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Revolutionize Your Customer Service with an Enterprise Level Contact Center

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Organizations across the DC region know that providing exceptional customer experience is vital. With customer expectations constantly evolving – including rising demand for contact channel flexibility and fast, seamless issue resolution – businesses need a contact center platform that ensures excellence on every front.

MiContact Center Enterprise is an advanced solution that leading organizations are leveraging to transform their call centers into true omnichannel customer experience centers.

Empower your team to provide consistent, high-quality service, whether your customers reach out via phone, email, SMS, web chat, or social media. When communications are unified, your agents can collaborate instantly with subject matter experts to resolve inquiries on the first call – minimizing transfers and reducing callbacks.

Supporting the Mobile Workforce

Agents can remain connected and productive from anywhere, while supervisors manage operations and monitor dashboards in real time – even on tablets or smartphones. This flexibility is crucial for your remote and hybrid workforce.

Flexible Deployment Options

TCI experts support your organization’s choice of what model fits your needs best – on-premises, private/public cloud, or hybrid environments. This adaptability, combined with native multi-tenant capabilities, ensures readiness for your unique requirements – whether you’re scaling up or integrating with existing systems.

Open Architecture and Integration

MiContact Center Enterprise integrates seamlessly with apps like Workforce Management (WFM), CRM, IVR, and ERP using open APIs and robust toolkits. Prioritized routing, robust reporting, and business analytics are all at your fingertips.

Key Capabilities

  • Data-driven, skills-based routing
  • Omnichannel agent interface
  • Self-service IVR with speech recognition
  • Real-time and historical reporting
  • Proactive customer engagement tools
  • Advanced quality management
  • Scalability for up to 30,000 concurrent agents

The TCI Advantage

What sets TCI apart is our client approach. We customize every solution for our clients. TCI helps your organization harness the power of MiContact Center Enterprise to reduce customer effort, increase loyalty, and unlock more revenue opportunities.

Elevate your Customer Experience to new heights. Contact TCI today at (703) 321-3030 or GetHelp@tcicomm.com

 

Using MS Teams to Collaborate? How TCI Connects Teams to Improve Voice Communications

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Empower your organization to collaborate better, communicate clearly, and connect faster—right from Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams has become a cornerstone in many organizations for collaboration—uniting chat, video, and document sharing into a single platform.

But while Teams excels at teamwork, many organizations still require robust, enterprise-grade voice communications to keep operations running smoothly.

That’s where your local TCI team, in partnership with Mitel, steps in to elevate your Microsoft Teams experience.

Why integrate Microsoft Teams with your Mitel solutions?

TCI empowers businesses to retain their existing telephony investments while seamlessly embedding powerful voice capabilities directly within the Teams interface. This means your staff can make and receive calls, access call history, and manage voicemail—all without leaving the Teams environment or purchasing costly Microsoft Phone System licenses.

Maximize Your Existing Assets

TCI helps you leverage your current Mitel devices and softphones, ensuring a smooth transition without the need to replace hardware or disrupt workflows. This integration supports advanced telephony features like call routing and hunt groups, enhancing call management without additional licensing fees.

Seamless, Unified Collaboration

With Mitel’s Direct Routing, your Teams users benefit from embedded softphone experiences and real-time presence synchronization—meaning colleagues can see when someone is on a call, improving responsiveness and reducing missed connections. Plus, Mitel’s solutions integrate with other popular third-party video platforms such as Zoom, offering even greater flexibility in how your teams communicate.

We Bring Everything Together

TCI provides expert guidance, deployment, and ongoing support tailored to the unique needs of DC area businesses. Whether you’re managing hybrid workforces or complex contact center operations, TCI ensures your Microsoft Teams environment is enhanced with enterprise-grade voice capabilities that drive productivity and customer satisfaction.

Next Steps

If your organization relies on Microsoft Teams for collaboration, integrating Mitel’s voice solutions is the smart way to unlock superior communication performance—without the complexity or cost of switching platforms.

Ready to transform your Teams experience? Contact our team today at (703) 321-3030 or GetHelp@tcicomm.com

 

Reimagine Your Customer Experience with Mitel CX, the All-in-One, AI-Assisted Contact Center Solution

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Exceptional customer experience (CX) is no longer a competitive advantage—it’s an absolute necessity. As customer expectations rise and digital channels proliferate, contact centers are under pressure to deliver seamless, personalized, and efficient service at every touchpoint. Enter Mitel CX, the next-generation, AI-powered contact center platform designed to transform how you engage with your customers and empower your agents.

