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MEF Data: Mobile Payments – Growing Fast

Get key insights from MEF’s 6th Global Smartphone User Survey – this week, looking at Mobile Payments (pre- Covid-19). The world of mobile payments is showing three different clusters of activity. Developing economies are enjoying faster adoption (China 60%;India 46%; Brazil 38% and South Africa 36%). Most of Europe and…

MEFJuly 31, 2020

News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up, July 31st

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Big Tech’s day on the Hill, Twitter says ‘phone spear phishing attack’ used to gain network access in crypto scam, coronavirus tracing apps: is privacy protection to blame for low downloads, and much more... A bevy of tech’s…

MEFJuly 31, 2020

Content & Advertising Payments & Commerce

Industry Views: Why business models based on revenue sharing do not work when it comes to preventing DCB fraud

Earlier this year MEF’s DCB working group kicked off a new programme to look at tackling fraud in Direct Carrier Billing (DCB). The cross-stakeholder group is currently developing a fraud framework to seek industry alignment and help market education to ensure a sustainable trusted channel. When looking at fraud detection…

MEFJuly 30, 2020

Connectivity & Wholesale Interviews Messaging Channels

The future of business messaging: Cloud based, RCS shopping and IoT

How should companies be preparing for the next stage of business messaging? Taken from the new MEF Future of Messaging Guide 2020, we spoke to Jeff Bak, VP of Cloud Messaging Product Management at Syniverse, about what the future holds for business messaging and its users.

MEFJuly 29, 2020

Connectivity & Wholesale Interviews

Securing global IoT connectivity – Dawood Ghalaieny, CEO ZARIOT

ZARIOT is a new independent company providing secure SIM cards for the IoT connectivity needs of global enterprises. MEFTV Spoke to the CEO Dawood Ghalaieny about the new business. Dawood sees the ‘connected chaos’ in IoT as manufacturers are placing SIM cards in a wide range of devices with little…

MEFJuly 28, 2020

MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member News round-up, July 27th

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Global cloud communications software and solutions provider IMImobile PLC, announced that Mercedes-Benz India has integrated WhatsApp Business as part of its customer communications strategy. Mercedes-Benz now uses WhatsApp to

MEFJuly 27, 2020

Messaging Channels

MEF’s latest guide charts the evolution of business messaging

MEF’s features editor Tim Green has been speaking to members and buyers about the evolution of business messaging. The result? A comprehensive guide to the Future of Messaging. Published in association with Syniverse, here MEF’s Future of Messaging Programme Lead Joanne Lacey shares a summary to the guide which covers…

MEFJuly 24, 2020

News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up, July 24th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Facebook Nears $650 Million Settlement Over Biometric Privacy, Google plans big Chrome update to reduce mobile data, Mobile Ad Tech Companies Try To Adapt To Likely Loss Of Apple’s IDFA and much more. The judge overseeing a…

MEFJuly 24, 2020

Content & Advertising Guest blog

Artificial Intelligence – Friend or foe?

Stein Hansen, founder and CEO of OpenSky Consulting, explores the state of artificial intelligence and the companies and stakeholders coming to grips with its countless applications. How will AI be used to enhance our daily lives and what risks does it pose when mishandled or abused?

MEFJuly 23, 2020

5 minutes with Interviews

5 minutes with… Telecoming

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, COO Roberto Monge shares an update on Telecoming. What are Telecoming’s main goals? After more than 12 years of expanding our activity on the mobile industry,…

MEFJuly 22, 2020