Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Apple vs FBI latest, smartphone revenue growth stalls in Q4 2015, Google pilots hands free payments and much more.
During Mobile World Congress 2016 we asked MEF members for their insights into the most exciting developments on show in Barcelona. With a myriad of new handsets, technologies, VR headsets and connected devices to choose from, hear about some of the highlights and big themes from the showfloor.
China's mobile market is officially the biggest in the world - by pretty much any measure. It has more subscribers than any other country, downloads more apps and generates more revenue from these apps. The country also makes a growing share of the world's handsets, with firms like Xiaomi, Oppo…
Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), is today announcing the results of its 2016 EMEA and LatAm board elections which took place during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week. As mobile continues its reign to become the primary channel to engage and transact with consumers...
What’s behind the explosion in mobile P2P payments? How many operators offer ‘sign in with mobile’? How many advertisers does Instagram have? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round up…
Beyond money, mobile is disrupting the financial services sector. According to this infographic from technology services company Usablenet , consumers are increasingly habituated to performing all sorts of secondary tasks, from setting up insurance to paying bills and personal financial goal planning.
It’s over for another year! Check out the photos from the 14th MEF Connects MWC in association with American Express. The legendary international networking event welcomed members and industry guests from over 40 countries at a fantastic new venue, La Cupula, situated on the top level of Barcelona’s iconic former…
Last month 10 financial technology companies joined the new cohort of the Barclays Accelerator (London) Programme in partnership with Techstars. MEF members will have the opportunity to meet the start-ups at the 2nd Innovation Meetup to be hosted at Rise London on 30th March – see a preview of the…
VR is great to use but tough to sell. No one cares about watches. You can shove the new wearable idea in your ear. Phones have a problem – they're too awesome. Tim Green went to MWC16 and he's boiled down four days of noise into 15 easily digestible nuggets...
Here's all the news announcements from Day 3 at Mobile World Congress. Today, biometric firm demo's the fallibility of smartphone fingerprint scanners using plasticine, Fiat Chrysler brings AR to its marketing, Xiomi unveils Mi5, Visa Ready programme extends to more connected devices and much more.