[3] The company's global workforce is claimed to include over 9,000 interpreters who handle more than 36 million calls each year.
In its earlier years, the company was known as CALL (Communication And Language Line) and was formed by Jeff Munks and Michael McFerrin.
[6] The two men founded Language Line Services in 1982 to help police officers communicate with 65,000 Vietnamese refugees.
For a decade, the company served as a vital resource for business, government and health care clients who faced changing demographics and state and federal laws and regulations in the 1990s.
Teleperformance has stated that LanguageLine will continue to operate as a stand-alone business, headquartered in Monterey, California.