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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
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 22nd 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 Why the U.S. Lags the World in Mobile Payments Time When Apple announced…
Sam Hill
September 26, 2014
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Finalists announced for 11th Annual Meffys

MEF today revealed the finalists for the 11th annual Meffys – the international awards for measuring success and rewarding innovation across the mobile ecosystem. The awards this year attracted over 250 entries from 30 countries across the 13 award categories, which includes new categories for mHealth, Mobile Education and Big Data. They are…
Sam Hill
September 24, 2014
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 15th 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 Feds officially kick off campaign to nail COPPA violators. Here’s why you should…
Sam Hill
September 19, 2014
Analytics

Be Prepared for NFC Marketing [Infographic]

Since the announcement that the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch will be adopting the technology, all eyes are on the energised role of Near Field Communication (NFC).  Last week we found out what the industry thought of Apple's first serious foray in to the NFC mobile payments space, here, mobile marketing…
Sam Hill
September 18, 2014
Analytics

How Nigerians use their mobile phones [Infographic]

CoCreation Hub, Nigeria’s first "open living lab and pre-incubation space", has released this, the second in its infographic series looking at  how Nigerians use their mobiles, this time focusing on working professionals. 39.3% of the sample use their phones to access the mobile web - the most popular usage - and…
Sam Hill
September 12, 2014
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