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Weekly mobile news round-up 29th July

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. smartphone numbers return to growth, Europe heading cash free, global mobile gaming benefits from the Pokemon effect and much more. During the second quarter of 2016, smartphone shipments saw a modest return to growth after a first…
Sam Hill
July 29, 2016
Opinions

The nightmare of getting the shopping in

After 10 years, m-commerce sites should be easy to use. If you think they are, find a nearby octogenarian and try online shopping with them... Have you ever stopped to think about what it might be like to be over 80 and trying to use the internet? Maybe you ARE…
Tim Green
July 28, 2016
MEF Asia

Connecting the mobile first: Syniverse in China

In our Spotlight interview, we learned how Syniverse approaches security and privacy in the brand/consumer relationship globally. But how does the global transaction processor approach doing business in the uniquely challenging Chinese market? We spoke with Dave Ratner, President of Enterprise Solutions during GMIC Beijing about Syniverse’ business in China…
Sam Hill
July 27, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news: July 25

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Indonesia’s financial institutions and retailers can easily accept EMV, NFC and bill payments thanks to Wirecard and Ingenico’s POS terminal partnership.
Sam Hill
July 25, 2016
News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up 22nd July

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Japan buys ARM for $32 billion, Apple is making billions from Pokemon Go, China's gamers are spending more on iOS than Americans, and much more. Japan's Softbank has agreed to acquire ARM Holdings, the giant U.K. semiconductor…
MEF
July 22, 2016
Opinions

Would you like an app with your pint?

Why should a bar owner take a punt on your mobile payment app if no customers are using it? A knotty problem. But still the startups come. Tim Green ponders a very overcrowded market… I got a sobering email this week. It was from DropletPay, a British startup with an…
Tim Green
July 21, 2016
InterviewsVAS

Spotlight on: Nazara

Nazara is targeting India's hundreds of millions of gamers with popular local IP and the best global brands. But it also has ambitious global plans. In our continuing Executive Interview series, Chirag Shah, Head of India and APAC business at Nazara, explained all to MEF Minute... A few weeks ago,…
MEF
July 20, 2016
Privacy

Consumer trust: real risks, richer rewards

MEF’s recent Consumer Trust Summit in San Francisco saw mobile privacy experts and regulators from the US and Europe gather to discuss the issues of privacy and security in mobile. Over the coming weeks we will be sharing a series of podcasts and in-depth analysis on the issues discussed. Here…
Sam Hill
July 19, 2016
Stats Roundup

Stats special: global messaging apps – part 2

In part one of our guide to ‘OTT apps' we laid out the stats behind how messenger apps are changing the way the world communicates – and re-shaping the mobile market in the process. Now as part of MEF’s Future of Messaging programme, we take a closer look at each…
Sam Hill
July 19, 2016
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