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Why Google And Apple Want A Piece Of The Connected Car Pie

The Automotive industry is getting mobile. Connectivity that includes WiFi, in-car entertainment and access to traffic information as well as M2M features like car diagnostics is already a feature of high-end vehicles. What's interesting is how this market will be driven. On one hand, car manufacturers are increasingly bringing in…

Tim BanksSeptember 2, 2015

MEF Global MEF Global Forum

Smartphones in mobile-first markets: it’s complicated

It’s one of the great truisms of the mobile industry: smartphone ownership is rocketing in developing markets. But is it true? Well, kind of but not really. At least according to the operator panel convened at the MEF Global Forum for Mobile First Markets earlier this summer. The event in…

Tim GreenAugust 28, 2015

News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 24th August

Improving privacy policies post Spotify debacle, Yahoo woos mobile developers, Android Pay partner confusion, Amazon lays off hardware engineers, Facebook unveils messenger AI, China Mobile growth grinds to halt plus all the week's global news stories... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news you…

Sam HillAugust 28, 2015

Analytics MEF Middle East

40 per cent of mobile users in MENA buy apps: insights into the Middle East App economy

MEF Member On Device Research recently teamed up with ArabNet to take a look at the burgeoning App economy in the MENA region, and came up with some interesting insights. Managing Director MENA, Nader Kobeissi, presented the report's findings at the ArabNet Digital Summit in Dubai. Surveying smartphone users throughout…

MEFAugust 27, 2015

Mobile First Markets

Helping Users Build a Locally Relevant Web

The lowering cost of smartphones and cheaper data plans is fuelling the growth of mobile first markets - where the mobile device is the primary and often the only way of getting online for massive consumer segments. One company at the forefront of this undertaking is the Mozilla Foundation. Here…

Sam HillAugust 25, 2015

Analytics Guest blog

Path-To-Purchase: How Smartphones Are Disrupting Consumers’ Retail Journeys

A consumer’s journey, which was predictable and straightforward until a few years ago, has now become sketchy and complex. Driven by technology, the retail industry is undergoing a paradigm shift. The traditional, linear path-to-purchase is being replaced by the checkered path of the modern consumer whose purchase journey is across…

Sam HillAugust 21, 2015

News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 17th August

Mobile Money security fears, operators take on Whats app in LatAm, mobile taking the lead in payments, mobile now 30% of all US e-commerce, plus all the week's global news stories... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news you may have missed, the latest…

Sam HillAugust 21, 2015

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Interview: how Ola is building an ‘Uber for India’

All over the world, ride-sharing apps are taking on powerful local taxi businesses. But in India, the situation is a little different: there are hardly any local firms to take on. So the challenge is more about establishing a market in the first place. Mumbai-based Ola Cabs is leading the…

Tim BanksAugust 20, 2015

MEFTV Music

Interactive Entertainment in Mobile First Markets – MEFTV interviews Blippar & Deezer

Last month MEF hosted the inaugural MEF Global Forum Mobile First Markets in Bangalore, where members and delegates came together to discuss the mobile opportunity across South East Asia, Middle East, Africa and of course India. Here MEFTV speaks with two more of the speakers, Arnav Ghosh, Regional Director, India…

Sam HillAugust 19, 2015

News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 10th August

Google-bet, Blackberry BBM payments, the top 18 mobile unicorns are worth an average $9.3 bn and more global mobile stories... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news you may have missed, the latest market insight and data nuggets, the Global Mobile News Round-up offers an instant…

Tim BanksAugust 14, 2015

Why Google And Apple Want A Piece Of The Connected Car Pie

Smartphones in mobile-first markets: it’s complicated

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 24th August

40 per cent of mobile users in MENA buy apps: insights into the Middle East App economy

Helping Users Build a Locally Relevant Web

Path-To-Purchase: How Smartphones Are Disrupting Consumers’ Retail Journeys

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 17th August

Interview: how Ola is building an ‘Uber for India’

Interactive Entertainment in Mobile First Markets – MEFTV interviews Blippar & Deezer

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 10th August

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