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Market Brief

2026-09-29
Top story

Sangoma Technologies, a Nasdaq- and TSX-listed unified communications provider, has entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by BRC Group Holdings, a diversified holding company with a scaled business-communications portfolio.

Competitor moves

Sangoma Technologies Enters Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by BRC Group Holdings

Sangoma trades as TSX: STC and Nasdaq: SANG; acquirer BRC Group Holdings is affiliated with B. Riley (Nasdaq: RILY) and holds a scaled business-communications portfolio.

Financial Post · Read the original

Competitor products

Grandstream and Jusan Announce Certified Integration of AttendIA Agentic AI With UCM Series IP PBX

Integration adds AI-powered voice and omnichannel customer-engagement capabilities to Grandstream's UCM6300 and UCM6300A PBX lines for its reseller channel.

ChannelVision · Read the original

AI & Automation

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Has Incredible News for AMD Stock Investors

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is firmly in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip race, driven by improving demand for server central processing units (CPUs), which has been fueled by growth in agentic AI and inference workloads.

Yahoo! Finance · Read the original

CCaaS

HMRC Awards Salesforce Contract Worth Up to £2.4B for UK Tax Collector CRM Overhaul

Ten-year-plus SaaS CRM deal covers customer and case management, messaging, campaigns, reporting, analytics and AI for HM Revenue & Customs.

TheRegister.com · Read the original

M&A & Funding

AppDirect Acquires Interactive AI Avatar Firm Soul Machines

Deal adds Soul Machines' human-like AI avatar technology to AppDirect's commerce platform for adviser, sales, support and service deployments.

SiliconANGLE · Read the original

Voice AI Startup Modulate Raises $25M for Audio-Native Models

Boston-based Modulate's models analyze raw audio for emotion, tone and intent, offering transcription, deepfake detection and policy enforcement for voice agents in regulated industries.

TechCrunch · Read the original

Channel & MSP

NinjaOne Builds Out MSP Strategy Around Platform Integration, Sales Enablement

Channel chief Paul Redding says the strategy aims to help MSP partners close more deals at higher value by consolidating tools onto a single platform.

CRN · Read the original

Top VMware Partner Insight Enterprises Deauthorized by Broadcom in North America

Insight had been one of three partners Broadcom directed VMware renewal customers to after deauthorizing thousands of partners last year.

CRN · Read the original

Wiz Unveils MSP Program to Boost Cloud, AI Managed Security Services

New program includes a Wiz Tenant Manager and consumption-based billing to help MSPs and MSSPs scale managed-security practices.

CRN · Read the original

Telecom & Regulatory

STF Justice Zanin Partially Upholds Zero-Rating Petition for Brazil's 2026 Elections

Ruling sends the matter to the STF's virtual plenary; carriers and Anatel had warned that free data access could risk network overload during voting.

MobileTime · Read the original

Anatel to Join New Committee With Protocol to Block Betting Sites and Apps

Committee will maintain a unified domain registry and standardize takedown notices to internet and telecom providers policing betting platforms.

Telesíntese · Read the original

Comp watch

UCaaSRingCentral $76.13 (-0.04%); 8x8 $2.23 (-3.04%); Zoom $87.30 (-2.69%)
CCaaSFive9 $34.66 (-3.10%); NICE $109.09 (-3.30%)
PlatformTwilio $286.98 (+4.05%); Cisco $106.74 (+0.04%); Microsoft $509.22 (-1.35%)
IDTIDT Corporation $69.56 (+3.11%)
IndexNasdaq 26,820.38 (-0.92%)
MoversPre-market: 8x8 -3.0%, Five9 -3.1%, NICE -3.3% lead decliners; Twilio +4.1% and IDT +3.1% lead gainers.

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