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Global News Roundup, December 20th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Facebook is building its own operating system, location tracking privacy exposé, Ofcom to ban selling ‘Locked’ phones and much more… Facebook doesn’t want its hardware like Oculus or its augmented reality glasses to be at the mercy…

MEFDecember 20, 2019

Enterprise Communications

WhatsApp will sue businesses for abusing bulk messaging

This month saw a change to the terms of use for WhatsApp come into effect with a threat of legal action for those using the app for non-personal reasons. Reported by The Next Web, WhatsApp will stop users that intend to send ‘bulk messages’ for commercial use instead of personal…

Joanne LaceyDecember 19, 2019

Enterprise Communications

Download: The Impact of Fraud on A2P SMS Monetisation

At Messaging & SMS World this year, Chief Industry Analyst Nick Lane previewed the findings of a study commissioned by MEF to look at the impact of fraud on A2P SMS. The report launches today. Download now and watch MEF members Itouch Messaging, Telenor, SMS Highway and WMC Global discuss…

MEFDecember 18, 2019

Africa Enterprise Communications

How do you tackle messaging fraud in South Africa? Together

Last month MEF held a workshop in Cape Town to discuss how to tackle consumer fraud in business messaging. An open invite from MEF members to the banks and mobile network operators in South Africa brought together 3 of the 4 networks, the banks, local associations WASPA and SABRIC to…

Joanne LaceyDecember 17, 2019

MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member News, December 16th

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… DCB to dominate VAS market payments and see $5bn growth by 2023, telemedia study reveals - As a payment mechanic, DCB now dominates the VAS market, accounting for 62% of total…

MEFDecember 16, 2019

News Roundup

Global Mobile News, December 13th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. US Senators Introduce New COPRA Digital Privacy Act, Australia moves to clamp down on digital platforms, IoT and blockchain integration is booming among US businesses and much more. In the United States, it’s now looking more and…

MEFDecember 13, 2019

Enterprise Communications Guest blog Mobile Advertising

Consumers are 35x more likely to open mobile messages than emails

Sinch’s latest research report: Mobile Consumer Engagement 2020 highlighted that not only do consumers welcome many different kinds of personalized mobile messages from businesses, but also that they’re 35x more likely to open them than emails. Yet despite this, businesses have been slow on the uptake and are not providing…

MEFDecember 12, 2019

Mobile Advertising Mobile Payments

MAD//Fest: Digital-only banks prepare for the mainstream

More than 4,000 digital marketing execs crammed into a former brewery in East London for the sell-out MAD//Fest conference. Many tuned into a special MEF session: Conversational Commerce: A Two Way Street. Tim Green was there… Millions of people have opened accounts with new mobile-focused banks. But most of them…

MEFDecember 11, 2019

Africa Mobile Payments

Nigeria: the rise of Fintech in Africa

Returning from a series of events in Africa, MEF CEO, Dario Betti, reports on the growing Fintech companies in the continent. Investment is flowing on African mobile payment solutions. Development in Fintech is progressing fast with new companies such as Opay, Interswitch and PalmPay emerging next to M-Pesa as the…

MEFDecember 10, 2019

MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member news roundup, December 9th

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Consumers Pick Up the Phone When They Have Trusted Information About the Businesses Calling Them Currently, over 75% of calls are left unanswered when the call comes from an unidentified or…

MEFDecember 9, 2019

Global News Roundup, December 20th

WhatsApp will sue businesses for abusing bulk messaging

Download: The Impact of Fraud on A2P SMS Monetisation

How do you tackle messaging fraud in South Africa? Together

MEF Member News, December 16th

Global Mobile News, December 13th

Consumers are 35x more likely to open mobile messages than emails

MAD//Fest: Digital-only banks prepare for the mainstream

Nigeria: the rise of Fintech in Africa

MEF Member news roundup, December 9th

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