All-in-One, Omnichannel Platform

Mitel CX unifies voice, chat, SMS, email, video, and social messaging into a single, fully integrated platform. This all-in-one approach eliminates the headaches of juggling multiple vendor solutions, streamlining operations, and reducing costs. Agents and supervisors benefit from a single-pane-of-glass interface, boosting engagement and enabling faster, more accurate responses.

AI-Powered Automation and Insights

At the heart of Mitel CX is Generative AI. Virtual agents automate up to 90% of routine inquiries, freeing your human agents to focus on complex, high-value interactions. AI-powered tools provide real-time guidance, suggested responses, and automatic translations, helping agents resolve issues on the first contact and in the customer’s preferred language. Supervisors gain access to powerful analytics and dashboards, with actionable insights to continually improve performance and customer satisfaction.

Customizable and Secure Deployment

Whether you operate in highly regulated industries or require flexibility, Mitel CX offers deployment options that fit your needs: on-premises, private cloud, or SaaS. Prebuilt integrations and open APIs ensure seamless connectivity with your existing IT stack, while giving you full control over data security and compliance—critical for organizations with strict privacy requirements.

Tailored for Your Business, Designed for Growth

Mitel CX’s intuitive workflow and chatbot builder allow you to design your customer journeys without specialized coding skills. The platform scales easily to support organizations of all sizes, from midsize businesses to large enterprises with complex needs.

Work with TCI to Transform Your CX

TCI brings deep expertise in contact center technology and customer experience transformation. Our team of professionals will guide you from assessment and design to deployment and ongoing support, ensuring your organization leverages the full power of Mitel CX to drive loyalty, efficiency, and growth.

Ready to reimagine your customer experience?

Let’s talk about your business and discover how Mitel CX can elevate your contact center to new heights. Contact TCI today at (703) 321-3030 or GetHelp@tcicomm.com

 

UC Your Way – Leveraging the Power of Hybrid Communications with TCI

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Resilient, flexible, and secure communications with deep integrations into your most valued business applications – it’s UC your way.

TCI powers connections tailored to your organization’s needs. Whether you’re pursuing growth or improving customer experiences, building culture or reducing costs, TCI’s hybrid communication solutions deliver unmatched flexibility and control to help you achieve your goals.

With over 200 app integrations, our Mitel-powered solutions not only enable better connections but also allow you to scale efficiently while ensuring business continuity, compliance, and security.

The flexibility of our UC platforms seamlessly ties everything together. Whether you choose to maintain on-premises infrastructure or adopt a blend of private-hosted and partner-hosted models, we enable you to adapt with precision and confidence.

  • Common Experiences with Deep Integrations – Our hybrid cloud approach delivers seamless experiences across customer and employee touchpoints with deep integrations into UC and industry-specific solutions. The results mean support for diverse knowledge and frontline worker needs.
  • Simplicity at Scale – TCI offers scalable solutions that support up to 10,000+ users with secure cloud options, and we provide a path to the cloud at your pace, using existing investments and supporting your business continuity.
  • Control & Security – Our focus on secure, resilient, and tailored communication solutions means the highest performance and flexibility for your organization while you maintain control.
  • UC Integrations with Vertical Apps – Our vertical communication solutions, in conjunction with 200+ applications, seamlessly blend on-premises and cloud technologies. We work closely with you to connect your unique workflows.
  • Single Integrated Experience – Through a common user experience across UC and Contact Center applications, we can tailor your communications to improve employee engagement and productivity regardless of location or job function.

TCI’s customized approach to hybrid communications will fit your organization today and keep up with your goals for tomorrow.

For UC your way, contact us at (703) 321-3030 or GetHelp@tcicomm.com.

 

Contact Centers are Changing – Get to Know Our New AI-Assisted Customer Experience (CX) Platform

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TCI now offers Mitel CX, a new AI-assisted customer experience platform, which provides AI-driven agent and supervisor experiences. It also provides operational control, reliability, and security to mitigate business continuity risks.

Contact Centers: From Cost Reduction to Strategic Growth

Decades ago, businesses pursued cost reductions by offshoring customer service. These resource-heavy operations relied on lower-skilled workers to deliver a minimum viable customer experience.

