WhatsApp poised to become key customer contact tool for European businesses
More than a fifth (21%) of customer contact employees say that their organisation currently already uses WhatsApp when contacting customers.
Read moreHow smarter procurement can create opportunity in a rapidly changing telecoms market
After a decade of exponential growth in technology, rapidly shifting consumer expectations and extreme competition, you’d forgive some telecoms operators for feeling a bit breathless, writes Alex Saric, a smart
Read moreRCS presents significant opportunities for brand and operators but why are so few using it?
Brands are continuously looking for ways to interact and engage with their customers, writes Nick Lane, the chief insight analyst of Mobilesquared, particularly in an age when consumers have less
Read moreCSPs ready to mind the 5G revenue gap
John Lenns, the vice president of product management at Oracle’s Communications Business Unit, tells George Malim that, as 5G arrives, communications service providers (CSPs) are preparing to bridge the potential
Read moreNew comms platform launched to integrate business messaging across SMS and social media
Dzinga has launched a new communications platform which supports comms between businesses and their customers across web, phone, mobile and social media.
Read moreFifa world cup 2018 became the most connected mundial in history
The Fifa world cup 2018 was a phenomenon for Russia that was watched by almost half of the world’s population. It involved 32 national teams, playing at 12 venues in
Read moreMobile voice revenues to fall by $157bn by 2023, as operators seek new income from 5G and AI
A new study from Juniper Research has found that operator-billed mobile voice revenues will fall from $354 billion (€303 billion) in 2018 to $197 billion (€169 billion) by 2023, an average
Read moreMixed reality hailed as game changer as Microsoft’s ‘crazy’ guru surfs a rock star welcome in Boston
The organisers of #LiveWorx2018 in Boston, USA, saved something special for the end. CNBC’s Jon Fortt interviewed Microsoft’s Mixed Reality team lead, Alex Kipman live on stage, in a discussion that held
Read moreNew research reveals the top contact centre technology trends over the next 12 months
Artificial intelligence, chatbots and automation are the trends that will experience the greatest growth in customer experience over the next 12 months, according to the latest research from Aspect Software.
Read moreBattling the customer service conundrum
The mobile industry has gone through huge transformations in the past few years and much of our daily life is spent tethered to a phone. Consumers spend over four hours
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