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#MWC16 highlights: Views from the show floor

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.
Sam Hill
March 3, 2016
Country FocusMEF Asia

Country focus: China’s mobile market in 13 stats

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…
MEF
March 2, 2016
Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round up: March 1st

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…
Sam Hill
March 1, 2016
Mobile Payments

Mobile is disrupting financial services [infographic]

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.
Sam Hill
March 1, 2016
MEF Connects MWC

MEF Connects MWC 2016 in pictures

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…
Sam Hill
February 29, 2016
Guest blog

The Barclays Accelerator: Meet the Start ups

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…
Sam Hill
February 29, 2016
Opinions

All of MWC 2016 shrunk into 15 takeaways

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...
Tim Green
February 25, 2016
News Roundup

MWC news round-up: Day 3

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.
Tim Banks
February 25, 2016
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