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MEF Data: Data security concerns stop service adoption

Get key insights from MEF’s 6th Global Smartphone User Survey – this week, looking at Smart Devices & IoT service via mobile (pre- Covid-19). The most common barrier to using mobile apps and services is not wanting to give up personal data. In total, just over a third of users…

MEFOctober 18, 2020

News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up, October 16th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Facebook hits number one for mobile app advertising, Reaching holiday shoppers in the new normal with mobile messaging, Uganda’s banks have been plunged into chaos by a mobile money fraud hack and much more… Facebook took the…

MEFOctober 16, 2020

MEF Webinars & Workshops Messaging Channels

On Demand: Global Business Messaging Forecasts – Mobilesquared looks ahead at the messaging opportunity

At MEF Connects Rich Communications Nick Lane, Chief Insight Analyst @ Mobilesquared shared highlights from their latest Databook, forecasting what’s ahead for the business messaging market globally up to 2024. Channels covered include SMS, RCS, WhatsApp, WeChat, Messenger, LINE and the data includes forecast growth in users by channel, demand…

MEFOctober 16, 2020

MEF Data Messaging Channels

MEF Data: Developing economies – higher A2P

Get key insights from MEF’s A2P Business Messaging report, part of our MEF Data series, which examines how brands and businesses worldwide are engaging with consumers. OTT (Over The Top) messaging applications include popular services including WhatsApp, Facebook Messaging, Line and others. These are central to person to person messaging…

MEFOctober 15, 2020

5 minutes with Interviews

5 Minutes with… Wildfire

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Chief Revenue Officer Shawn Conahan introduces Wildfire. Wildfire is the creator of an award-winning platform that enables our partners to make the messages users send to…

MEFOctober 15, 2020

MEF Webinars & Workshops Messaging Channels Payments & Commerce

Use payments in RCS to create the rich & simple experience that consumers expect

At MEF Connects Rich Communications a hot topic was whether payments will be key to unlocking the true potential of conversational commerce and helping rich business messaging scale. Watch the session here co-hosted by AIMM, UK and Telemedia’s Paul Skeldon and featuring use cases how mGage is integrating payments into…

MEFOctober 14, 2020

MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member News round-up, October 12th

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Boku, the world’s leading provider of mobile payment and identity solutions, is pleased to launch direct carrier billing payment services for Riot Games in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan & Kuwait. This partnership…

MEFOctober 12, 2020

News Roundup

Global Mobile News round-up, October 9th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Coronavirus lock-down boosts mobile gaming and app stores, one billion Android devices may be at risk of hacking, Google Search to make mobile-first indexing default and much more. People in the UK spent much longer chatting on…

MEFOctober 9, 2020

Messaging Channels

DoCoMo taken private by NTT: innovation in Japan?

NTT, the Japanese fixed telecoms incumbent, is taking private NTT DoCoMo, the mobile unit it listed 28 years ago. It will pay $40bn, at a 40% premium for the 34% of share it does not already own in the unit There could be multiple reasons behind the move: government wanting…

MEFOctober 8, 2020