OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS [ABSTRACT]

OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

(8)       OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Other intangible assets which areincluded in Other long-term assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheetsconsisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

			December 31, 2010		Amortization and Impairment		Acquisitions or Disposals		Effect of Foreign Currency		December 31, 2011
Customer relationships, gross		$	16,600	$	-		11,700		(1,547)	$	26,753
Customer relationships
	accumulated amortization		(3,371)		(2,318)		-		(262)		(5,951)
Other intangible assets, gross			-		-		2,600		-		2,600
Other Intangible Assets
	accumulated amortization		-		(1,225)		-		-		(1,225)
Trade name - indefinite life			8,200		-		3,300		-		11,500
	Other intangible assets, net	$	21,429	$	(3,543)	$	17,600	$	(1,809)	$	33,677
			December 31, 2009		Amortization and Impairment		Acquisitions or Disposals		Effect of Foreign Currency		December 31, 2010
Customer relationships, gross		$	7,300	$	-	$	9,300	$	-	$	16,600
Customer relationships
	accumulated amortization		(2,555)		(816)		-		-		(3,371)
Trade name - indefinite life			1,800		-		6,400		-		8,200
	Other intangible assets, net	$	6,545	$	(816)	$	15,700	$	-	$	21,429

Customer relationships are being amortized over a weighted average useful life of 10.1 years and other intangible assets are being amortized over a weighted average useful life of 2.1 years. Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $3.5 million, $0.8 million and $1.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In the year ended 2009, the Company recognized $0.6 million in impairment losses related to its customer relationships intangible asset due to the loss of a significant customer in the International BPO segment. The impairment loss was equivalent to the remaining net carrying value of the particular asset at the time of the impairment.

Expected future amortization of other intangible assets as of December 31, 2011is as follows (amounts in thousands):

2012		$	3,382
2013			3,007
2014			2,978
2015			2,664
2016			2,299
Thereafter			7,847
	Total	$	22,177