More recently, a wave of transformation has seen businesses adopt Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), which outsources technology management to third-party providers.

While these strategies achieve cost savings, they often overlook the most critical element: the customer. There’s a better way…

Mitel CX: Redefining the Future of Customer Engagement

Mitel CX offers a holistic approach, enabling organizations to deliver faster, personalized service while boosting employee productivity. This all-in-one platform supports omnichannel, AI-powered interactions with virtual assistants, voice, video, chat, and social media. It also includes a workforce management suite, outbound contact capabilities, advanced analytics, and comprehensive administration tools.

Key Generative AI Capabilities

  • AI Chat Virtual Assistant – Powered by generative AI and large language models (LLMs), Mitel CX Virtual Assistants automate up to 88% of customer queries with accurate, human-like responses.
  • AI-Enhanced Live Chat – Integrated ted directly into Mitel CX clients, this feature boosts agent performance with real-time response suggestions, next-step guidance, and internal-facing virtual assistants.
  • AI Assistant Builder – Enables businesses to create and manage databases for Generative AI to assess customer interactions, analyze company data, and generate precise responses.
  • AI-Driven Transcription and Sentiment Analysis – Automatically transcribes customer interactions for seamless CRM integration and assesses real-time sentiment using keyword and emotional language analysis.
  • AI-Powered Language Translation – Facilitates near real-time multilingual communication, enabling agents to engage customers in their preferred language.
  • AI-Driven Supervisor Tools – Equips supervisors with tools to coach, assess, and manage agent teams effectively, driving optimal customer experiences.
  • AI-Powered Analytics – Delivers deep insights through advanced analytics and reporting, empowering MiContact Center Business and Enterprise users to continually improve CX, operational efficiency, and performance.

Designed for Simplicity and Scalability

Mitel CX’s “single pane of glass” interface allows CX managers to customize user layouts through drop-in widgets. Agents can manage omnichannel interactions, integrate with their preferred meetings platform, and collaborate seamlessly. Supervisors gain additional tools like whisper coaching and barge-in capabilities to support teams in the moment.

Flexible Deployments

Hybrid flexibility makes Mitel CX an ideal alternative for organizations considering a move to CCaaS or perhaps re-evaluating prior CCaaS purchases, providing them with modern CX capabilities while maintaining control over their communication infrastructure.

For customers seeking a CCaaS-like approach, Mitel CX can be deployed in the public cloud with the scalability to support as many tenants as needed. It offers robust features and integrations to drive business success, delivered as a fully managed subscription offering.

Talk to a local TCI CX expert to learn more about this exciting technology… Contact us at (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

3 Ways to Transform Your Contact Center Customer Experience

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Contact centers play an essential role in enhancing customer experience (CX). They have the power to transform dissatisfied clients into cheerleaders, collect valuable data, and improve your organization’s overall reputation.

Utilizing an omnichannel contact center platform powered with the right technology can significantly enhance CX, optimize workflows, and increase profitability.

Here are three strategies to maximize the impact of your contact center operations on your business:

1. Optimize Channel Shift

Many companies are moving away from traditional phone support and embracing digital channels like chatbots and mobile apps to save costs. However, this strategy doesn’t work for everyone. To find the best communication channels, it’s important to understand your customers’ demographics and preferences. For example:

  • Older clients may prefer phone support.
  • Younger audiences might like self-service options.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, it’s expected that by 2025, 80% of customer service organizations will use generative AI to improve productivity and customer satisfaction. That said, technology should always meet customer needs. Live agents will always be needed for handling more complex inquiries.

2. Eliminate Departmental Silos

Key executives, such as the COO, CMO and CTO, need to work together to ensure the contact center supports the company’s overall goals. For example, if the marketing team launches a new campaign, the contact center should be updated and engaged to provide consistent messaging to customers.

Additionally, contact center representatives can share valuable insights that help shape marketing strategies. This collaboration enables decision makers to tailor promotions and improve customer interactions.

3. Leverage Technology

To succeed in a competitive market, organizations need to stay current with new technology solutions. By adding features like AI chatbots and analytics, businesses can personalize customer interactions. You can also measure performance with metrics such as net promoter scores (NPS) and customer satisfaction (CSAT).

Effective contact center operations can convert complaints into loyalty and drive bigger profits. Businesses of all sizes can benefit from tailored contact center solutions to improve their customer experience.

