Let us take the strain out of customer contacts

Our automated solutions deal quickly and efficiently with service issues, while you concentrate on winning new customers.

utilities-industrypage-hero medium
Industries next icon Utilities & Telco

The UK utility sector in numbers

£14.9B

The value of website sales in the utilities sector in 2019 (Office for National Statistics UK)

61%

of consumers have a poor level of trust in utilities companies in the UK (YouGov)

£67.2B

The market value of listed UK utility companies as of August 2020 (London Stock Exchange)

67%

of consumers worried about steep energy price rises in 2020 (UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Are you free to talk?

Your customers want to talk to you on their favorite channel. Make sure they can, by using CM.com's mobile messaging channels.

Speak to an expertConversational Channels

WhatsApp
Facebook
RCS
Viber
SMS
Apple Messages for Business

Utilities segments CM.com serves

Energy Suppliers

Energy suppliers

High competition, innovative new companies, and the rising need for sustainability ask for a change of simple 'energy sales' to 'service sales'. Churn rates increase, as customers are likely to change utility supplier. Make sure you can compete.

Water Companies

Water companies

Customers are empowered by digital technology. They expect personalised communications, offers, and services - based on their usage and contract. Customer experience is key. More customers want to be seen as a 'partner', to reduce water consumption together.

How CM.com can help your business

Let customers decide how, when, and where they contact you with an AI chatbot

Personalise communications based on customer preferences, usage and contracts

Reach your customers on their preferred messaging channels including WhatsApp

Communicate on your customers' favourite channels


Leave no question unanswered and keep loyal customers happy and engaged

Mobile Service Cloud

Be there for your customers, anywhere, anytime

More than ever, customers expect answers fast. Our Mobile Service Cloud solution lets you manage your customer interactions via our simple dashboard and set up automated responses to frequently asked questions. That means you can spend more time doing what you do best: selling your products and services.

Mobile Service Cloud

Oxxio reduces calls by 50% with IOT customer chatbot

Oxxio had a problem. Many of its customer interactions were negative, because people only contacted them when there was a problem. So CM.com built Oxxio a customer service chatbot to deal with customer issues and questions and to deliver energy advice in an engaging way.

  1. Reduced calls by 50%

  2. Improved self-service by 100%

  3. Delivered personalised, relevant interactions

Read the case study

Deliver personalised customer engagements today. 

We'd love to help your business realise the power of conversational commerce. Click the link below to speak to our sales team and schedule a demo.

Talk to SalesOur customers

Related articles

SMS Security
Apr 22, 2024 • Security

Secure your business with SMS OTPs and alerts

In the current digital era, technological and online advances are rapidly growing, creating new ways for businesses to engage their customers. Unfortunately, where there is growth, there will be criminals trying to steal some of the profits. Protecting business data, customer information and online accounts is a priority for every modern business. SMS security can help protect your business and your customers from online fraud and cybercrime.

WhatsApp New Policy
Apr 15, 2024 • WhatsApp

Create quality customer engagement with WhatsApp Templates

We all want to get our brand messages out there. We want to engage with our customers, raise brand awareness and connect with our target audience. But how? Provide meaningful and relevant customer experiences to help grow your business and safeguard the way you communicate with both customers and potential customers with WhatsApp. In this blog, we'll explore how to create quality customer engagement with the WhatsApp Business Platform.

sms-10dlc
Apr 08, 2024 • SMS

Increase Promise to Pay conversion rates with SMS

Today business communication is often reduced to quick exchanges and instant messaging, the role of SMS has become increasingly pivotal to keep conversations front of mind. One such area where SMS has proven to be a game-changer is for late payments, especially Promise to Pay (PTP) agreements. These agreements, which involve a commitment to settle a financial obligation, benefit immensely from the efficiency and immediacy that SMS brings to the table. In this blog, we will explore the power of SMS in the context of Promise to Pay agreements.

SMS Appointment Notifications
Apr 01, 2024 • SMS

Streamline your business to success with SMS notifications

From appointment no-shows to late payments, every disruption in the flow of a business is costly in both time and money. Lost preparation time, altered schedules and the additional time taken to reschedule appointments or deliveries impact revenue, a situation any business wants to avoid. Yet, timely communication via SMS can help prevent such disruptions in your business flow. In this blog, we'll explore how SMS offers a solution and share some SMS templates.

SMS Customer Service
Mar 25, 2024 • SMS

How to effectively use SMS for late payments

Organisations face a significant challenge in effectively managing overdue payments and cash flow in a positive light with customers. To collect payments while keeping relationships intact and increasing engagement, SMS has emerged as a powerful, efficient and convenient tool for both businesses and customers. In this blog, we’ll explore how to effectively use SMS for late payments, highlighting its benefits and best practices.

cashless
Mar 18, 2024 • Live

Introducing Box Office: the solution for on-the-door sales

We're excited to release our latest development for on-the-door ticket staff; a solution that enables sales before and during your event or club night. Powered by the CM.com Ticketing platform and enabled on a variety of hardware and operating systems, we help your staff connect online sales to offline sales, seamlessly. In this blog, we look at some of the key features of Box Office.

sms-in-ecommerce
Mar 11, 2024 • SMS

How to create a successful eCommerce strategy with SMS

Every successful eCommerce strategy should aim to optimise customer communication across the entire buying journey. Why? The customer buying journey isn't limited to the point of sale alone. It encompasses everything leading up to purchase and everything afterwards. So, businesses need to engage and assist customers during the pre-sale, purchase and post-purchase stages - via a channel available to all - to create a successful eCommerce strategy.

how-popular-is-sms
Mar 04, 2024 • SMS

How popular is SMS in 2024? And how can it add value to your business?

While SMS is one of the oldest messaging services, the rise of instant messaging channels made a dent in its traffic. Why? Compared to the newer channels with rich features, SMS is relatively basic in its features, with plain text messages and a character limit of 160. Yet in customer communication, basic is often effective. So much so, that SMS is still one of the most impactful communication channels today. But how can it add value to your business? In this blog, we explore the popularity and key use cases of this ever-lasting channel.

whatsapp-business-telecom
Feb 26, 2024 • WhatsApp

10 ways to optimise the customer experience with WhatsApp Business

WhatsApp dominates the messaging landscape in the United Kingdom, securing its position as the top messaging channel. According to Statista, WhatsApp stood out as the most used messaging channel in the UK in 2023.

Is this region a better fit for you?
Go
close icon