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Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: 21 December

How many us will be using the mobile internet next year? What's the value of mobile location based services? How will wearables impact the payment space? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats round up…
Tim Banks
December 21, 2015
News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up: 18 December

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week… Banking’s “Uber moment” is already happening, Google & Facebook fight it out for internet supremacy in India, Whatsapp suspension lifted in Brazil plus much more.
Sam Hill
December 18, 2015
Privacy

Big data, the internet of things and consumer trust

At the inaugural European Consumer Trust Summit recently held in London, industry experts, regulators and startups gathered to discuss the issues surrounding consumer trust in mobile and how best to build trust in the mobile platform. MEFTV met keynote speaker Amit Pau, MD of Ariadne Capital about the day's discussions,…
Sam Hill
December 17, 2015
Opinions

Walmart v Apple? It’s not that simple…

What’s an in-app mobile payment? What’s an in-store mobile payment? In future, they may be the same thing, says Tim Green. Sometimes, when people are very nice to me - or offer me money - I give a little talk on mobile payment. I start by saying that mobile payment…
Sam Hill
December 17, 2015
5 minutes with

5 minutes with… Robosoft

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, MD & CEO, Rohith Bhat introduces Robosoft. Simply put, we empower businesses to succeed by crafting great mobility solutions. We partner with global corporations and hot…
Sam Hill
December 16, 2015
10 things

Retail focus: the current state of mobile retail in 10 statements

How important is click and collect? What’s happening with showrooming? Has the public embraced contactless? MEF Minute looks at how retail and mobile are intersecting in 2015...Mobile payments comprise over a quarter of global online payments Stats from Dutch payments processor Adyen say mobile’s total share of online payments is…
Sam Hill
December 16, 2015
m-commerce

Infographic: mobile and social media are driving retail

Mobile is increasingly a central strand in any retail strategy. Far beyond simply providing an app or mobile website, savvy retailers are bringing together mobile offers, loyalty programmes and location services with social media. Understanding how mobile and social go hand-in-hand is explored in more depth in this infographic from…
Tim Banks
December 15, 2015
Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: 14 December

Singapore leads the world in smartphone adoption, how many wearables will be in use in 2016, in-store payments in the US for Black Friday. All this, plus many more mobile related reports and data points in this week’s MEF market stats round up… Tech-centric Singapore has the highest smartphone ownership…
Sam Hill
December 14, 2015
AfricaGuest blog

Understanding the digital content mix in Africa

Africa is a mobile first continent. In many of its constituent countries its also experiencing the roll-out of faster mobile networks and, alongside the critical mass of feature phones, an increasing availability of cheaper smartphones. As a consequence, digital content providers and stores are gearing up to maximize the pan-African…
MEF
December 14, 2015
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