services, web chat, email response, appointment scheduling, dispatch, lead generation, and much more. The technology has evolved significantly over the decades. Our commitment to quality, care, and personalized service has not.

We answer calls for businesses of every size — from solo practitioners and small local businesses to large organizations with complex call workflows — across industries including medical, legal, property management, IT, home services, security, home healthcare, and many more. Whatever your business needs, we build the solution around you.

Your next client is calling right now — make sure someone answers.

The Tel-Us Story by the Numbers

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Best of Los Angeles Award recipient

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Our People Are What Set Us Apart

In the call center industry, agent turnover is one of the most persistent and damaging problems a business can face. New agents mean retraining, inconsistency, and callers who can tell the difference.

At Tel-Us, we’ve solved that problem the only way it can truly be solved — by building a workplace where talented people want to stay.

Our call center agents average five years of service. Our management team averages eighteen. In today’s business environment, that kind of loyalty and dedication in one place is genuinely rare — and it should tell you something meaningful about who we are, how we operate, and what your callers will experience every time they call.

Our Philosophy

“Your customers are our customers.”

That belief has guided Tel-Us since the beginning. It’s why we spend time learning your business before we answer a single call. It’s why we monitor calls for quality continuously rather than assuming our training is sufficient. It’s why we invest in our people, stay current with the latest technology, and remain open to innovative solutions that help us serve our clients better.

We know that our services are integral to our clients’ businesses. When you trust Tel-Us with your callers, you’re not outsourcing a function — you’re extending your team. Our agents are a direct extension of the people and businesses we represent, and we take that responsibility seriously on every call.

Professional. Personable. Always prepared.

Trained to sound like your team

Our Call Center Agents

Tel-Us agents are the foundation of everything we do — and we invest in them accordingly.

Every agent goes through a rigorous training process before handling a single call on your behalf. They learn your business, your workflows, your call types, and your brand voice so thoroughly that your callers believe they’re speaking with someone who works right in your office. And because training at Tel-Us is never finished — agents continue to evolve, grow, and stay current with industry changes throughout their careers with us — the quality only gets better over time.

Our agents are skilled across a wide range of call types including account inquiries, customer complaints, help desk and technical support, order taking, appointment scheduling, lead capture, and more. They handle even the most challenging callers with patience, professionalism, and a genuine warmth that turns a difficult call into a positive experience.

They treat your business like it’s their own. That’s not a training objective — it’s a culture we’ve been building since 1979.

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Longevity says more than any review

What Businesses Say About Working With Tel-Us

The businesses that choose Tel-Us don’t just get an answering service — they get a partner that invests in understanding their operation, represents their brand with care, and grows with them over time. Many of our clients have been with us for years — some for decades — because the service we deliver makes a measurable difference in how their business operates and how their callers feel.

That longevity — in our client relationships, in our agent tenure, in our management team — is the clearest evidence of what Tel-Us actually delivers. You don’t stay with a call center for a decade because the price is right. You stay because the service is right, every time.

Logo for the 2022 Award of Excellence CAMX, featuring a curved swoosh and a red dot.

CAM-X Award of Excellence

Recognized for outstanding call center performance and customer service quality

ATSI Award of Excellence logo for the Association of TeleServices International.

ATSI Award of Excellence

Industry recognition for superior answering service standards

Circular black and gold Best of Los Angeles Award badge with five stars and a ribbon.

Best of Los Angeles Award

Recipient for over ten consecutive years

Awarded year after year. For good reason.

Industry Recognition

Tel-Us doesn’t just talk about quality — we submit to external evaluation every year to prove it.

These recognitions aren’t one-time achievements. They reflect a sustained, year-over-year commitment to the standard our clients and their callers deserve — and the accountability we hold ourselves to regardless of whether anyone is evaluating us.

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Calls Answered with Professional Care

Always evolving. Always improving.

Technology That Keeps Up With Your Business

Remaining at the forefront of technology has always been a priority at Tel-Us. We stay current with the latest equipment, software, and communication platforms — adopting innovations that improve the quality and efficiency of what we deliver without compromising the human care that defines our service.

Frequently Asked Questions

Tel-Us Call Center was founded in 1979 and has been providing professional inbound call center services for over 45 years.
Our call center agents average five years of service — significantly above the industry standard — and our management team averages eighteen years of dedicated service to our clients.
Tel-Us serves businesses of every size across a wide range of industries including medical, legal, property management, IT, contractors, home services, beauty, security, home healthcare, and many more.
Yes. Tel-Us provides bilingual English and Spanish support 24/7/365 across all services.
Tel-Us is a recipient of the CAM-X Award of Excellence, the ATSI Award of Excellence, and the Best of Los Angeles Award — which we have received for over ten consecutive years.
Yes. Tel-Us handles live phone answering, web chat, email response, appointment scheduling, order taking, lead generation, dispatch, AI answering service, virtual office services, and much more.
Yes. Tel-Us provides a real Los Angeles suite address, conference room access, live receptionist services, and mail handling for businesses that need a professional presence without a physical office.
Tel-Us participates in annual external evaluations of call quality and conducts ongoing internal monitoring of calls — holding our agents and management to a consistently high standard year-round.
Absolutely. Tel-Us can begin as a simple message center and evolve into a fully integrated part of your operation as your needs change — at whatever pace and level makes sense for your business.
Contact us today. We'll start by learning about your business, your callers, and your needs — and build the right solution from there.