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Market Brief

2026-08-31
Top story

Cisco has made its Webex AI Agent generally available for on-premises Cisco Contact Center Enterprise (CCE) Release 15, extending AI-driven self-service to on-prem deployments while preserving local network control.

Competitor moves

Avaya's AI Strategy Warning: CX Vendors Are Splitting Fast

ZK Research's Zeus Kerravala tells CX Today the CX AI market is dividing into offensive (growth-focused) and defensive (install-base-protecting) vendor camps.

CX Today · Read the original

Mitel CX and MiContact Center Enterprise for Healthcare: What Should Buyers Verify?

Analysis flags open questions on whether patient context and failover behavior carry through consistently between Mitel CX and MiContact Center Enterprise offers.

CX Today · Read the original

AI & Automation

Who Evaluates the AI Evaluators?

No Jitter examines how AI systems are beginning to score call-center employee performance, raising questions about worker visibility into and ability to challenge those assessments.

No Jitter · Read the original

Why You Shouldn't Abandon Reactive Support For Proactive AI

CX Today piece cautions that AI-driven predictive outreach can feel intrusive to customers if proactive service isn't balanced with reactive support channels.

CX Today · Read the original

Liveops Debuts LiveNexus Agent Assist to Bring AI Into Customer Service Workflows

CustomerThink · Read the original

CCaaS

Operata Deepens Observability Across AI to Human Agents, Launching the Control Layer for CX

New CX AI Agent Observability capability monitors, diagnoses and optimizes AI-and-human agent handoffs across fragmented CX tech stacks.

MarTech Series · Read the original

Ibex CX Integration: Is AI-to-Human Handoff the Real Test?

ibex CX pairs its Wave iX platform with AI vendor Sierra, and buyers are being asked for proof the combined stack behaves as one contact center when a journey fails.

CX Today · Read the original

M&A & Funding

Smallest.ai Gets $21 Million in Funding to Build Voice 4.0, the Next Generation of Enterprise Voice AI

Total funding passes $21M following a $13M Series A led by Seligman Ventures, with Sierra Ventures and 3one4 participating.

CustomerThink · Read the original

Telecom & Regulatory

Peru Opens Consultation to Update Net Neutrality Regulations

OSIPTEL published a supporting document for a prior consultation directed at operators, tech companies and other interested parties.

MobileTime · Read the original

Anatel amplia plano de IPv6 para pequenas operadoras e provedores

Telesíntese · Read the original

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