SHALIMA BHALLA
Building CCaaS architecture around compliance requirements Telecommunications operators face data privacy, data residency and carriergrade resiliency requirements that constrain technology choices. Cloud contact centre platforms now support these requirements. But Shalima distinguishes between checkbox compliance and architectural design that enables continuous innovation.
Operators that treat compliance as a checklist find themselves unable to adopt new capabilities when technology evolves. Those who build regulatory requirements into architectural principles can evaluate and deploy innovations as they emerge.
“ The successful contact centre operators design their architecture to meet these guardrails, so when new technology comes in, they’ re not scrambling at the last minute,” Shalima says.“ Their guardrails are embedded in the architecture, so they can keep up with the pace of innovation.”
Three principles for telco customer experience transformation Shalima identifies three principles for operators reimagining customer experience through cloud contact centres. First, human interaction design must consider the impact on agents and customers. Agents already juggle multiple screens to serve customers, meaning new technology should reduce the burden rather than adding yet another system to monitor.
“Customer experience is a responsibility of each and every part of the business”
Shalima Bhalla, CX Solutions and Go-to-Market Leader & Customer Signal Podcast host,
“ You don’ t want to add more burden to the agent, because rather than improving the experience of the end customer, it actually deteriorates that experience,” Shalima says.
Second comes data-driven empathy. This extends beyond using customer data for cross-selling and upselling to creating hyper-personalised experiences that anticipate needs. Operators that use data to reduce customer friction build loyalty that translates to lower churn and increased average revenue per user.
The third is sustainable scalability that adapts to different markets and highgrowth scenarios without requiring redesign when business conditions shift. Operators expanding into new markets need infrastructure that accommodates regulatory variations across jurisdictions, while operators experiencing rapid growth need infrastructure that scales without performance degradation.
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