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Voice and Data Services
Orange Business Extends Live Intelligence and Adds AI Protections
Live Intelligence Studio helps organizations build and manage AI agents, while other additions include branded calling, deepfake detection, AI-augmented customer care, and agentic telephony.
Posted March 19, 2026
Ringover Launches Ask Empower 2.0
Ringover's Ask Empower 2.0 AI assistant now features native conversational AI capability, from individual call transcript analysis to analyzing all historical and omnichannel conversations.
Posted March 18, 2026
Televox Partners with Twilio to Expand RCS
Partnership between Televox and Twilio enables healthcare and other regulated industries to move from notifications to trusted, two-way digital conversations. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted March 17, 2026
LivePerson Partners with Coral Active to Launch LivePerson Sync
LivePerson Sync enables seamless integration with systems like Salesforce, Microsoft, and ServiceNow, bringing CRM data and workflows directly into the live agent workspace. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted March 17, 2026
8x8 Expands General Availability of 8x8 Engage
8x8 Engage is now available to all channel partners and customers globally.
Posted March 13, 2026
Krisp Brings Customer Accent Conversion to Call Centers
Krisp now improves comprehension on both sides of the call, reducing repetition and cognitive load, while accelerating resolution.
Posted March 12, 2026
UJET Launches Agentic Experience Orchestration
UJET's Agentic Experience Orchestration unifies CX data and AI, automates the agent experience, and consolidates enterprise systems.
Posted March 11, 2026
Five9 Adds to Five9 Fusion
New Five9 Fusion Partner Program brings together a growing ecosystem of product integrations and third-party technologies.
Posted March 11, 2026
Salesforce Launches Agentforce Contact Center
Salesforce's Agentforce Contact Center unifies voice, digital channels, CRM data, and AI agents.
Posted March 10, 2026
Sinch Launches Voice Relay
Sinch bolsters its Enterprise Voice platform with Voice Relay, a voice infrastructure, branded calling, and networking.
Posted March 10, 2026
Boost.ai Introduces Adaptive Voice
Boost.ai's Adaptive Voice enables dynamic agentic experiences through voice. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted March 10, 2026
Mitel Introduces Mitel Edge
Mitel Mitel Edge is an intelligent on-premises communications architecture.
Posted March 09, 2026
Teneo Launches Real-Time Voice Testing
Teneo's new technology directly addresses user expectations, cognitive load management, and natural conversation flow.
Posted March 09, 2026
Krisp Launches Listener-Side Accent Conversion for Meetings, CX and Voice AI Agents
Krisp's real-time listener-side voice AI improves comprehension across meetings, contact centers, and voice agents. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted March 04, 2026
Deepdub Partners with Wonderful
Wonderful's AI agents will leverage Deepdub's eTTS technology to deliver natural, emotionally-nuanced voice experiences. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted February 26, 2026
RingCentral Partners with OpenAI
RingCentral's communications platform is being integrated with OpenAI frontier models like GPT-5.2 to bring generative AI into the voice channel.
Posted February 19, 2026
8x8 Launches Platform-Wide Upgrades
8x8's latest updates helps companies streamline operations, cut handling times, and improve workforce management.
Posted February 19, 2026
Krisp Launches Voice Translation SDK
Krisp's Real-Time Voice Translation SDK enables CX platforms to embed multilingual voice directly into live customer conversations. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted February 18, 2026
Cisco Launches Webex Contact Center for ServiceNow
Cisco partners with ServiceNow to deliver a cloud-native contact center solution for ServiceNow CSM, CRM, and ITSM environments.
Posted February 10, 2026
ASAPP Achieves HITRUST e1 Certification
HITRUST assessment confirms ASAPP's Customer Experience Platform meets rigorous cybersecurity and information protection standards.
Posted January 28, 2026
Retell AI Adds Features to Its Call Center Platform
Upgraded Retell AI voice platform enables call centers to deploy infinite AI sales and support agents across voice, chat, email, and SMS. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 28, 2026
CommBox Introduces Era AI Voice
CommBox Era resolves customer conversations end to end, integrates with core systems, and operates within strict enterprise guardrails.
Posted January 27, 2026
TELUS and RingCentral Expand Business Connect with AI
TELUS and RingCentral bring advanced conversational AI and intelligent automation to business communications across Canada.
