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Five years from now: 5G, live streaming and 29 billion connected things

The fact-packed Ericsson Mobility Report might well be called the Ericsson Minority Report. It’s a glimpse of a faster and more connected future. Here are the key insights and numbers… What will the mobile world look like in 2022? The answers – more accurately, the data – are to be…

Tim GreenNovember 17, 2016

Guest blog Opinions VAS

The challenges of digital reach in African markets

Vytautas Paukštys, from MEF Member Eskimi shares insights into the challenges facing companies attempting to bring digital services to African markets. Doing digital media in emerging markets and especially African countries can be a challenge. The processes of clients and agencies in digital marketing are not as clear as in…

MEFNovember 8, 2016

Mobile video Tech Focus

After Vine what’s next for mobile video?

So it’s RIP Vine and thanks for some enjoyable six second moments. Twitter’s short-form video app couldn’t compete with Facebook Live, SnapChat Stories et al. But there will be plenty more twists and turns before mobile video is ‘done’… In March 2015, the tech press was gleefully reporting a war.…

MEFNovember 3, 2016

Music Opinions

What if the internet destroys everything?

For all the changes brought about by the information technology, can its impact compare to the that of railways, telegrams and machinery? Tim Green examines an argument that it can - and that the digital era is set to overturn the entire 'post war edifice'... A little while I ago…

Tim GreenNovember 2, 2016

Music Tech Focus

Pixel: why the future of search made Google a mobile phone maker

For nearly a decade Google stayed out of the hardware market. But now a new range of devices branded with a 'G' puts the tech giant in direct competition with Apple. Why now? It's all to do with the uncertain future of search... For the last ten years, there’s been…

MEFOctober 5, 2016

Mobile Content Tech Focus

Why is SnapChat making sunglasses? Here’s your Spectacles crib sheet

Will you wear glasses that record videos? SnapChat hopes so. The messaging company (now called Snap) has just unveiled Spectacles. Here’s everything you need to know about them in 10 points. Snapchat is dead. Don’t get the wrong impression. It’s in extraordinary good health. It’s just the company name Snapchat…

Tim GreenSeptember 29, 2016

Music Tech Focus wearables

iPhone 7: the facts, the context, the controversies

With the launch of the iPhone 7, can Apple save itself from crisis? After all, this is a company that announced its first quarterly sales decline in 13 years earlier this year - to a miserly $50.6bn. Here's a analysis of the new devices and the issues facing the world's…

Tim GreenSeptember 8, 2016

Analytics Internet of Things Mobile Content

5G, IoT, smartphones: the future of mobile in eight stats

For 20 years mobile connectivity has shaped the world. The used of voice, text, web and apps has changed the way people connect with each other and with enterprises. This revolution is far from over. Here are eight stats reflecting the mobile world of 2021.

MEFAugust 31, 2016

Music Opinions

Your phone is the new piano, but a bit smaller

Mobile 'won' music. Only oldies use 'hi-fis' to listen to their favourites songs now. But mobile companies didn't win. Tim Green ponders what happened to Sony Ericsson PlayNow and the rest... Do you know when today’s music industry began? You might guess it was when the first sheet music was…

Tim GreenAugust 25, 2016

Country Focus

Essential mobile snapshot: Myanmar

Investment is now pouring into new democracy Myanmar. Here's a snapshot of what has been described as the world's first mobile-only country... When President Thein Sein of Myanmar conceded the 2015 general election to Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, he did it with a post on Facebook.

MEFAugust 24, 2016

Five years from now: 5G, live streaming and 29 billion connected things

The challenges of digital reach in African markets

After Vine what’s next for mobile video?

What if the internet destroys everything?

Pixel: why the future of search made Google a mobile phone maker

Why is SnapChat making sunglasses? Here’s your Spectacles crib sheet

iPhone 7: the facts, the context, the controversies

5G, IoT, smartphones: the future of mobile in eight stats

Your phone is the new piano, but a bit smaller

Essential mobile snapshot: Myanmar

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