Learn how TCI can help modernize your contact center: (703) 321-3030 or info@tcicomm.com.

 

Unparalleled Choice & Flexibility… How TCI Connects You to a World of Seamless Communications

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With TCI’s next-gen UC solutions, you can enable new ways of working, supporting your employees to call, chat, and video securely — also stay connected regardless of whether they sit next to each other in the office, or remotely at home.

Applications

TCI brings it all together. Improve your communications experience with apps, ranging from office tools, analytics, workforce management, and campaign management to enhancing organization and site connectivity – and more.

With access to these tools, your team can tackle their work on more devices from any location:

  • Integration with business applications from tech leaders like Microsoft and Google
  • Presence Tools
  • Softphone App on Mobile Devices
  • Unified Messaging
  • Remote control of desktops
  • Outlook client plug-in
  • Microsoft Teams integration
  • Message retrieval from one synchronized message store

Collaboration

Bring teams together with messaging, conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing, and more. Users can stay connected while on the go with our web, mobile, and desktop applications.

  • Virtual workspaces for team meetings, conversations, content review, and project management
  • Team Video conferencing and recording
  • Participant management
  • Desktop application sharing
  • Team and private chat
  • Web-based file sharing

Contact Center

Impress customers with all-in-one interaction management platforms that transform outdated voice-only call centers into omnichannel customer experience centers.

  • Integrate with your CRM, like Salesforce, Microsoft, and others
  • Offer Live Agents, Web Chat, Email, Text Messaging / SMS
  • Monitor and respond to Social Media feeds (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
  • Automate and access Full Reporting on Your Customer Interactions
  • Improve Customer Experience
  • Become more efficient

Voice

Rich PBX and phone system features, advanced call controls and softphone, mobile and IP desk phone options so you can talk and meet from anywhere – effortlessly.

Supercharge your organization’s growth with unparalleled flexibility.

We can design the right mix of UC solutions for your needs today and your goals for tomorrow. Deploy on-premises, via private cloud, public cloud, or a hybrid. Pay upfront or monthly. Use existing devices or the latest models.

It’s Unified Communications, your way. Get started today: Contact us today: (703) 321-3030 or GetHelp@tcicomm.com.
 

Create Exceptional Customer Experiences with New Contact Center Tools

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The capabilities and scope of the traditional call center have expanded as technology continues to evolve.

Today’s contact center operations can range from a few customer service representatives in a small business to enterprise-level corporations with hundreds of agents spread across multiple regional offices and remote telework locations.

TCI’s contact center experts can get you up to speed on the latest tools, and when you’re ready, our local team can design, deploy, and support your solution.

TCI’s Mitel-powered Customer Experience solutions feature interaction routing, self-service IVR, performance analytics, real-time dashboards, and workforce optimization tools.

We customize arrangements for small and mid-sized businesses and large enterprises…

  • MiContact Center Business – Whether you have a few call center agents or a thousand omnichannel agents, MiContact Center Business puts your customers at the core of your business with scalable solutions for sales, service, support, and more.
  • MiContact Center Enterprise – Transform your voice-only call center into an omnichannel experience center with this flexible, powerful, all-in-one customer interaction management platform.
  • Mitel Workforce Optimization – Gain deeper customer insights to enhance the customer experience while optimizing resources and enhancing performance with Mitel Interaction Recording, Quality Management, Speech Analytics, and Workforce Management solutions.
  • MiContact Center Outbound – Elevate customer engagement with this complete outbound contact management suite that supports all modes of outbound dialing, multi-channel communications, and campaign management.

Unleash Your Sales, Service, and Support Potential

Start a different conversation with your customers when you give them the freedom to interact with you the way they want (voice, text, chat, video) on any device, and give your employees the tools to manage today’s omnichannel customer journeys.

Build a World-Class Customer Center

Don’t just connect with your customers, convince them you care with an omnichannel communications suite featuring workflow designer, speech-enabled IVR, speech analytics, quality and performance management, real-time dashboards, and more.

Ready to improve your customer satisfaction scores, first contact resolution rates, and customer effort scores? Contact us today: (703) 321-3030 or GetHelp@tcicomm.com.
 

TCI Phone Systems and Communications Solutions for the DC Region’s Leading Financial Institutions

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To increase profitability, you need innovative technology solutions that keep existing customers loyal while attracting new business.

