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Covid-19 puts IoT security firmly in the spotlight

MEF IoT Advisor Andrew Parkin-White explores the issues surrounding IoT security and how the Covid-19 virus will affect its development. With our members, MEF has been exploring IoT security and how it is key to growing the overall IoT ecosystem. The question is therefore, will IoT security become more of…

MEFJuly 9, 2020

Content & Advertising MEF Data Payments & Commerce

MEF Data: Mobile Delivery Services – Taxi and food globally

Get key insights from MEF’s 6th Global Smartphone User Survey – this week, looking at Mobile Fitness Apps. The promising market for health applications on smartphones has seen little growth (the survey did not include Covid-19 pandemic period). Tracing applications as well as other medical apps will possibly bring back…

MEFJuly 8, 2020

Guest blog Payments & Commerce

The death of cash: greatly exaggerated?

In this guest post, fintech and digital finance specialists Mondato explore the role of cash in a post-COVID 19 society – does the pandemic spell the end of ‘traditional’ payments already under pressure from the growing digital payment sector? The death of cash has been foretold for years. Among other…

MEFJuly 7, 2020

Opinion Payments & Commerce

Zimbabwe blocks mobile money

MEF CEO Dario Betti comments on news that the Zimbabwean government is stopping mobile payment services across the country. The assessment touches on the impact on one of the most developed mobile money markets in the world and provides lessons for the entire industry. The Ministry of Information of Zimbabwe…

MEFJuly 7, 2020

MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member News Round-up, July 6th

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news…OpenMarket, a global mobile messaging company, has launched indigo, a new type of mobile engagement platform designed to help businesses more easily and effectively communicate with their customers and employees. The cloud-based…

MEFJuly 6, 2020

News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up, July 3rd

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world.This week..India bans TikTok, WeChat and dozens more Chinese apps, vulnerability in some bitcoin wallets leads to double spend attacks, Zimbabwe moves to suspend mobile payments and much more. India’s government has banned TikTok and dozens more Chinese-made apps it…

MEFJuly 3, 2020

Connectivity & Wholesale Interviews

Covid-19 may reduce short term IoT revenues but will it create new opportunities?

Before the virus had an impact globally, we were seeing growth in IoT of up to 20% per year. Enterprises could see the clear value of IoT applications and adoption was on the increase. There was significant market potential and a high degree of confidence that 25m global IoT connections…

MEFJuly 2, 2020

MEF Webinars & Workshops

Artificial Intelligence – a changing regulatory landscape

Rafael Pellon, MEF LatAm advisor and partner at Pellon de Lima Advogados shares insights from a recent webinar where Artificial Intelligence experts discussed the changing regulatory landscape around AI and what governments and regulators need to do to keep ahead, or even to keep up, with the technology. During such…

MEFJuly 2, 2020

Messaging Channels

The strength of the Messaging Ecosystem at MEF

Last week, MEF’s Future of Messaging Programme launched its Securing A2P SMS Business Messaging Whitepaper developed by members of its Fraud & Security Working Group. The comprehensive guide makes best practice recommendations when using SMS for Two Factor Authentication and provides practical use cases. The working group was led by…

MEFJuly 1, 2020

ID & Data

Why Marketers Need To Talk About Identity Resolution Right Now

Founder & CPO of Zeotap Projjol Banerjea discusses the challenges facing the digital marketing industry in the wake of the Covid -19 pandemic, and explores how brands can use this time to re-assess their marketing strategies and plan for a new digital marketing landscape, with new data privacy regulatory norms.…

MEFJune 30, 2020