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Market Brief

2026-10-01
Top story

CallTower, a global cloud communications and customer experience provider, has completed its acquisition of Momentum Telecom's voice and collaboration business, adding more than 3,500 customers and over 250 employees to its platform.

Competitor moves

CallTower Transforms Its Global Communications Platform Through Acquisition of Momentum Telecom's Voice and Collaboration Business

Deal adds more than 3,500 customers and over 250 employees, expanding CallTower's products, leadership and expertise.

Financial Post · Read the original

Essent Cuts Contact Center Costs in Half with Genesys Cloud

The Dutch energy supplier, serving roughly 2.5 million customers, replaced unsupported legacy on-premises voice and iAdvize live chat systems that were blocking AI capabilities.

CRM Magazine · Read the original

Competitor products

10 Best Agentic AI Customer Service Platforms, Compared

Compare the best AI-powered customer service platforms by pricing, action depth, and guardrails, with a ranked shortlist for enterprise buyers. The post 10 Best Agentic AI Customer Service Platforms, Compared appeared first on Nextiva Blog.

Nextiva Blog · Read the original

AI & Automation

Microsoft Enables Consumption Billing By Default for Copilot Business

Microsoft is shifting eligible Microsoft 365 Copilot Business licenses to usage-based pricing while adding new capabilities, per global channel chief Nicole Dezen.

AI Voice Startup ElevenLabs Doubles Valuation to $22B

A $300M tender offer co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price let employees cash out vested equity at the new valuation, up from $11B in February.

TechCrunch · Read the original

UCaaS

Anatel's Unified Local Calling Areas Expand Opportunities for Fixed-Line Telephony Providers in Brazil

Anatel completed unification of local call areas by area code in June; industry group TIP reports rising demand for voice, number portability and corporate telephony services.

Telesíntese · Read the original

CCaaS

Creditors Approve Bankruptcy Recovery Plan for Oi's Call Center Subsidiary Tahto

Creditors of Tahto, the CX/BPO subsidiary of bankrupt Brazilian operator Oi, approved the restructuring plan and its amendment at a general meeting this week.

TELETIME News · Read the original

MAPFRE Brazil Increases Customer Retention from 1% to 40% After Implementing SuccessKPI AI-Powered Quality Management

Insurer replaced sample-based quality monitoring with automated analysis of 100% of customer conversations within 60 days, protecting approximately BRL 1 million in revenue.

Financial Post · Read the original

Coforge Launches CXNova, an Agentic CX Orchestration Platform

The multi-agent architecture platform aims to unify disconnected AI, content and channel systems into one CX delivery stack for enterprises.

MarTech Series · Read the original

M&A & Funding

Smart Radio Startup Relay Raises $36M to Capture Frontline Worker Intelligence

Round led by industrial manufacturing giant International Paper brings Relay's total funding raised to more than $90M.

SiliconANGLE · Read the original

Channel & MSP

DNSFilter Expands Partner Program for Resellers

DNSFilter, a global leader in AI-powered protective DNS and content filtering, has announced the expansion of its channel partner program.

ChannelVision · Read the original

Telecom & Regulatory

Anatel puso en consulta las reglas para usar Wi-Fi en exteriores en la banda de 6 GHz

La Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicaciones de Brasil (Anatel) abrió dos consultas públicas para definir las condiciones técnicas bajo las cuales podrán operar redes Wi-Fi exteriores en la banda de 6 GHz.

TeleSemana · Read the original

Comp watch

UCaaSRingCentral: $74.70 (+0.36%); 8x8: $2.25 (+3.69%); Zoom: $90.77 (+2.73%)
CCaaSFive9: $34.01 (flat); NICE: $111.27 (+4.18%)
PlatformTwilio: $292.46 (+0.58%); Cisco: $107.63 (+0.65%); Microsoft: $512.90 (+0.77%)
IDTIDT Corporation: $79.97 (+5.84%)
IndexNasdaq: 26,861.06 (+0.24%)
Movers8x8 +3.7%, NICE +4.2%, IDT +5.8% lead comps higher today.

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