TCI’s proven Financial Services Solutions allow you to differentiate yourself from the competition with communications, collaboration, and customer experience (CX) applications that result in better customer and employee interactions.

We Understand the Digital Challenges for Financial Institutions

  • Investment Management – TCI designs, deploys, and supports Financial Services Solutions that will help your organization improve governance and security, fulfill regulatory compliance requirements, and strengthen ID verification to reduce fraud.
  • Credit Unions – By embedding customized communications solutions into your business processes, you can automate manual tasks and enable branch workers to achieve optimal product/service quality and performance.
  • Banks – Grow revenue while reducing operating costs with flexible deployment and payment options that allow you to choose the most cost-effective communications option for your business.

With an increasingly dispersed workforce, plus the need to often call on the expertise of finance specialists like mortgage advisors or insurance brokers, financial services institutions need the tools to deliver quick customer resolutions without causing delays.

A UC platform that pulls together widely used business tools, including desk and mobile phones, messaging, voicemail, audio, and web conferencing, as well as a contact center into one solution is crucial. It speeds up the exchange of information and cross-team collaboration, bringing people together to provide consensus and resolutions for the customer, regardless of location.

TCI has the Right Solutions for Your Financial Institution

  • Financial Services Contact Center Agent Solution – Capture customer information, validate customer identity, provide information with AI-powered voice/chatbots, and route clients who need additional help to experts in your organization for a frictionless client and agent experience.
  • Mortgage and Loan Application Solution for Financial Services – For Financial Services organizations establishing mortgages or general loans and closing applications in a timely manner is critical for business success. The next financial institution is waiting with competitive rates and your applicants will commit when they can lock in the mortgage or loan at the right rate.
  • Deliver Better Customer Experiences – Serve your clients on their preferred channels (phone, email, SMS, Web chat, Virtual Assistant, social media, etc.) while empowering your staff with real-time client information from leading finance applications such as Jack Henry and Fiserv for a personal touch.

Let’s discuss new ways to serve your customers and compete in a rapidly changing marketplace. TCI experts are here to help: (703) 321-3030 or GetHelp@tcicomm.com.
 

4 Ways to Show Your Customers You Value and Appreciate Them with Contact Center Tools

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There are dozens of creative ways to express customer appreciation, and a full-featured call center software suite can help get your message across with minimal fuss.

Small business owners and their teams can handle customer calls efficiently while indulging their VIPs with something extra — all without missing a beat.

Here are four ways to show your customers that you care…

1. Make Your Customer’s Experience the Center of Your World.

Everyone wants to feel valued. When a customer calls in, you must give them your undivided attention. If your team is worried about finding contact records or scripts, they’re not paying attention, leaving your customers feeling overlooked.

Keep the focus on the customer – not shuffling application windows – with screen prompts and automated workflows that flow seamlessly from your CRM to your contact center solution. An integrated contact center solution can empower CRM-based workflows with in-call screen pops and recommendations to help your team stay engaged with customers.

2. Anticipate What Your Customers Need with The Right Call Center Software.

Do you know your customers well enough to finish their sentences? Knowing what your customers need, even before they do, can help them feel like you truly “get” them — the basis of a fruitful relationship. Look at your data and reporting to understand customer pain points, past purchases, and other behavior.

Consider reaching out to selected customers on “quiet” days to ensure a problem was resolved to their satisfaction or simply to thank them for their business. And if you’re experiencing a service issue, contact them proactively and let them know you’re working to resolve it.

3. Customize Offer Recommendations.

Tailoring your interactions with your customers builds stronger relationships and a better customer experience. Take advantage of the capabilities of an integrated, multi-channel customer experience solution to create user profiles and make custom offer recommendations based on what your customers like. As always, meet your customers where they expect to find you, whether through email or web-based chat.

4. Partner for Pampering Experiences.

Today’s shoppers are spending more on experiences for themselves and others.If your business is rooted in products rather than experiences, consider partnering with others for a joint offer. Have these offers ready so any team member can easily share and give a great experience recommendation when they connect with a customer. Take that offer to the next level by delivering it in the method the customer prefers, email or chat, with a multi-channel call center solution.

With the right contact center solution and complementary partner, you’ll spend less time managing your phone system and more time providing customers with an exceptional experience.

When it comes to improving your customer experience and contact center solutions, TCI experts can customize, deploy, and support your technology. Contact us today at (703) 321-3030 or GetHelp@tcicomm.com.