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MEF USA Keynote: A new Approach to Messaging Regulation – with Ajit Pai

At MEF CONNECTS USA this year the keynote address was delivered by former chairman of the FCC Ajit Pai, who spoke at length with TJ Thinakaran on his time at the FCC, digital divides, net neutrality and the history of regulation around digital services in the US. The whole of…

MEFNovember 16, 2022

Content & Advertising MEF Webinars & Workshops

MEF Africa Meet Up & Roundtable

MEF Advisor Ross Flynn share an overview from the recent MEF events in Cape Town, held during the annual AfricaCom event which returned to an in-person conference for the first time in two years. AfricaCom, the Africa Tech Festival, is the largest digital infrastructure event in Africa and after years…

MEFNovember 15, 2022

MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member news round-up, November 14th

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… The leading global provider of mobile authentication, user verification and fraud prevention solutions, IPification, has just been ISO/IEC 27001 certified by the International Organization for Standardization. This certificate further adds to…

MEFNovember 14, 2022

News Roundup

Global Mobile News round-up, November 11th

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. Stories this week include… Can an $8 Twitter subscription bail out Elon Musk? TikTok Users Are Bleeding Data, Survey finds UAE e-Commerce Highly Dependent on Mobile and much more… Elon Musk needs to make money…and fast. And he’s eyeing…

MEFNovember 11, 2022

MEF Webinars & Workshops

MEF CONNECTS USA review – Trends in North American Business Messaging

The messaging industry met in Las Vegas for MEF CONNECTS USA and it turns out there is a big agenda emerging from fraud prevention, the future of RCS and OTT messages, the revival of MMS and SMS, and the overall regulatory framework for messaging. Join TJ. and Dario for a…

MEFNovember 10, 2022

Content & Advertising Messaging Channels

How mobile operators can become enablers for personalized marketing in a post-cookie world

The way marketers can use mobile for safe, personalised, targeted advertising is changing fast. In this guest post, Jair Santiago, Mobile Identity Director at Upstream shares details of their new white paper which explores how to stay ahead of the game. The mobile marketing industry is in a state of…

MEFNovember 10, 2022

Event Roundup

MEF Meetup & Roundtable South Africa – in pictures

MEF Members are gathered in Cape Town this week for AfricaCom, and for a trio of MEF events, including networking meetups and a full day of expert guest speakers and panels at the MEF Roundtable. The Roundtable event will be available to watch online soon – we’ll take a closer…

MEFNovember 9, 2022

Messaging Channels

The 17c text message – and all the other A2P problems we need to fix

In some parts of the world A2P pricing is out of control. As a result, the industry’s biggest customers are starting to weigh up the alternatives. What can be done to stop this short-term profiteering? MEF invited three experts to share their views… As the classic ballad says…”You always hurt…

MEFNovember 8, 2022

MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member news round-up, November 7th

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Enterprises deploying private networks set to benefit from software agent to automate IoT SIM and eSIM connectivity into and out of their network. International connectivity and global IoT enabler BICS has…

MEFNovember 7, 2022

MEF Webinars & Workshops Messaging Channels

Does RCS need Apple?

Michael Power, Founder & CEO of Engage Mobile and Doug Makishima, CSMO of Summit Tech discuss the importance of interoperability across messaging platforms, and ask a fundamental question regarding RCS – does it need Apple to get on board in order to succeed..? The short answer is No. Controversial? Great,…

MEFNovember 4, 2022