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Country Focus Enterprise Communications Regulation

Brazil focus: the government’s on-off war with WhatsApp

Brazilian authorities have twice blocked access to WhatsApp, infuriating millions of app users. The issue illustrates the ongoing tension between the desire to protect personal privacy and also to pursue criminals. When nearly everyone has a mobile computer (smartphone) and a data connection and a messaging app, it means everyone…

MEFMay 19, 2016

Enterprise Communications

MEF launches new programme to tackle fraud and grow mobile messaging market

MEF has today published the A2P Messaging Fraud Framework – the first release from its new industry programme The Future of Messaging. It identifies 11 distinct fraud types that impact the global messaging business today. 25 companies have developed the Framework as part of a two-year programme launched in Q4…

MEFMay 17, 2016

Stats Roundup

Mobile market stats round-up: May 2

How fast can the 'application to person' messaging space grow? What happened to iPhone sales in the last quarter? Which two new smartphone brands have just entered the global top five? You’ll find the answers to these and many more mobile data related questions in this week’s MEF market stats…

MEFMay 3, 2016

Enterprise Communications Guest blog

Mobile messaging: don’t go grey, it doesn’t pay!

A2P messaging is big business, but operators are losing revenue to non-contracted "grey" routes. Here Rob Malcolm, SVP of Corporate Development at Mblox sheds light on the intricacies of SMS routing, and explains how grey routes can end up costing businesses significantly more than legitimate services.

MEFApril 20, 2016

Guest blog MEF Connects MWC

Diversity and engagement drive the new mobile ecosystem landscape

MEF CEO Rimma Perelmuter shares her insights from a busy 2016 Mobile World Congress where MEF hosted two key initiative workshops, annual elections for two chapter boards and the legendary MEF Connects MWC networking event.

MEFMarch 4, 2016

MEF EMEA MEF LatAm News Roundup VAS

Mobile Ecosystem Forum elects new EMEA and LatAm boards

Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), is today announcing the results of its 2016 EMEA and LatAm board elections which took place during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week. As mobile continues its reign to become the primary channel to engage and transact with consumers...

MEFMarch 2, 2016

Enterprise Communications Industry Views

Industry views: how will mobile messaging fare in 2016?

Mobile messaging is increasingly the cornerstone of business to consumer communications. Whether it’s to authenticate a user of a service, a notification or as part of a marketing push, messaging is often the mission critical part of a growing number of mobile consumer services. There are however threats to the…

Tim BanksJanuary 5, 2016

Opinions

Many happy returns SMS – the great survivor

Today is SMS’s birthday. To celebrate, Tim Green tries to convince us that the messaging medium resembles an old Hollywood character actor: grizzled but effective… SMS is a bit like the actor Robert Vaughn, isn’t it? You think surely it/he is dead - but no, there he is on Wikipedia.…

Tim GreenDecember 3, 2015

Africa Industry Views Music

Connecting the African mobile ecosystem

Last month, MEF hosted the fourth annual MEF Connects Africa during AfricaCom week in Cape Town, where MEF members and guests gathered to discuss the African mobile ecosystem an the opportunities and challenges it faces. We asked some of the attendees for their take on the mobile situation in Africa…

MEFDecember 1, 2015

News Roundup

Global Mobile News Roundup

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Apple removes 250 privacy infringing apps from the app store, fingerprint scanners are now "essential", Facebook fights for free internet in India and Microsoft mobile payments are "coming Soon" plus much more. Apple has removed 250 apps…

MEFOctober 23, 2015

Brazil focus: the government’s on-off war with WhatsApp

MEF launches new programme to tackle fraud and grow mobile messaging market

Mobile market stats round-up: May 2

Mobile messaging: don’t go grey, it doesn’t pay!

Diversity and engagement drive the new mobile ecosystem landscape

Mobile Ecosystem Forum elects new EMEA and LatAm boards

Industry views: how will mobile messaging fare in 2016?

Many happy returns SMS – the great survivor

Connecting the African mobile ecosystem

Global Mobile News Roundup

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