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Market Brief

2026-09-19
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Niobrara Capital Acquires MSP Corp, a Leading Canadian Managed IT Services Platform

Competitor moves

Twilio LATAM VP says omnichannel, including RCS, is the alternative to possible WhatsApp service-message charging

Twilio's José Eduardo Ferreira points to RCS inside its Customer Data Platform as a rich-content channel, though he declined to share adoption numbers.

Mobile Time · Read the original

Vivo deploys generative AI solution inside Assaí's internal audit function

The 'Auditus' agent, built on Microsoft Copilot Studio, reads and interprets documents and suggests responses aligned to internal policy for the Brazilian retailer.

TeleTime · Read the original

Competitor products

Webex Calling adds SecureLogix integration for authenticated, trusted calling

The pairing brings inbound call authentication and voice threat protection directly into Cisco's cloud calling platform.

Webex Blog · Read the original

Ooma launches StarDial, a VoIP voice add-on for Starlink broadband subscribers

Customers buy the $129.99 StarDial hardware and then pay only monthly phone fees and taxes for the voice service layered on Starlink broadband.

Fierce Network · Read the original

AI & Automation

Automation is leaving contact center agents with tougher, more complex calls, report finds

As AI absorbs routine tasks, banking-sector agents are left handling a smaller but more complex, higher-stress share of interactions.

CMSWire · Read the original

Stonly launches Business Process Agents to automate end-to-end customer service workflows

The AI agents follow existing support-team knowledge, rules and workflows rather than requiring SOPs to be rebuilt for AI.

MarTech Series · Read the original

AI chatbot lifts productivity 92% and sales 40% at Brazil's Óticas Max

The Tecla Zap chatbot, part of HT Group's Senhor IA unit, now automates customer service across the retailer's 35-plus São Paulo stores.

TI Inside · Read the original

CERC reports 67% productivity gain from internal autonomous AI agent ecosystem

The Brazilian financial market infrastructure firm's agents executed more than 25,000 tasks across service, risk and compliance functions in 90 days.

TI Inside · Read the original

UCaaS

Friday Bytes: DE-CIX, Empire, Telinta, Enea

Some IX news, some FTTH, some VoIP, and some cybersecurity: … [ visit site to read more ]

Telecom Ramblings · Read the original

CCaaS

Integration, price and AI expertise rank as top criteria for CX provider selection, survey finds

These three priorities give platform providers more advantage than any single type of channel partner, per the survey.

No Jitter · Read the original

M&A & Funding

Niobrara Capital Acquires MSP Corp, a Leading Canadian Managed IT Services Platform

NEW YORK -- Niobrara Capital ("Niobrara"), a U.S.-based private equity firm focused on middle-market B2B technology and technology-enabled services companies, today announced the acquisition of MSP Corp ("MSP"), a scaled Canadian managed IT services provider that remotely…

Financial Post · Read the original

Channel & MSP

A1 Technologies secures three-year Microsoft deal with hummgroup

Takes on a range of services that used to be handled by multiple suppliers. endif; ?> Managed service provider (MSP) A1 Technologies has locked in a three-year, group-wide agreement with financial services group hummgroup for a range of Microsoft-related services.

Telecom & Regulatory

Anatel orders call-blocking and traceability measures against spoofing at TIM, Algar, Itelco and Surf

The cautionary measures also target Elo Contact Center and Voros Telecomunicações for carrying spoofed call traffic.

TeleTime · Read the original

Osiptel to block 300,000 phones linked to repeat IMEI-tampering offenders

The Peruvian regulator has already blocked more than 5.3 million devices since April 2025.

infobae · Read the original

Indecopi fines Integra Tec $1.5 million over undisclosed Telefónica del Perú acquisition

The penalty follows Integra Tec's year-old takeover of Telefónica del Perú, completed without prior notice to competition authorities.

TeleSemana · Read the original

AT&T's copper POTS line shutdown is underway, with no new installs in nearly 20 states since October 2025

Most copper services are slated to retire by 2029, putting fire alarms, elevator phones and safety call boxes at risk without a POTS-replacement upgrade.

Ooma Blog · Read the original

Metrotel to use the Tuenti brand for customers Telecom Argentina must divest to acquire Telefónica

Argentina's competition authority approved Metrotel as buyer of the divested low-cost customer base last week.

La Nacion · Read the original

Comp watch

UCaaSFri close: RingCentral $71.86 (-3.90%), 8x8 $1.77 (-2.21%), Zoom $88.77 (-3.68%)
CCaaSFri close: Five9 $32.47 (-5.88%), NICE $104.97 (-0.28%)
PlatformFri close: Twilio $243.84 (-0.97%), Cisco $109.51 (-0.66%), Microsoft $493.78 (-0.80%)
IDTFri close: IDT Corporation $69.84 (+1.14%)
IndexFri close: Nasdaq 26,522.54 (+0.39%)
MoversUS markets are closed for the weekend; figures reflect Friday's close. Notable decliners: Five9 -5.9%, RingCentral -3.9%, Zoom -3.7%

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