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‘SMS is perfect for chat bots’ – OpenMarket’s Jay Emmet talks A2P, IoT and OTT Connectivity & WholesaleInterviewsMessaging Channels

‘SMS is perfect for chat bots’ – OpenMarket’s Jay Emmet talks A2P, IoT and OTT

OpenMarket's GM Jay Emmet knows a bit about SMS. He's been selling mobile messaging for 20 years. And he still loves it. He talked to MEF about conversational commerce, machine-based messaging and why A2P is finally ready for its big moment... Jay Emmet is talking about cheeseburgers. He likes his…
Tim Green
October 6, 2016
14 stats that explore the growth of A2P messaging InterviewsMessaging Channels

14 stats that explore the growth of A2P messaging

The latest issue of MEF’s eBulletin is out today and turns the spotlight on mobile messaging taking an in-depth look at the issues, news and market drivers shaping the enterprise messaging space including analysis on revenue leakage, global market forecasts, conversational commerce and how being consumer-centric boosts engagement. Businesses are…
MEF
September 30, 2016
Q&A: Daniel Kaplan – France’s ‘Mr personal data economy’ ID & DataInterviews

Q&A: Daniel Kaplan – France’s ‘Mr personal data economy’

Daniel Kaplan has worked with Orange, Société Générale, Axa and others on the pioneering personal data sharing project, MesInfos. He told Tim Green about the pilot, the ‘trust paradox’ and why fun, not privacy, will drive the personal data economy… If you’re going to force a bold new idea into…
Tim Green
September 28, 2016
5G is coming: here are 20 things you need to know Connectivity & WholesaleContent & AdvertisingInterviews

5G is coming: here are 20 things you need to know

Momentum is building towards the next generation of mobile networks. 5G will be lightning quick, and will also connected billions of ‘things’. Here is part one of your MEF guide to the mobile technology of the 2020s… Earlier this month a consortium of European mobile operators pitched regulators with its…
MEF
July 27, 2016
Spotlight on: Nazara Content & AdvertisingInterviews

Spotlight on: Nazara

Nazara is targeting India's hundreds of millions of gamers with popular local IP and the best global brands. But it also has ambitious global plans. In our continuing Executive Interview series, Chirag Shah, Head of India and APAC business at Nazara, explained all to MEF Minute... A few weeks ago,…
MEF
July 20, 2016
Spotlight on DOCOMO Digital Interviews

Spotlight on DOCOMO Digital

DOCOMO Digital is a different kind of mobile commerce provider: operator-owned and Japanese. But it believes this unique background gives it a unique advantage. The firm's CEO Hiroyuki Sato explained why to MEF Minute... Long serving MEF members will remember well the companies that essentially kickstarted the mobile content and…
Tim Green
July 6, 2016
Reducing mobile payment friction to build music revenues in Nigeria Content & AdvertisingInterviews

Reducing mobile payment friction to build music revenues in Nigeria

Nigeria has a flourishing music scene. But, thanks to rampant piracy, its musicians don’t make the money they deserve. Now, MTN’s and Huawei’s Music+ service is giving Nigeria’s music-mad population a viable alternative to cheap illegal CDs. MEF’s features editor Tim Green recently interviewed the service’s marketing manager Ebere Nzewi…
Tim Green
June 21, 2016
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