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A mobile commerce revolution: carrier billing

MEF Member Neomobile highlight everything you need to know about direct carrier billing in this guest post from CEO Gianluca D'Agostino, as well as sharing their latest infographic on how and why your business should be leveraging DCB to monetize apps and content in emerging and developed markets around the globe. The…
Sam Hill
October 10, 2014
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 6th October 2014

Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news, the latest market insight & data nuggets, the Global News Round-up offers an instant international mobile content and commerce snapshot.  Global News Stories Facebook working on mobile payments using Messenger, leak reveals Guardian Facebook’s plans for…
Sam Hill
October 10, 2014
Guest blog

Apple’s focus on security could be the holy grail of NFC

MEF members and industry experts have all weighed in on the potential of Apple's new payment system, unveiled last month in San Francisco, and most agree that the platform with some of the biggest names in finance behind it, could be a game changer. Here, MEF Chairman Andrew Bud expands…
Sam Hill
October 7, 2014
Guest blogMEF Middle East

Dubai to Host Second GSMA Mobile 360 Series – Middle East

As Gitex Technology Week fast approaches, and in addition to hosting our own MEF Connects Dubai on the 14th of October, MEF is supporting the GSMA's second annual Mobile 360 Series - Middle East event to be held in Dubai. Here, Chief Marketing Officer, Michael O’Hara discusses the ever-increasing impact and importance of mobile technology in these exciting growth markets. In…
Sam Hill
October 3, 2014
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 29th September 2014

Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news, the latest market insight & data nuggets, the Global News Round-up offers an instant international mobile content and commerce snapshot.  Global News Stories Are Cash Stakes for Mobile Games a Potential Game Changer? WSJ Want to…
Sam Hill
October 3, 2014
Analytics

Still top dog in mobile payments: Direct Carrier Billing [Infographic]

With all the excitement in mobile payments focusing on NFC and mobile wallets, you might be forgiven for overlooking the most popular kind of mobile payment globally - direct carrier or operator billing. In this infographic, Amdocs puts things in perspective, highlighting the dominance of the payment channel such as…
Sam Hill
September 30, 2014
Guest blog

Can the Apple Watch wind up the wearables market?

The Apple Watch  marks the first new product from Apple under CEO Tim Cook and as Apple's track record for re-energising established markets shows, could be the product to make wearable technology commonplace. Below, MEF Chairman Andrew Bud discusses the implications it may pose for the industry, and the hurdles Apple…
Sam Hill
September 26, 2014
MEF