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The Croatian group's climb into Fortune's top 25 highlights its growing AI push and puts it ahead of 51 rivals from last year's ranking.
Employers may reach frontline staff faster during outages and evacuations, with 8x8 Resolve logging acknowledgements across multiple channels.
AI-driven oversight and call handling could help organisations keep customer service consistent as Teams becomes their main workspace.
Partners across North America, EMEA and ANZ were rewarded for bookings growth and new customer wins in 8x8's 2026 fiscal year.
The upgrade should boost Proximus Global's appeal to multinational buyers seeking compliant messaging, identity and network tools across markets.
Enterprises are putting greater weight on fraud controls and identity checks as AI-driven customer messaging becomes central to CPaaS buying decisions.
Businesses are shifting to AI-led customer service, lifting 8x8's usage-based revenue by more than 70% in the quarter.
Soft demand and higher AI investment trimmed quarterly earnings, but the Munich-based group still expects low- to mid-single-digit revenue growth this year.
The tie-up gives operators a single API-enabled platform to automate telecom number provisioning, routing and compliance across markets.
The ranking strengthens Infobip's position with enterprise buyers as CPaaS vendors compete to bundle messaging, voice and AI tools.
Rising cyber risk and regulatory pressure are pushing telecom operators to harden voice services as enterprises shift calling into cloud platforms.
The promotion comes as 8x8 tries to grow EMEA sales for its contact centre and customer experience software amid fierce sector competition.
Many global brands are failing to match CX spending with the systems needed for AI-led customer journeys, according to new research.
The move bolsters Telesmart's push into overseas communications markets as number governance grows more complex for carriers and CPaaS providers.
Governance failures have forced most Australian enterprises to pull back customer-facing AI agents, even as spending plans and deployments keep rising.
Disconnected customer and internal communications are driving missed calls, repeat contacts and burned-out agents, according to the article.
AI is trimming contact-centre admin and lifting productivity as CX teams seek gains without sacrificing the human touch.
Most UK staff are using unauthorised chat and AI apps at work, raising fears of data leaks, compliance breaches and lost oversight.
British firms could face costly disruption if they delay modernising communications before the PSTN switch-off on 31 January 2027.
Only 16% of UK firms have fully deployed AI-powered digital workers, as cost, integration and compliance concerns slow wider rollout.