MEF Leadership Forum Africa 2025
Join us in Cape Town for the MEF Leadership Forum Africa, an essential gathering of industry pioneers, innovators, and stakeholders dedicated to navigating Africa’s dynamic telecommunications landscape. Together, we will explore how to shape the future of telecommunications and create new opportunities across Africa.
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MEF Anti-Fraud Yearbook 2025
The MEF Anti-Fraud Yearbook 2025 provides a comprehensive look at how industry stakeholders and regulators are tackling the ongoing problem of fraud in the mobile ecosystem
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Available on demand – MEF CONNECTS Business Messaging
MEF CONNECTS Business Messaging is where industry leaders, businesses and technology providers explore the latest advancements in business messaging . This year’s event focuses on tech innovation and market needs for brands and consumers in 2025 and beyond – plus features an exclusive ‘Audience with the UK Home Office’
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MEF Content & Advertising Yearbook 2025
Ready to see how mobile is changing the game? Dive into the MEF Content & Advertising Yearbook 2025 to explore a mobile ecosystem that is more innovative and resilient than ever. The report provides a definitive look at the year’s biggest trends, from the rise of AI in everything from creative optimization to fraud detection, to the evolution of Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) into a powerful financial infrastructure.
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Available on demand – MEF CONNECTS Identity & Wallets
MEF Connects: ID & Wallets is designed to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of digital identity and mobile wallets, a focused, interactive forum where industry leaders, innovators, and visionaries converge to dissect the critical challenges and groundbreaking opportunities shaping our digital future.
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The latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPaaS offers invaluable insights into the shifting market dynamics and the leaders driving innovation. Our new report, “Navigating Gartner’s CPaaS Magic Quadrant: Insight, Critique & History,” provides an in-depth review of Gartner’s influential framework.
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MEF provides its Members with global and cross-sector platforms for networking, collaboration and advancing industry solutions. Companies of all sizes & stages leverage MEF’s collaborative platforms to network & learn.
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YouTube’s Music: Signalling Maturity, but Spotify Still Leads the Pack
The digital music landscape is evolving rapidly, as streaming platforms reshape how audiences engage and how creators earn. With hybrid revenue models gaining ground and global markets driving the next wave of growth, the balance of power continues to shift. MEF CEO Dario Betti explores how YouTube and Spotify signal…
FiberCo Momentum: What Telkom’s Spin-Off Signals for Wholesale
MEF Programme Lead for Connectivity & Wholesale, Isabelle Paradis, explains the latest move by Telkom Indonesia to partially spin off its wholesale fibre assets into a dedicated infrastructure entity. The carve-out reflects a broader trend toward specialised fibre operations, aiming to streamline network access, clarify service terms, and support more…
ACC 2025: Shaping the World’s Digital Future Beyond Connectivity
The ACC 2025 Team shares insights from the Asian Carriers Conference, where industry leaders came together to explore the evolving landscape of telecommunications and digital innovation. Over five days, delegates exchanged ideas, discovered emerging trends, and connected with peers, offering a glimpse into the opportunities, challenges, and future possibilities that…
MEF Member News Round-up, wc November 3rd
Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news... Arelion Launches New PoP in Oklahoma City, Expanding Connectivity to North American AI Superhighway, Global Telcos Urged to Support New “Scam Signal” to Help Prevent Social Engineering Fraud, Crexendo and Gamma…
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The Mobile Ecosystem Forum is a global trade body that acts as an impartial and authoritative champion for addressing issues affecting the broadening mobile ecosystem. We work with our members to accelerate sustainable market growth that drives inclusion for all and delivers trusted services to enrich the lives of consumers worldwide.
“MEF has supported Telefonica with real world practical guidance, particularly around industry best practice and codes of conduct. It provides a forum to bring industry experts together, to problem solve, to share, and to network. We have found our membership to offer numerous benefits across our footprint, and long may this relationship continue.”
Jenny Whelan, TelefonicaGlobal Head of Business Communications and Digital Advertising
“Our membership in MEF and the Future of Messaging program afford us inner access to invaluable information on the direction of our industry and opportunities to foster collaboration with industry partners. We have also been able to advocate and influence industry changes at the highest levels, on issues like evolving business models and de-commoditizing mobile messaging. Being active in MEF has increased our industry visibility and allowed us to meaningfully contribute to the industry dialogue.”
Ira Cohen, MMDSmartVP, Business Development and Marketing
“One of the things I like best about Mobile Ecosystem Forum is its pragmatic approach to engaging and helping its members. As an example, I am thinking about the well organised and well led, working groups on Mobile IOT and on Personal Data & Identity which Mvine is involved in. The program leaders are particularly knowledgeable and always seek collaboration among members. This is a good thing. And it works.”
Joseph Spear, MvineDirector of Communications
“The MEF is the framework where relevant debates and significant initiatives to change our market take place. Telecoming, as well as other players of the mobile industry, participates with the firm intention of driving business growth in a healthy environment and promoting innovation. Our company was founded in 2008 on these two ideas, and since then, we have worked with the solid conviction of developing cutting-edge technology to lead the DCB market.”
Cyrille Thivat, TelecomingCEO
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