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Why Direct Operator Billing Is Back In Style

From its early beginnings as a convenient way to purchase a ringtone or game with a premium rate SMS message, paying with your mobile bill has come a long way. Today, Direct Operator Billing (DOB) (sometimes referred to as Direct Carrier Billing) is recognised globally as a highly convenient way to pay…
Tim Banks
November 28, 2014
Guest blogMEF Global Forum

Is The Future Of Education In The Cloud?

A key theme of next week’s MEF Global Forum 2014, and a highlight of the agenda for Day 1’s Innovation day, is the role of mobile technology in Education. Diana Stepner, VP of Innovation Partnerships & Developer Relations at Pearson, is one the expert panelists from the dedicated EdTech session, and here talks…
Sam Hill
November 11, 2014
Guest blogMobile PaymentsRegulation

Enabling the move from cash to mobile money

Its no secret that much of the innovation around mobile money and mobile financial services is coming from growth markets.  Typically large sections of the population in these countries are un-banked and have limited access to any physical banking infrastructure yet feature phone and smartphone penetration is high.  Taken together…
Sam Hill
October 24, 2014
Guest blog

The Future of MNOs – Utility Cash Cows or Mobile Service Stars?

In the age of app stores and OTT services, mobile network operators have struggled to develop new revenue streams in the provision of content and services. Here, Mike Bradbury, CEO of billing and payments consultancy, T-Exec argues that MNOs need a cultural over-haul to compete in the mobile services economy. It is accepted…
Sam Hill
October 14, 2014
Guest blog

A mobile commerce revolution: carrier billing

MEF Member Neomobile highlight everything you need to know about direct carrier billing in this guest post from CEO Gianluca D'Agostino, as well as sharing their latest infographic on how and why your business should be leveraging DCB to monetize apps and content in emerging and developed markets around the globe. The…
Sam Hill
October 10, 2014
Guest blog

Apple’s focus on security could be the holy grail of NFC

MEF members and industry experts have all weighed in on the potential of Apple's new payment system, unveiled last month in San Francisco, and most agree that the platform with some of the biggest names in finance behind it, could be a game changer. Here, MEF Chairman Andrew Bud expands…
Sam Hill
October 7, 2014
Guest blogMEF Middle East

Dubai to Host Second GSMA Mobile 360 Series – Middle East

As Gitex Technology Week fast approaches, and in addition to hosting our own MEF Connects Dubai on the 14th of October, MEF is supporting the GSMA's second annual Mobile 360 Series - Middle East event to be held in Dubai. Here, Chief Marketing Officer, Michael O’Hara discusses the ever-increasing impact and importance of mobile technology in these exciting growth markets. In…
Sam Hill
October 3, 2014
Guest blog

Can the Apple Watch wind up the wearables market?

The Apple Watch  marks the first new product from Apple under CEO Tim Cook and as Apple's track record for re-energising established markets shows, could be the product to make wearable technology commonplace. Below, MEF Chairman Andrew Bud discusses the implications it may pose for the industry, and the hurdles Apple…
Sam Hill
September 26, 2014
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