Messaging Channels Archives - Page 48 of 53

Privacy and messaging – just between me and you

Mobile messaging taps into the human desire for contact. But what about the human desire for privacy? Alan Duric, co-founder and CTO at Wire wants to bring it back. Here he talks to MEF Minute features editor, Tim Green about his privacy-first chat app as part of MEF's recently published…

MEFApril 13, 2017

Messaging Channels

Venmo: turning IOU into ‘how are you?’

US-based Venmo is a surprising thing: a social messaging app based around payments. Actually, says Venmo’s head of product Ben Mills, it’s not surprising at all. It was designed that way. MEF Minute's features editor, Tim Green caught up with Mills to discuss how the company has combined payments, messaging…

MEFApril 11, 2017

Messaging Channels

MEF Session @ MWC: are users ready for A2P conversations?

Bands want to evolve enterprise messaging into enterprise conversation. Is it possible? MEF and RealNetworks convened a stellar panel of experts at MWC to debate this topic and the wider future of A2P... Brands want to evolve enterprise messaging into enterprise conversation. Is it possible? MEF convened a stellar line-up…

Tim GreenApril 6, 2017

MEFTV Messaging Channels

iTouch Messaging : MEMS is a rich-media messaging platform, for Africa too

Waheed Adam, Chairman of iTouch Messaging, describes a rich-media messaging solution tailored to the African markets and describes the unique challenges and solutions facing businesses bringing these services to the region. While Africa faces many technological challenges in terms of bandwidth and stable/affordable data and internet rates/services, improvements are being…

MEFApril 5, 2017

Messaging Channels

Text: the driver behind the drivers

It takes a huge amount of complex technology to make Uber’s transformative service run smoothly. But without reliable text from driver to rider, it all falls down... Here MEF Minute’s features editor, Tim Green, explains the role of SMS in the Uber service with additonal comments from Uber founder, Travis…

Tim GreenApril 3, 2017

MEFTV Messaging Channels

What’s next for enterprise messaging? CLX’s Robert Gerstmann discusses RCS

Just a few days before Mobile World Congress, Google announced plans to integrate RCS messaging in to new Android handsets. 27 mobile carriers and OEMs have agreed to make it their default-messaging app so that the newly christened ‘Android Messages’ will become a native feature of Android devices going forward.…

MEFMarch 30, 2017

Connectivity & Wholesale Messaging Channels

JT Global: In IoT and messaging, we can be the operator for the operators

Jersey's JT Global is one of the world's smaller mobile operators. But it has huge ambitions. It's using the insights gleaned from its advanced network at home to target IoT and messaging users all over the world. MEF Minute talked to JT's Tom Noel... By the end of this year,…

MEFMarch 28, 2017

Messaging Channels

What gives? Charities get smart with text

SMS has been a big boost to charitable giving. Now, says Cancer Research product manager, Lisa Elkins-Jarrett, new tools are making it even more effective. It’s no exaggeration to say that SMS has transformed the charity sector. Most people want to give, but some can be reluctant to engage directly…

Tim GreenMarch 27, 2017

ID & Data Messaging Channels Payments & Commerce

MEF Sessions @ MWC 2017

MEF hosted a series of leadership and expert sessions throughout Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, showcasing the work of MEF’s Programmes and Chapters across Consumer Trust, Mobile Messaging and Value Added Services. Here you can watch all the keynotes and panel discussions. Building Trust in a Digital Landscape. What’s…

MEFMarch 21, 2017

Content & Advertising Messaging Channels

Chill! SMS provides a cool machine fix

Philips Healthcare manufactures, manages and maintains expensive and sophisticated IT machines for the healthcare sector all over the world. And when their machines break down, repair is usually complex, requiring skilled engineers, and above all very costly. Far better then to implement early warning systems that detect and forecast impending…

Tim GreenMarch 21, 2017

Privacy and messaging – just between me and you

Venmo: turning IOU into ‘how are you?’

MEF Session @ MWC: are users ready for A2P conversations?

iTouch Messaging : MEMS is a rich-media messaging platform, for Africa too

Text: the driver behind the drivers

What’s next for enterprise messaging? CLX’s Robert Gerstmann discusses RCS

JT Global: In IoT and messaging, we can be the operator for the operators

What gives? Charities get smart with text

MEF Sessions @ MWC 2017

Chill! SMS provides a cool machine fix

Join 20,000 Mobile Experts – Sign up for the MEF newsletter

Subscribe for regular MEF updates

We won’t share your data with anyone & you can change your preferences at any time – Privacy Policy

Join 20,000 Mobile Experts – Sign up for the MEF newsletter

Subscribe for regular MEF updates

We won’t share your data with anyone & you can change your preferences at any time – Privacy Policy