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Industry views: are businesses ready for the explosion in mobile user data?

Fuelled by the growth in personal mobile connections, M2M, mobile apps and services data traffic is expected to see an almost ten-fold increase by 2019. All of that connected activity means that businesses are swimming in mobile user data, a trend that is only set to continue as we move…

Tim BanksJune 20, 2016

Industry Views

Industry views: Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report and the future of chat apps

Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends Report, released last week came to some interesting conclusions about the growth of chat apps like WeChat, WhatsApp and Messenger and their evolution from simple text to a tool for vivid self expression, and portal for commerce, mobile payments and brand interaction. In China for…

MEFJune 9, 2016

Enterprise Communications Industry Views

Industry views: A2P messaging and fraud

Last week MEF published the A2P Messaging Fraud Framework – the first release from its new industry programme The Future of Messaging. It identifies 11 distinct fraud types that impact the global messaging business today. The Future of Messaging Working Group consists of 25 founding members including mobile operators, messaging…

MEFMay 26, 2016

Industry Views Opinions

Industry views: Facebook’s chatbot launch

Last week Facebook announced the launch of its bot platform for Messenger, opening up an API to allow developers to create bots so that people chat with organisations to get information, answer questions and transact. This means that by combining AI and natural language processing, users will simply instruct messenger…

MEFApril 21, 2016

Industry Views Opinions Privacy

Industry views: Should Apple unlock iPhones for the security services?

Last week the FBI requested that Apple unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the killers in the December mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. We asked MEF members and the wider mobile community for their thoughts.

MEFFebruary 23, 2016

Industry Views Internet of Things Music

Industry views: Which services will sit behind the wheel of the connected car?

Last month's CES in Las Vegas saw many of the large automotive firms showcase their vision of the connected car. A year before at CES 2015, Mark Fields, CEO of Ford, said: “We’re thinking of ourselves as a mobility company and not only a car and truck company. We want…

MEFFebruary 16, 2016

Industry Views MEF Asia Opinions VAS

Value added services in Asia-Pacific: part 2

Asia-Pacific is widely acknowledged as one of the largest and fastest growing markets for mobile value-added services (VAS) in the world. As a region it is mobile first and as such represents a major opportunity for the service providers.

Tim BanksJanuary 19, 2016

Enterprise Communications Industry Views

Industry views: how will mobile messaging fare in 2016?

Mobile messaging is increasingly the cornerstone of business to consumer communications. Whether it’s to authenticate a user of a service, a notification or as part of a marketing push, messaging is often the mission critical part of a growing number of mobile consumer services. There are however threats to the…

Tim BanksJanuary 5, 2016

Industry Views

Industry views: how will consumer trust in mobile shape up in 2016?

Consumer trust in mobile is fundamental to operating within a sustainable ecosystem. MEF's recent Consumer Trust Summit highlighted the main issues with much of the discussion given over to developing best practice that fosters transparency in what companies do with user data.

Tim BanksDecember 22, 2015

Industry Views Mobile Payments Regulation VAS

Industry views: mobile money predictions for 2016

2015 has seen some landmark announcements around mobile money. Proximity payments from Google, Apple and Samsung are slowly taking off, direct operator billing is increasingly popular as an app store (and in-app) payment channel option and growth markets continue to realise economic and social benefits from people transacting via their…

Tim BanksDecember 11, 2015

Industry views: Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report and the future of chat apps

Industry views: A2P messaging and fraud

Industry views: Facebook’s chatbot launch

Industry views: Should Apple unlock iPhones for the security services?

Industry views: Which services will sit behind the wheel of the connected car?

Value added services in Asia-Pacific: part 2

Industry views: how will mobile messaging fare in 2016?

Industry views: how will consumer trust in mobile shape up in 2016?

Industry views: mobile money predictions for 2016

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