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United States: Text Messaging Continues to Resist OTTs - FOR NOW! Total text messaging in the United States continues in rude health with approximately 2 trillion messages sent in 2023 (that is 5.48 billion per day!) while most of the rest of the world has seen SMS/ MMS volumes fall…
Myra Bachtiar
August 9, 2024

China

China Tops 4Bn Cellular SIM Connections End-2023 China counted more than 4 billion cellular SIM connections at the end of 2023 - the equivalent of one SIM for every 2 people in the world. The extraordinary growth was fuelled by connecting the Internet of Things and, specifically, via 5G networks.…
Myra Bachtiar
August 9, 2024

Paid for Anything

Mobile Payments Most Likely to Be Used Online The vast majority of smartphone users surveyed by MEF now use mobile payments and are most likely to when buying goods or services from an online store. In total, 83% of respondents use either Direct Carrier Billing, Digital Wallets or inputting card…
Myra Bachtiar
August 9, 2024

Roaming

More Travellers Buying Roaming Services Post-Covid The number of smartphone users that roam overseas has risen from 75% of the total in 2022 to 81% in 2024, according to the latest research in 10 core markets tracked by MEF. At the same time, the number that either buy an international…
Myra Bachtiar
August 9, 2024

Data Sharing

66% of Users Still Concerned About Data Sharing and Avoid When Possible Two thirds of smartphone users surveyed by MEF remain concerned about the amount of their personal data that is collected when using mobile apps and services and, as a result, avoid sharing their personal data whenever possible. The…
Myra Bachtiar
August 9, 2024

Indonesia

WhatsApp Rules Commercial Mobile Messaging in Indonesia Almost three times as many smartphone users in Indonesia receive promotional messages from companies via WhatsApp (74%) compared to SMS (26%). The latest research from MEF shows WhatsApp messaging in Indonesia is 41pp above the global average, with SMS 9pp lower. The third…
Myra Bachtiar
August 9, 2024

LTE/5G

Asia Pacific Leads on LTE Deployments... Europe on 5G There are currently around 663 network deployments of LTE technology worldwide, according to the latest research from MEF - equivalent to 89% of the 742 mobile network operators (MNOs) counted across the 218 markets covered by MEF Data. At the same…
Myra Bachtiar
June 6, 2024

6 Months I Have…

Digital Wallets and Work-Related Apps Lead Growth in Mobile Usage More of us are using our smartphones to navigate daily life with an average 6% growth in users across the top 5 mobile behaviours witnessed from 2022 to 2024. The highest growth was recorded for using mobile or digital wallets…
Myra Bachtiar
June 6, 2024

Mobile Connections

Mobile Cellular Data Connections Rise 75% Since 2016 The total number of cellular connections worldwide with mobile data (excluding M2M) have risen 75% since the end of 2016 - from 3.89 billion to 6.82 billion. Mobile data connections comprise both Talk, Text & Data SIMs and Data-only SIMs. Over the…
Myra Bachtiar
March 22, 2024

VoLTE

VoLTE available in 116 markets end 2023 According to preliminary research conducted by MEF, there were approximately 116 markets out of the 218 tracked in MEF Data where Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services were available on at least one mobile network operator at the end of 2023, up from 110…
Myra Bachtiar
March 18, 2024
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