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WhatsApp has finally opened the doors for business usage. How can I use it to the advantage of my business? What does it take for me to get on board? After reading this article, you will have no further questions and be able to start using WhatsApp Business right away!

You have probably heard the buzz around RCS. Rich Communication Services is the proclaimed follow-up of SMS and will enable companies to engage in rich conversations with their customers, without relying on third party messaging applications. Even though RCS is currently being deployed all around the world, there are still some mysteries surrounding this channel. Let’s have a look at the 5 biggest myths.

Is May 25th, 2018 – the day the GDPR went into effect – a day you don’t particularly like to look back on? Many companies still believe it is difficult to be GDPR compliant when sending out marketing messages to customers. Quite a pity, because being GDPR-compliant can be quite easy, using this practical guide.

What kind of events does your business organize? Whether it’s a festival, networking event, public event or business event. There’s not a single event organiser that wouldn’t be excited when 80% of tickets are sold in pre-sale. Let me share some of the best practices to boost your pre-sale.

Digital Transformation drives Brands to reach customers in real-time, via their preferred communication channels (SMS, Mail, Whatsapp, FB Messenger, RCS, etc) and support business scale-out. This can be realized by the brand’s existing systems within just minutes. How? Via a Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS).

Your time is valuable. Therefore, we’re excited to announce that we now have a direct connection with Zapier. Zapier adds powerful automation to over 1,300 web apps. Their tools make it simple for anyone to build code-free workflows that save hours per week. Together, we can streamline processes and simplify your day to day workflows.

CPaaS stands for Communication Platform as a Service. It is a cloud-based delivery platform for all communication channels including SMS, Voice, Email, Chat apps and more. Businesses use CPaaS for real-time communication with clients. As the world is more digitalized than ever, the future of CPaaS is rising. Companies such as Uber, AirBnB, Facebook and Netflix all use CPaaS, with their online interfaces, smartphone applications, SMS verifications, chatbots and many more.

Almost ten years ago CM Telecom was the first in the market to provide high-end customers, like banks and governments, a double redundant sms gateway. And it was a huge success, we won almost all deals in those markets in our home markets.

The Nederlandse Loterij is the gambling organization in The Netherlands, known for the Staatsloterij, Lotto, Toto and scratch cards. All gambling games from the Nederlandse Loterij are intended for people aged 18 and older. On the 30th of May, the Nederlandse Loterij introduced iDIN (the online tool for safe and easy identification via the bank) to verify the age of online participants.

This well-known weekend takes place every year at the end of November. Black Friday & Cyber Monday originated in the United States but has become increasingly popular in the Netherlands in recent years. Black Friday is the day when many shops offer huge discounts whilst Cyber Monday is the online equivalent. In 2018 this means; discounts, discounts and more discounts from Friday through to Monday. Both online and offline. A lot of companies capitalize on this with creative marketing campaigns to attract shoppers into their shop or onto their website. How can you snazz up your marketing campaign to ensure that customers visit your shop or website rather than the competitor's?

Albert Heijn launched an innovation in the Academic Medical Centre (Netherlands) in the field of high-speed shopping: Tap to go, with CM.com as partner for payments and identification. We spoke with Jan-Willem Dockheer, managing director of AH to go, about the future of the payment landscape and the innovative Tap to go.

You might have seen the images of Amazon Go, a futuristic grocery store where a vast array or sensors keep tabs on what items shoppers pick up in real-time. As a result, customers are able to buy food & drinks on the go, simply by taking products out of the shelves and leaving the store. No cash register. No employee. No queue. And no debit card. Albert Heijn now introduces high-speed shopping in The Netherlands: Tap to go. Comparable, but possibly more efficient and innovative when it comes to high speed shopping.

"On average, a customer spends 3 minutes and longer in an AH to go store. We can reduce that to 20 seconds", says AH to go. How? Thanks to the latest development in mobile payments: Tap to go. We spoke with Jan-Willem Dockheer, managing director of AH to go, about the future of the payment industry and the innovative Tap to go.

A world of possibilities: Add rich content landing pages to your SMS. Did you know that in 2017, mobile devices accounted for 50% of web page views worldwide? As such, it’s clear that mobile phones are a prominent part of everyone’s lives. Now, imagine adding a rich mobile landing page as an addition to your campaign, an opportunity to stand out from your competitors and increase your ROI. In addition, you can send these pages to your target group by SMS this will increase conversion because SMS has an open rate of 98%.

Every day, over a hundred developers are working on improving the CM platform. In this update, we want to inform you about the latest changes made to improve your platform experience.