Posted January 27, 2026
Dialpad Partners with TD Synnex
Partnership expands Dialpad's AI-first communications platform to TD SYNNEX's global network of technology partner
Posted January 23, 2026
DDC Group Unveils Evora Agentic AI Platform
DDC Evora platform includes agentic AI for voice interactions and sentiment analysis. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 22, 2026
Kasada Launches AI Agent Trust to Secure Agentic Commerce
Kasada's AI Agent Trust gives companies verified, policy-based control over AI agents and automated traffic. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 22, 2026
Mutare Launches Voice Traffic Score for Webex by Cisco
Mutare's Voice Traffic Score (VTS) provides real-time call reputation intelligence with Webex by Cisco.
Posted January 06, 2026
Krisp Launches SDK for AI Accent Conversion
Krisp's new software development kit empowers developers to build native real-time accent clarity into their platforms. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted December 17, 2025
Vonage Integrates with Salesforce's Agentforce Voice
Vonage's AI-powered voice solution for virtual and human agents brings next-gen intelligence to customer engagement. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted December 16, 2025
Vonage Expands AWS Collaboration
Vonage launches its business communications and contact center solutions in AWS Marketplace.
Posted December 05, 2025
SharpenCX to Merge with Ytel
Merger brings together SharpenCX's intelligent agent technology with Ytel's outbound customer experience capabilities. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
Zendesk Partners with AWS
Collaboration brings together Amazon Connect voice capabilities, conversational analytics, and sentiment analysis with Zendesk Contact Center. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
3CLogic Deepens Partnership with ServiceNow
Latest partnership will leverage 3CLogic's Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) infrastructure to complement ServiceNow's AI Experience. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
Fluents.ai Launches Fluents Omnichannel
Fluents Omnichannel fuses voice, SMS, and webchat in one context-aware platform. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
AVOXI Upgrades Proactive Service
AVOXI's Proactive Service offering is a diagnostic solution to preemptively identify and fix global voice channel vulnerabilities. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 20, 2025
8x8 Adds AI, Omnichannel Enhancements
New capabilities across the 8x8 Platform for CX help teams resolve issues on first contact, streamline follow-ups, and work more efficiently. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 20, 2025
ASAPP Launches Customer Experience Platform (CXP)
ASAPP's CXP turns every customer interaction into governed, intelligent action by unifying interactions, systems, and data across voice and digital channels.
Posted November 19, 2025
UJET Acquires Spiral
The UJET deal with Spiral adds foundational building blocks for conversational AI, predictive analytics, and business intelligence. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 18, 2025
Teneo.ai Launches Teneo 8 Voice AI Platform
Teneo 8 offers scalable AI agents for hybrid AI, governance, and real-time voice automation. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 18, 2025
Mitel Introduces Mitel CX 2.0
Mitel CX 2.0 unites AI-powered automation, flexibility, and control to elevate every touchpoint while ensuring security and data sovereignty. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 18, 2025
RingCentral Adds Customer Engagement Bundle for RingEX
RingCentral's Customer Engagement Bundle introduces advanced queue management and SMS shared inbox capabilities for lightweight contact centers.
Posted November 05, 2025
8x8 Makes Workforce Management Native in Every Contact Center Seat
8x8 WFM is now a standard capability in every 8x8 Contact Center package. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 05, 2025
RingCentral Unveils Agentic Voice AI Communications Suite and Ring WEM
RingCentral has expanded its AI Receptionist and unveiled an AI Virtual Assistant (AVA), AI Conversation Expert (ACE), and Workforce Engagement Management suite. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted November 04, 2025
WestCX Launches Engage
WestCX's new Engage, LinguaAI, and Journey Insights solutions bring multilingual, measurable, and human-like communication to healthcare organizations. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com.)
Posted November 04, 2025
Tata Communications Partners with NiCE
Alliance brings together Tata Communications Kaleyra and NiCE CXone Mpower platforms to deliver seamless, AI-powered customer experiences at scale. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 30, 2025
Vonage Launches Salesforce Agentforce Identity Insights and Fraud Detection
Vonage's Agentforce Identity Insights and Fraud Detection helps contact center agents detect fraud risks, verify customers, and validate effective communications channels in real time.
Posted October 14, 2025
Oracle Launches Oracle Intelligent Communications Orchestration Network Cloud Service
Oracle Intelligent Communications Orchestration Network Cloud Service enables companies to rapidly deploy and connect AI and communication services. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted October 10, 2025
Vonage Partners with ComDesign
Vonage's Communications API is integrated with ComDesign's CT-e1/SaaS CTI solution.
Posted October 03, 2025
Abby Connect Launches AI Receptionist
Abby Connect's virtual receptionist leverages Deepgram's real-time speech-to-text technologies. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted October 01, 2025
boost.ai Upgrades Conversational AI Platform
boost.ai added Express Voice, real-time transcription, performance analytics, speech-to-text fine-tuning, and natural background audio. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted October 01, 2025
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