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Hatch and the future of mobile cloud gaming

Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights, shares more insights from the Nokia event Global Analyst Forum. Recently, I had the opportunity to be in Finland to attend Nokia’s Global Analyst Forum. For those interested, my reflections on that event can be viewed here. As it turns…

MEFFebruary 18, 2020

Guest blog Mobile Content

Nokia Sticks to the ‘Plan’

Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights, shares his insights from the recent Nokia event Global Analyst Forum 2019. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Finland to spend three days with Nokia at their Global Analyst Forum. It was an eventful few days, full of detailed…

MEFDecember 26, 2019

Enterprise Communications Guest blog Mobile Advertising

Consumers are 35x more likely to open mobile messages than emails

Sinch’s latest research report: Mobile Consumer Engagement 2020 highlighted that not only do consumers welcome many different kinds of personalized mobile messages from businesses, but also that they’re 35x more likely to open them than emails. Yet despite this, businesses have been slow on the uptake and are not providing…

MEFDecember 12, 2019

Enterprise Communications Guest blog Mobile Content

State Of the Bots: Crossing the Chasm to Success!

Yoav Barel is an expert on Conversational AI as well as the founder and CEO of Chatbot Summit & Voice Summit. In this guest post, he shares insights into how after the hype of chat bots faded, the industry now faced the long road to mass market adoption, and why…

MEFNovember 29, 2019

Guest blog Internet of Things Mobile Content

New 5G auctions rules: fancy your own private wireless network?

MEF Regulatory advisor Stefano Nicoletti discusses the new 5G auction rules and explores the possibilities for enterprises to build their own dedicated networks. In Germany the telecom regulator reserved 100 MHz for industrial players to build and run their own networks. In UK Ofcom proposed a flexible approach to assigning…

MEFNovember 7, 2019

10 things Carrier Billing Guest blog

10 things you need to know about… Direct Carrier Billing

Diego Conforti, CCO of Digital Virgo, shares 10 tips and facts about the opportunity presented by Direct Carrier Billing. Digital Virgo is unique in the telecom payment ecosystem since the Group is one of the rare players to have a 360° worldwide experience on payment, monetization and marketing; the three…

MEFOctober 31, 2019

Enterprise Communications Guest blog

Understanding the value of RCS Business Messaging

MEF Member GMS’ Chief Product Officer Virginie Debris discusses what they see as the real value of RCS business messaging (RBM), for both operators and enterprises, and what this means for the future of the channel and of the telecoms ecosystem. When it comes to talking about RCS, the same…

MEFOctober 23, 2019

Event Guest blog

Global telco players gear up for 15th Asian Carriers Conference

MEF is delighted to be supporting the 2019 Asian Carriers Conference (ACC), held from September 3 to 6, 2019 in Cebu, the Philippines. The ACC has taken a significant role in redefining and evolving the telecom landscape, especially for the carrier and wholesale business. ACC is marking its 15th year…

MEFAugust 23, 2019

Guest blog Interview Music

Exploring the future of the digital content space

Basebone CMO Benito Alvarez discusses the importance of carrier billing in its strategy, and the opportunities and challenges around Baseplay, its suite of digital content services for emerging markets. In emerging markets where the average amount a user can pay for content can be seen as comparatively low, it can…

MEFMay 28, 2019

Guest blog mhealth Mobile Content Partner Event

Transforming healthcare with 5G

MEF is an official partner of the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference 2019 which aims to bring together the entirety of the digital healthcare ecosystem: from hospital C-level decision makers to clinicians, nurses, payers, life science, and technology innovators. Two of the key mobile ecosystem topics at the events…

MEFApril 25, 2019

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