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Market Brief

2026-09-16
Top story

Zoom Communications introduced an AI-powered "Revenue OS" on September 15, unifying buyer intelligence, customer conversations and revenue execution as the meetings vendor pushes further into the CRM market against Salesforce and HubSpot.

Competitor moves

8x8 Names Fazpass 2026 CPaaS Partner of the Year as Six-Year Alliance Powers Authentication for 50+ Enterprises

Partnership delivers multi-channel authentication and omnichannel engagement to IKEA, inDrive, Fore Coffee, and leading Southeast Asian enterprises 8×8, Inc.

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Competitor products

Zoom launches AI-powered revenue OS to compete in CRM market

Move comes amid declining enterprise adoption of Zoom's core platform and pits the new offering against Salesforce and HubSpot.

TechTarget · Read the original

Talkdesk Launches Talkdesk for Stores

Gives physical-store associates the same customer context that powers Talkdesk's digital and contact-center experiences.

CRM Magazine · Read the original

Intermedia Launches AI Receptionist

Native AI voice agent answers inbound calls, uses business-specific knowledge and transfers callers to humans when needed.

ChannelVision · Read the original

AI & Automation

Telcos can get onboard with voice AI or get left behind - again

Alianza argues operators risk becoming utility connectivity providers if they don't act on voice AI now.

Fierce Network · Read the original

Agentic orchestration is the next big AI hurdle for telcos

Report finds governance and traceability are emerging as must-haves as telcos move from pre-programmed workflows to real-time monitoring and accountability.

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UCaaS

Bandwidth and Salesforce Expand Collaboration to Support The Global Rollout of Salesforce's Native Contact Center

Expands availability to Europe, Australia and New Zealand, with Bandwidth as the first certified carrier via a new Maestro BYOC integration.

Yahoo! Finance · Read the original

CCaaS

Round Up: Contact Center AI Moves From Claims to Operating Proof

NiCE and AOK PLUS are running AI-powered member service on a unified CX AI platform in a sovereign cloud environment; Dialpad partnered with the Denver Broncos on fan engagement.

CX Today · Read the original

SupportNinja Debuts AI-Powered MomentumLabs for CX

New practice embeds AI, human oversight and workflow redesign inside client CX operations to move teams from reactive support to continuous improvement.

CMSWire · Read the original

M&A & Funding

Exclusive: GTIA Acquires ASCII Group, Betting Two MSP Communities Can Make 'One Plus One Equal Three'

GTIA plans to keep ASCII's events, peer connections, vendor relationships and tools while adding its own resources and membership.

Channel & MSP

Flatbread sandwich specialist Così to license its brand as a virtual catering menu

You can find original article here Nrn. Subscribe to our free daily Nrn newsletters. The Paris-born flatbread sandwich chain Così wants to grow its catering business. And it hopes other restaurant operators will help.

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Telecom & Regulatory

TIM defende liberdade contratual e rejeita 'regulação excessiva" sobre IoT

Em contribuição à tomada de subsídios promovida pela Anatel, TIM diz que intervenções regulatórios "excessivas e desproporcionais" podem atrapalhar o desenvolvimento do mercado de IoT/M2M no Brasil; tele ainda descarta qualquer impacto anticompetitivo em contratos de…

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Comp watch

UCaaSRingCentral: 72.43 ▲ +0.15%; 8x8: 1.83 ▼ -1.08%; Zoom: 93.07 ▼ -2.40%
CCaaSFive9: 33.02 ▲ +4.00%; NICE: 103.98 ▼ -2.54%
PlatformTwilio: 242.16 ▲ +4.43%; Cisco: 110.07 ▲ +0.01%; Microsoft: 497.12 ▼ -1.64%
IDTIDT Corporation: 71.02 ▲ +0.00%
IndexNasdaq: 25,981.57 ▼ -0.78%
MoversFive9 +4.0%, Twilio +4.4% were the standout movers among comps; Zoom slipped -2.4% following its Revenue OS launch.

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