The biggest problem that telecom operators face is keeping up with the demands of the connected customer. The bar isn’t being set by traditional competitors but by the renowned FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google) companies that have stolen wallet share and commoditised telcos’ offerings.
This week we were in New York to attend Forrester’s CX NYC, the 10th running of the event, with around 1300 business leaders converging to hear success stories and challenges with all things CX-related.
New artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques will help telecoms businesses make transformative changes to customers’ experiences of their brand. There is a new opportunity to become ‘customer first’, led by a human-like connection with each and every customer.
We were at the Customer Experience Conference for Financial Services #CXC2017 this week where the focus was on design, relevance and GDPR. Kudos to the organisers for bringing together an interesting selection of speakers.