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The Mobile Data Crunch [Infographic]

Watching a video on Smartphone carries the same network burden as sending 500,000 text messages, that's according to this infographic from network infrastructure provider, CommScope.   Demands on mobile networks are reaching a crunch point as consumer's appetite for mobile social media, HD video content and apps are driving the rapid growth…
Sam Hill
May 22, 2014
Guest blogVAS

Disruption and Innovation in mobile – an expert panel’s view

Steven Ambrose, CEO of Strategy Worx Consulting, reflects on how new mobile technologies have disrupted business models, market economies and even human society. A useful starting point for MEF’s latest webinar - on disruption and innovation in the mobile market – was to look at it from the perspective of challengers versus…
Sam Hill
May 20, 2014
Industry Views

Has the iPad peaked? Industry Views

Apple’s recently announced Q2 2014 earnings broke all previous company records with growth across all product lines in all markets – all apart from the iPad. The company sold 16.4 million units in the quarter – a 16% drop from 19.5m units in the same quarter 2013. The problem? Customers…
Sam Hill
May 19, 2014
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 12th May 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 Yahoo Acquires Self-Destructing Messaging App Blink, Which Will Soon Disappear TechCrunch Blink, a…
Sam Hill
May 16, 2014
5 minutes with

5 minutes with… RealNetworks Mobile Entertainment

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week Max Pellegrini, President of Mobile Entertainment at RealNetworks and MEF North America Board member introduces their Mobile Entertainment Division. What does RealNetworks’ Mobile Entertainment division do? RealNetworks creates products and services that make…
Sam Hill
May 15, 2014
Guest blog

New Mobile Ecosystems – Mobile 3.0

The global mobile industry today consists of a complex series of dynamic, interrelated ecosystems.  It’s becoming an ecosystem of ecosystems. MEF Global Chairman Andrew Bud discusses this new phase in mobile's evolution - dubbed Mobile 3.0 - and outlines the opportunities and challenges facing the many new players coming into the industry…
Sam Hill
May 13, 2014
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 5th May 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 Britain's Biggest Retailer Is Launching A Smartphone Business Insider Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer,…
Sam Hill
May 9, 2014
Analytics

Mobile Shopping 2014: the rise of the omni-consumer [infographic]

Tablet shoppers are most active from 9:00 PM until midnight with 40 per cent of tablet owners making purchases as they wind down from work.  That's according to the latest analysis from the affiliate marketing network, Tradedoubler  in its report, Mobile Shopping Research (the rise of the omniconsumer). And it seems consumers are…
Tim Banks
May 8, 2014
5 minutes with

5 minutes with… Fortytwo Marketing

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week Elken Calleja, Head of Marketing introduces Fortytwo Marketing. What does Fortytwo Marketing  do? Fortytwo Marketing is in itself a start-up that was launched in 2013. Nevertheless since its…
Sam Hill
May 6, 2014
News Roundup

Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 28th April 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 Mobile payments system Paym goes into operation Guardian More than 360,000 people have…
Sam Hill
May 2, 2014
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