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Tata Communications acquires Commotion stake to boost AI push

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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Tata Communications acquires 51% stake in Commotion to enhance AI-driven customer interaction solutions across its global digital platforms.
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Talkdesk unveils CXA platform for autonomous AI customer journeys

Thu, 12th Jun 2025
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Talkdesk launches CXA platform using autonomous AI agents to streamline and personalise customer journeys, aiming to transform CX across industries.
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NICE & ServiceNow partner on AI to unify customer service

Thu, 8th May 2025
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NICE and ServiceNow partner to launch an AI-powered platform by Q4 2025, uniting customer service and enterprise operations for faster, seamless fulfilment.
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Genesys named leader in Forrester Wave CCaaS platforms report

Thu, 17th Apr 2025
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Genesys leads Forrester's Wave report for Q2 2025 in CCaaS platforms, excelling in AI, innovation, and strategy for customer experience solutions.
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Zendesk to acquire Local Measure, boosting AI voice services

Tue, 25th Feb 2025
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Zendesk has unveiled plans to acquire Local Measure, an Australian provider of voice solutions, enhancing its AI-powered services by 2025.
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NICE recognised as 2024 Gartner Customers' Choice for CCaaS

Tue, 19th Nov 2024
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NICE has been recognised as a Customers' Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights for Contact Center as a Service, marking its second accolade.
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Royal Holloway partners with IPI for Clearing support

Thu, 7th Nov 2024
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IPI is collaborating with Royal Holloway, University of London, to bolster its Contact Centre during the crucial Clearing and Confirmation period.
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NICE recognised as leader in 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Thu, 31st Oct 2024
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NICE has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre as a Service, marking its tenth consecutive year in this position.
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AI won't displace contact centre agents significantly until 2026

Thu, 1st Aug 2024
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AI will augment rather than replace UK and US contact centre agents until at least 2026, per Cavell's latest research, despite industry momentum around automation.
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IPI launches ElasticCX Service Recovery for contact centres

Fri, 26th Jul 2024
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IPI unveils ElasticCX Service Recovery, a cloud-based solution aimed at enhancing Contact Centre resilience against IT outages, security breaches, and planned upgrades.
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UK consumers uncertain about AI's impact on customer service

Tue, 11th Jun 2024
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Only 32% of UK consumers see AI's potential to enhance customer service, while most are wary of its risks, a CCMA and Odigo study reveals.
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Westcon announces expanded partnership with AudioCodes for UCaaS provision

Wed, 10th Apr 2024
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Westcon-Comstor partners with AudioCodes to enhance Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) offerings, aiming to boost recurring revenues for their partners.
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Cavell study highlights rising automation in global contact centre strategy

Fri, 8th Mar 2024
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Cavell's new study reveals a growing trend of automation in customer experience strategies globally, with Western contact centres predicting a significant surge in automated solutions over the next three years.
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Gamma acquires Coolwave to boost global voice services presence

Thu, 8th Feb 2024
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Gamma Communications has strategically acquired international SMS and voice services provider, Coolwave Communications, bolstering its global presence and voice services.
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Prophecy International & SOFTEL Communications announce strategic AI alliance

Wed, 7th Feb 2024
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Prophecy International partners with SOFTEL Communications to integrate emite analytics with SOFTEL's AI, significantly enhancing CX.
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Sinch & Mitto lead winners at Juniper Telco Innovation Awards

Thu, 25th Jan 2024
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Juniper Research has revealed the winners of its Telco Innovation 2024 Future Digital Awards, lauding companies in mobile roaming, 5G and IoT.
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Verint launches open CCaaS platform offering flexibility

Sat, 17th Jun 2023
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Verint unveils next-generation contact centre as a service (CCaaS) transforming the contact centre landscape at the Engage 2023 customer conference.
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Contact Company selects Calabrio WFM to power BPO operations

Sat, 10th Jun 2023
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Contact plans to implement a broad range of Calabrio's automated, data-driven solutions to support the contact centre complexity of its growing client base.
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Espria and Five9 to provide cloud contact centre solutions

Wed, 22nd Mar 2023
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The collaboration will extend the delivery of engaging and unified customer journeys across digital and voice channels and between virtual and live agents.
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NICE named leader in Quadrant Knowledge's 2022 CCaaS report

Fri, 24th Feb 2023
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NICE CXone is once again positioned highest for customer impact for technology excellence in Quadrant Knowledge Solutions' assessment of CCaaS solutions.