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Country focus: the Mexican mobile POS market

All over the world, mobile POS (mPOS) has made a significant impact on small and single outlet merchants. But there’s evidence to suggest that, among growth markets, Mexico has embraced the concept more enthusiastically than most...

MEFFebruary 24, 2016

News Roundup

MWC news round-up: Day 2

Here's the news from day two (Tuesday) at Mobile World Congress that will shift the mobile agenda throughout 2016. Cisco and Ericsson partner for 5G, Visa and Mastercard announce new ways to pay (including with your connected clothes or a selfie), BMW cars become moving relay stations to improve mobile…

Tim BanksFebruary 24, 2016

Industry Views Opinions Privacy

Industry views: Should Apple unlock iPhones for the security services?

Last week the FBI requested that Apple unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the killers in the December mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. We asked MEF members and the wider mobile community for their thoughts.

MEFFebruary 23, 2016

News Roundup

MWC news round-up: Day 1

This week the mobile world is at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Here we bring together the news stories from Day 1 that are shaping the mobile industry. Today, Samsung launches its waterproof S7 and S7 edge, Sony puts an AI assistant in your ear, LG goes modular with its…

Tim BanksFebruary 23, 2016

MEF LatAm Opinions Regulation VAS

The Brazilian miracle of the multiplication of SIM cards is over

Brazil loves mobile. The roll out of 4G networks and the increased adoption of smartphones are gathering pace in a country which in this Olympic year, is keen to show its maturity on the world stage. Here Fernando Paiva, Brazilian mobile industry journalist and editor of the daily news website Mobile Time discusses how…

MEFFebruary 22, 2016

Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: Feb 22

How big will the global mPOS market become? How do Apple Music's numbers compare with Spotify's? How much money is moving around the Venmo P2P payments app? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round up…

MEFFebruary 22, 2016

News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up: 19 February 2016

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Apple takes on FBI over customers rights to privacy, $4 Indian smartphone set to launch, Mobile drives South African ecommerce boom and much more.

MEFFebruary 19, 2016

Regulation

Data regulation in the UK and Germany: a beginner’s guide

Data collection is a potential minefield for businesses looking to collect or monetise user's data. MEF Policy & Initiatives Advisor Simon Bates shares the key take aways from a new series of regional guides for businesses, and the regulatory issues around data collection.

MEFFebruary 18, 2016

Internet of Things Opinions

An accident waiting to happen? Thoughts on the ethics of driverless cars

Your autonomous car needs to avoid an accident. Does it swerve left towards two children or right towards 10 adults? Or does it keep going and risk killing you? Tim Green mulls over the moral quandaries of our driverless future...

Tim GreenFebruary 18, 2016

Country Focus MEF LatAm

Country focus: your guide to Mexico’s mobile market in 15 stats

This month, MEF Minute is posting a series of articles on Mexico. Here, we present an easy-to-digest introduction to one of the world's fastest growing and dynamic mobile markets. There's essential information on subscriber base, smartphones, 4G, operator shares, tablets and more...

MEFFebruary 17, 2016

Country focus: the Mexican mobile POS market

MWC news round-up: Day 2

Industry views: Should Apple unlock iPhones for the security services?

MWC news round-up: Day 1

The Brazilian miracle of the multiplication of SIM cards is over

Mobile market stats round-up: Feb 22

Global mobile news round-up: 19 February 2016

Data regulation in the UK and Germany: a beginner’s guide

An accident waiting to happen? Thoughts on the ethics of driverless cars

Country focus: your guide to Mexico’s mobile market in 15 stats

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