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Industry Views: A2P SMS & the blockchain startups

A new breed of fintech startups with an innovative business model are attempting to take advantage of customer’s unused, ‘limitless’ text message contracts, leveraging them as an integral part of blockchain ventures, allowing users to essentially resell messages that would be wasted. From one perspective, such services make use of…

MEFFebruary 6, 2018

Africa Interviews MEFTV Music

How TurnUp Music is upturning South Africa’s music scene…

Streaming music is taking over the world. But not in developing markets, where data is pricey and handsets are basic. As a result, piracy reigns. Here, Thabiet Allie explains why he built a legal alternative: TurnUp Music… Piracy is annihilating Africa’s vibrant music scene, as it has the rest of…

MEFJanuary 31, 2018

Music Opinions

2017 in mobile: What was supposed to happen – but didn’t

The last 12 months in mobile has been amazing. But never mind that. What about the stuff that flopped? Here, Tim Green presents a round-up of all the products we didn’t buy, tech we didn’t adopt and deals that didn’t materialise. 2016 saw the second coming of VR. All the…

Tim GreenJanuary 5, 2018

Internet of Things Opinions Regulation Tech Focus VAS

What’s in store for the mobile ecosystem in 2018?

It has been another eventful year in mobile, with innovations in smartphone and associated technologies continuing apace, from the explosion in AI chatbots and the rapid proliferation of smart, connected home devices to the continued digital transformation of the fintech sector. MEF Members did a pretty good job of spotting…

MEFJanuary 4, 2018

Guest blog Insights Directory Report Mobile Content

What does it mean to be Identity Native in a 5G World?

Tim Barber, VP of Telecommunications & Media Industry at MEF Member ForgeRock discusses the potential of superfast 5G networks to affect the journey to becoming “Identity native” for brands and businesses, and how trust plays an essential role in the transition – as discussed in a new whitepaper, available to…

MEFDecember 7, 2017

Carrier Billing Interviews Music VAS

Executive Insights: Carrier Billing Global Outlook & Opportunities – Herman Singh, MTN Group

How is ‘charge to bill’ powering Africa’s booming mobile commerce market? In a second exclusive carrier billing video supported by Bango, we hear the insights of Herman Singh, chief digital officer of MTN Group… Africans love music and gaming. Ok, everyone loves music and gaming. But Africa is, of course,…

MEFDecember 6, 2017

Carrier Billing Executive Insights Interviews Music

Executive Insights: Carrier Billing Global Outlook and Opportunities – Guillermo Escofet, Ovum

In the first of an exclusive new video series supported by Bango, we examine the state of the carrier billing market. Here, Guillermo Escofet, principal analyst at Ovum, gives an overview of the space and explains its rapid growth since 2014… Carrier billing is on a tear. After a period…

MEFNovember 30, 2017

Africa Music

Reflections on Africa.com: how mobile-first Africa is putting itself in the picture

Last week MEF and its African membership arrived in Cape Town for the 20th Africa.com conference. Here, MEF CEO Rimma Perelmuter, reflects on a week of uniquely African energy and optimism. On the Cape Town waterfront is the new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. This spectacular building – a…

MEFNovember 16, 2017

Africa Guest blog Music

10 facts and stats on mobile content and services in Sub-Saharan Africa

MEF Board Director, James McNab, Chief Liaison Officer, Basebone Group and Managing Director for Basebone Connects, here outlines 10 market stats and facts that explore the growth of the mobile ecosystem in the African continent. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for nearly a tenth of the global mobile subscriber base and is…

MEFOctober 10, 2017

Regulation VAS

Self Regulating the Brazilian VAS Environment

Rafael Pellon, MEF LatAm advisor and partner at Focaccia, Amaral, Salvia, Pellon & Lamonica Advogados, here explores the latest iteration of the MEF Value Added Services (VAS) Code of Practice for Brazil, now in its recently launched third edition, and examines why it is more important than ever for the…

MEFSeptember 21, 2017

How TurnUp Music is upturning South Africa’s music scene…

2017 in mobile: What was supposed to happen – but didn’t

What does it mean to be Identity Native in a 5G World?

Executive Insights: Carrier Billing Global Outlook & Opportunities – Herman Singh, MTN Group

Executive Insights: Carrier Billing Global Outlook and Opportunities – Guillermo Escofet, Ovum

Reflections on Africa.com: how mobile-first Africa is putting itself in the picture

10 facts and stats on mobile content and services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Self Regulating the Brazilian VAS Environment

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