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  • The MoU was signed by General Manager of Microsoft Lana Khalaf, and Enterprise Business Unit Director at Vodafone Qatar Mahday Saad Al Hebabi.
  • With this platform, contact centers will be equipped with modern digital tools to engage customers across voice, video, and other digital channels.

Doha, Qatar – Vodafone Qatar and Microsoft signed a deal to facilitate their collaboration offering an end-to-end AI Digital Contact Centre Platform suitable for all organizations that want to modernize their Contact Centre Operations in Qatar.

This is the first AI application that the two organizations will jointly offer to the market.

The MoU was signed during the event, “From Imagination to Reality: Rise with Microsoft AI,” organized by Microsoft in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) this month, according to the Qatar Stock Exchange website on Sunday.

The MoU was signed by General Manager of Microsoft Lana Khalaf, and Enterprise Business Unit Director at Vodafone Qatar Mahday Saad Al Hebabi.

Al Hebabi said: “A comprehensive, end-to-end, flexible Contact Centre solution will enable enterprises and public entities to deliver superb customer experiences, by utilizing the latest digital technologies to become more proactive than reactive and significantly improve their efficiencies.”

“Through this collaboration we will be able to fulfill our common goal of contribution to the digital transformation in Qatar, in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030,” he added.

Lana Khalaf commented: “We are excited to partner with Vodafone to offer Microsoft AI Digital Contact Center to organizations across industries in Qatar.”

“This state-of-the-art platform is powered by next generation AI capabilities that will empower businesses in Qatar to transform their contact centers, reduce their operational costs and deliver exceptional customer services,” she said.

The MoU describes the collaboration between the two esteemed corporations, and is the first on the area of AI, as the two companies will identify new solutions for the benefit of enterprises in the country, support the development of innovative solutions, and position Qatar among the global digital leaders.

With this platform, contact centers will be equipped with modern digital tools to engage customers across voice, video, and other digital channels.

The platform will bring together a comprehensive yet flexible solution, delivering best-in-class AI that powers self-service experiences, live customer engagement, collaborative agent experiences, business process automation, advanced telephony, and fraud prevention capabilities.