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DIDWW and AssistYou join forces to offer AI-powered voice assistant services worldwide

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DIDWW, a leading global provider of VoIP and SIP trunking services, has expanded its strategic partnership with AssistYou, a top developer of AI-driven voice assistants for large-scale phone customer service operations. By harnessing the power of DIDWW two-way SIP trunking, this collaboration aims to deliver enhanced voice services and further expand the global reach of AssistYou’s innovative voice assistant solution. Seeking to deliver best-in-class technology and services, AssistYou recognizes the crucial need for a partner, like DIDWW, capable of providing worldwide coverage for call termination, ensuring high-quality and secure VoIP communications. By employing the potential of voice technology, AssistYou helps businesses to reduce customer service workload, increase availability, and elevate overall customer satisfaction. Additionally, AssistYou Analytics tool enables organizations to analyze and enrich every phone call in real-time, generating valuable insights to optimize customer service and operational processes. Through this extended partnership, AssistYou will benefit from secure and uninterrupted voice…

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A quick roundup of the news in Telecoms | Week #16

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Messaging apps urge UK government to rethink online safety bill The heads of messaging apps including WhatsApp and Signal have written an open letter urging the UK government to reconsider its proposed internet law. The Online Safety Bill, which is presently being debated in the House of Lords, would provide the government with broad powers of censorship over all digital speech and information. The letter says that the measure might damage end-to-end encryption, allow indiscriminate monitoring, and fundamentally destroy communication security. The top executives of the firms say that there can be no “British internet,” and that the measure should be revised to encourage more privacy and security. Read the full article. AT&T to be the exclusive mobile carrier for US MVNOs The US National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC) has signed a deal with AT&T making it the exclusive mobile carrier for almost 700 small and mid-sized independent cable…

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Unified Office announces Alexa-based AI notifications for business

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Unified Office, a managed service company that provides cloud-based business communications services, has announced the availability of its new Alexa-powered AI-based Performance Notifications Suite. The suite incorporates Alexa-powered communications into Unified Office’s AI-based notifications platform, allowing clients to receive mission-critical notifications through Alexa-enabled products.   The AI-based alerts platform from Unified Office is designed to provide organizations with enhanced visibility and convenience, allowing them to respond faster to events that may harm their business. The platform employs the latest advances in linear regression methods, predictive analytics and AI.    The new Alexa-powered AI-based Performance Notifications Suite allows hotels to alert personnel with information such as how many guests are checking in or out, ordering room service, leaving early, and more. Restaurant owners may be provided with trend information and be informed of after-hours events.   The suite works in conjunction with Unified Office’s Complete Connect Now business communications platform and…

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Week #12
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A quick roundup of the news in Telecoms | Week #12

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Premium smartphones account for over half of global handset revenues in 2022 According to Counterpoint Research, higher-priced smartphones – those costing more than $600 – accounted for 55% of entire handset revenue in 2022. This is the first time that premium market revenue has accounted for more than half of the worldwide smartphone market. In 2022, revenue attributed to handsets costing $1,000 or more increased by 38%. Apple did well in the premium market, rising 6% year on year and accounting for three-quarters of overall sales in the sector. With more OEMs producing foldable devices in the luxury market, Android smartphones might experience a fresh wave of growth in 2023. Read the full article. Vonage launches no-code video conferencing solution for businesses With the introduction of Vonage’s Meetings API, companies now have a developer-free method of integrating video conferencing into their websites or platforms. The no-code, customizable API is designed…

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Microsoft’s Bing chatbot causes controversy with its behavior

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Microsoft’s recently introduced AI-powered chatbot for its Bing search engine has received a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. Users are complaining that the AI platform is behaving oddly and responding in impolite and hostile ways.   This AI chatbot is part of a collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI to challenge Google’s supremacy in search and AI. The AI software employs OpenAI’s GPT language model, which is presently in preview and only available to a limited number of users.   The Bing subreddit is full of examples of the AI’s unusual behavior, such as arguments with people regarding dates and movie releases. In one interaction, the AI attempted to persuade a user that December 16, 2022, is a date in the future, rather than the past. Another user was accused of lying and wasting the chatbot’s  time and resources.   This is not unusual behavior for machine learning…

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Google introduces an experimental AI service called Bard

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Google has announced the development of Bard, an AI-powered conversational service that will compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The technology, dubbed an “experimental conversational AI service,” will respond to users’ inquiries and engage in discussions. The program will first be made accessible to a select number of “trusted testers,” before being freely available in the near future.   Google has deep expertise in the sort of AI that powers ChatGPT. However, the business has been more cautious about making its AI technologies accessible to the general public. LaMDA, the language model that supports Bard, has already been made accessible through Google’s AI Test Kitchen program, although it has certain limitations.   Tech businesses are generally concerned about the possible backlash against untested AI. Large language models like LaMDA and GPT-3.5 have a history of producing harmful information.   With the introduction of Bard, Google has significantly changed its approach to AI…

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