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Male/Female Behaviour

Male/Female Behaviour

Females Rule Mobile Battle of The Sexes On average, females are more likely than males to have used their smartphone across 14 of the 18 mobile behaviours identified by MEF. These behaviours include everything from using social media to playing games and accessing work-related applications. Two behaviours had no gender…
Myra Bachtiar
January 3, 2024
Business Messaging Traffic

Business Messaging Traffic

A2P SMS Beginning to Feel Effect of Rich Messaging A2P SMS has long been the only game in town for mobile business messaging but now may be beginning to feel its age. Data extrapolated from our analyst partner, Mobilesquared, shows the A2P SMS share of average messages sent per user…
Myra Bachtiar
January 3, 2024
Roaming in Europe

Roaming in Europe

Europe: Inbound Roaming Minutes Returning to Pre-Covid Levels The number of inbound roamers to Europe in 2022 was heading back towards pre-Covid levels, with average minutes per user likely to follow. While the number of inbound roamers fell drastically in 2020 and 2021 due to the various travel restrictions, the…
Myra Bachtiar
January 3, 2024
Privacy: Perception of change

Privacy: Perception of change

Perception of change The developing economies of China, Mexico, South Africa, India and Brazil have all seen large improvements in the perception by users that their personal data will be kept private while on the internet. According to MEF's latest Global Consumer Trust survey, an average of 67% of consumers…
John Beshara
November 7, 2023
Smart devices

Smart devices

24% of us use smartphones to control 'Smart devices' at home On average, 24% of people surveyed by MEF said, in the past six months, they had used their smartphone to control 'Smart devices' at home - such as a utility meter or home security system. China was the most…
John Beshara
November 6, 2023
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