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Mobile Market Stats Roundup: 26 October

Men out-shop women on Wechat, Samsung Pay tops 1m users in South Korean & 68% of people are yet to use any kind of mobile financial services.. All this and many more mobile data points in this week’s MEF market stats round up… It seems male shoppers on WeChat spend…
Sam Hill
October 26, 2015
Meffys

Meffys 2015 in pictures

Check out a selection of photos from the 12th annual Meffys, rewarding innovation across the mobile ecosystem. The awards, supported by F-Secure and Mozilla, took place at a sell-out gala ceremony this week in London at the Rosewood Hotel. Guests were treated to a glittering drinks reception and a superb…
Sam Hill
October 23, 2015
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Roundup

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Apple removes 250 privacy infringing apps from the app store, fingerprint scanners are now "essential", Facebook fights for free internet in India and Microsoft mobile payments are "coming Soon" plus much more. Apple has removed 250 apps…
Sam Hill
October 23, 2015
Guest blog

A world without losers

If we can put GPS-enabled tags on objects, we may never lose anything again. Tim Green ponders a future in which he never misplaces his glasses. I want you to do a thought experiment. If you’re over 30, it might be easier for you. It starts with a question: who’s…
Sam Hill
October 22, 2015
DCB growthSector focusVAS

From A to B via NFC, DCB, SMS…

This week in our sector focus, MEF Minute takes a brief tour around the world of travel and mobile ticketing. Until the moment Uber completely takes over the world, the daily reality for most regular commuters is public transport. And that reality is not always a pleasant one. For the…
Sam Hill
October 21, 2015
Mobile PaymentsRegulation

The global mobile money landscape update

The mobile money landscape continues to grow in every direction finding new ways to add convenience to the routine business of transactions, whether that be purchasing an app  (or purchasing something within an app), transferring money to relatives or friends or splitting and paying a restaurant bill. What's interesting is…
Tim Banks
October 21, 2015
Meffys

MEF unveils winners for the 12th annual Meffys Awards in London

Mobile Ecosystem Forum, has announced the 15 winners of its 12th annual Meffys – the international awards for measuring commercial success and rewarding innovation across the mobile ecosystem. The awards, supported by F-Secure and Mozilla, took place at a sell-out gala ceremony in London at the Rosewood Hotel, hosted by…
Tim Banks
October 20, 2015
Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: 19 October

US millenials bank by selfie.. Tablet e-commerce losing out to smarthphones again.. study identifies mobile gamer drop off rate + Netflix add 3.62 new subscribers thanks to mobile... All this and more mobile related stats and data in this week’s MEF market stats round up…A new study by Mitek and…
Sam Hill
October 19, 2015
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