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Salesforce taps Ribbon to route calls for its new AI contact center

Salesforce has integrated Ribbon's cloud-native session border controller and policy routing engine into Agentforce Contact Center, enabling containerized voice infrastructure to route calls between A...

Google News - Contact Centre AI 14 May 2026
features industry

Regal CEO on how AI voice agents are reshaping customer service

Regal's leadership is positioning AI voice agents as a fundamental shift in customer service delivery, moving beyond chatbots to autonomous systems capable of handling complex interactions without hum...

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
ai industry

How CX Leaders Can Build Customer Trust With AI Agents

AI agents are not rescuing broken service; they are exposing it. Customer satisfaction metrics remain stubbornly flat—US ACSI at 76.9, UK CX quality at a record low of 68.3 in 2025—whilst regulatory c...

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
industry

Cisco Cuts 4,000 Jobs – But is Webex Contact Center Safe?

Cisco announced a 4,000-job restructuring alongside record Q3 2026 earnings, explicitly naming silicon, optics, security, and AI infrastructure as strategic priorities whilst conspicuously omitting co...

CX Today 14 May 2026
industry competitor

Ribbon partners with Salesforce for AI contact center solution

Ribbon Communications has partnered with Salesforce to develop an AI-powered contact center solution, positioning itself as a complementary player in Salesforce's expanding Agentforce ecosystem. The p...

Google News - Contact Centre AI 14 May 2026
industry

[Spotlight] BMO analytics team sharpens contact centre performance with AI-led insight

BMO's analytics team has deployed AI-driven insights to optimise contact centre performance, moving beyond reactive troubleshooting toward predictive operational intelligence. This approach reflects a...

Google News - Contact Centre AI 14 May 2026
industry

Virgin Media O2 strengthens customer service with Institute of Customer Service training programme

Virgin Media O2 has partnered with the Institute of Customer Service to implement a structured training programme across its customer-facing teams, signalling a deliberate investment in human-centred ...

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
industry

AI Customer Service Support for E-Commerce Stores: Automated Solutions Announced

Returning Point's announcement of a comprehensive AI customer service suite for e-commerce reflects a market inflection point that demands immediate attention from CX leaders. The platform's core capa...

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
industry

Avaya and avatarin deploy AI and robotics platform for customer service

Avaya has partnered with Tokyo-based avatarin to integrate AI-powered robots into its Infinity platform, enabling customer interactions across physical touchpoints including airline counters, governme...

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
competitor features industry

Intercom Highlights AI-Focused Upgrade to Customer Service Platform

Intercom has repositioned its customer service platform around AI-native capabilities, signalling a fundamental shift in how the vendor sees its core value proposition. This move reflects the broader ...

Google News - Intercom 14 May 2026
industry

Ant Digital Technologies and Ryt Bank Win Best AI-Powered Customer Experience Award in Malaysia

Ant Digital Technologies and Ryt Bank's award win signals a consolidation of AI-powered CX capabilities within regional financial services, where the integration of intelligent automation has moved be...

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
industry

Melody arrives in Las Vegas as a lifelike AI greeter, and its 39 moving parts show where customer service may be heading

Melody, Realbotix's M-Series humanoid robot deployed at Bitcoin 2026, represents a tangible shift in how enterprises are approaching physical customer engagement—moving AI from screen-based interfaces...

Google News - Customer Service AI 13 May 2026
industry

Top 3 Customer Service Trends To Monitor in 2026

Top 3 Customer Service Trends To Monitor in 2026  Shopify

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
industry

Customer Service Is Now a Revenue Channel—If You’re Willing to Equip It

Customer Service Is Now a Revenue Channel—If You’re Willing to Equip It  Solutions Review

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
industry

Top 3 Customer Service Trends To Monitor in 2026

Top 3 Customer Service Trends To Monitor in 2026  Shopify

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
features industry

From Integration to Orchestration: The CX Platform Shift That's Accelerating

From Integration to Orchestration: The CX Platform Shift That's Accelerating  CMSWire

Google News - CX Platform 14 May 2026
industry

Top 3 Customer Service Trends To Monitor in 2026

Top 3 Customer Service Trends To Monitor in 2026  Shopify

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
features industry

Quiq launches Voice AI & rebrand for customer service

Quiq launches Voice AI & rebrand for customer service  ecommercenews.com.au

Google News - Customer Service AI 13 May 2026
features industry

Quiq launches Voice AI & rebrand for customer service

Quiq launches Voice AI & rebrand for customer service  IT Brief New Zealand

Google News - Customer Service AI 13 May 2026
industry competitor

Ribbon Communications stock (US7520031024): Partners with Salesforce on AI contact center

Ribbon Communications stock (US7520031024): Partners with Salesforce on AI contact center  AD HOC NEWS

Google News - Contact Centre AI 14 May 2026
ai industry

How CX Leaders Can Build Customer Trust With AI Agents

How CX Leaders Can Build Customer Trust With AI Agents  CX Today

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
features industry

Empathy for Humans, APIs for AI: Why One CX Model No Longer Works

Empathy for Humans, APIs for AI: Why One CX Model No Longer Works  CX Today

Google News - Contact Centre AI 14 May 2026
industry

The Human Touch: Redefining Customer Experience in the Age of AI

The Human Touch: Redefining Customer Experience in the Age of AI  contact-centres.com

Google News - Customer Service AI 14 May 2026
industry

Laying Firm Foundations for AI-led CX Transformation

Laying Firm Foundations for AI-led CX Transformation  contact-centres.com

Google News - Customer Service AI 13 May 2026

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