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Global Carrier Billing & Mobile Payments Summit 2025 – in pictures

MEF returned to Amsterdam last week for Global Carrier Billing & Mobile Payments Summit 2025. Over two packed days, representatives from Mobile Network Operators throughout the UK, Europe, Africa, LatAm and the Middle East met to share knowledge, showcase regional successes and tackle the challenges surrounding DCB and Mobile Payments.…
Sam Hill
September 17, 2025
AI Companions and Child Safety: What the FTC’s 2025 Action Means Content & Advertising

AI Companions and Child Safety: What the FTC’s 2025 Action Means

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an inquiry into AI companion chatbots over child safety, privacy, and monetization risks. Regulators want to know how companies design, monitor, and profit from these tools, and whether safeguards protect minors. Industry views differ between risk and innovation potential. MEF CEO Dario Betti…
Sam Hill
September 16, 2025
Smishing Has Become a Fraud Economy — And It’s Time to Act Anti-fraudMessaging Channels

Smishing Has Become a Fraud Economy — And It’s Time to Act

Smishing has evolved from crude scams into a sophisticated fraud economy, driven by AI, organized supply chains, and crime-as-a-service models. The rising scale and professionalism threaten SMS as a trusted channel for authentication, commerce, and communication. MEF Head of Global Anti-Fraud Solutions, Sham Careem, explores the growing challenge and the…
Sam Hill
September 16, 2025
Iliad Goes Solo in Italy, Exposing Limits of EU Telco Deals Connectivity & WholesaleIndustry Results

Iliad Goes Solo in Italy, Exposing Limits of EU Telco Deals

MEF’s Riccardo Amati takes a look at Iliad’s decision to abandon merger talks with Telecom Italia, choosing organic growth over consolidation. The move highlights Iliad’s strong momentum in Italy and France, while exposing TIM’s vulnerabilities in a crowded four-player market. Europe’s broader challenge remains: balancing competitive fragmentation with the need…
Sam Hill
September 15, 2025
Nvidia’s AI Boom Faces Geopolitical Crosswinds Connectivity & WholesaleIndustry Results

Nvidia’s AI Boom Faces Geopolitical Crosswinds

MEF’s Riccardo Amati examines Nvidia’s AI boom amid geopolitical tensions, China market uncertainty, and cloud slowdowns. Chip giant’s global AI strategy faces geopolitical hurdles, China market uncertainties and cloud slowdowns. With major implications for the mobile ecosystem. Nvidia's recent financial performance underscores its leadership in AI infrastructure, yet geopolitical tensions, particularly…
Sam Hill
September 12, 2025
Telecom Jobs: From Boom to Lean – Efficiency, Cost-Cutting, and the Managed Services Effect Anti-fraudMobile Evolution

Telecom Jobs: From Boom to Lean – Efficiency, Cost-Cutting, and the Managed Services Effect

Telecom employment has fallen sharply from 1.8 million employees in 2015 to 1.3 million in 2024 as automation, AI and managed services reshape the industry. MEF CEO Dario Betti explores how the sector can strike a balance between operational efficiency and workforce growth to remain competitive in the AI era.…
Sam Hill
September 11, 2025
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