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Global telco players gear up for 15th Asian Carriers Conference

MEF is delighted to be supporting the 2019 Asian Carriers Conference (ACC), held from September 3 to 6, 2019 in Cebu, the Philippines. The ACC has taken a significant role in redefining and evolving the telecom landscape, especially for the carrier and wholesale business. ACC is marking its 15th year…

MEFAugust 23, 2019

Mobile Content Opinions Wireless Infrastructure

MWC Shangai 2019: The new digital economy will drive private networks

In his final post from MWC Shanghai Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights, discusses the role of private networks in the new digital economy and why 5G will allow for the deployment of truly private enterprise networks. As 5G is rolled out across Chinese cities, the…

MEFAugust 7, 2019

Internet of Things Mobile Content Wireless Infrastructure

MWC Shangai: 8 5G Innovations from China

Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights, continues his series of posts from MWC Shanghai, here sharing 8 key use case examples of 5G innovations from the show, and discusses why China is ahead of the curve when it comes to 5G deployments.

MEFJuly 25, 2019

Internet of Things Mobile Content Opinions Wireless Infrastructure

MWC Shangai – 5G is in China, and it will be big

Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights, shares impressions from MWC Shanghai on the momentum of 5G in the Chinese market, and concludes that the hype is real. In a previous post about the flagship MWC event in Barcelona, I had opined that it was impossible to leave…

MEFJuly 19, 2019

Industry Views Personal Data Regulation

Industry views: GDPR one year on

This Saturday the 25th of May marks one year since the launch of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation which introduced new rules for how businesses handle consumer's personal data. We asked MEF Members from across the mobile value chain to share their thoughts on GDPR's first year; how has…

MEFMay 23, 2019

Carrier Billing Executive Insights Interviews Music

Executive Insights: Carrier Billing Global Outlook and Opportunities – Guillermo Escofet, Ovum

In the first of an exclusive new video series supported by Bango, we examine the state of the carrier billing market. Here, Guillermo Escofet, principal analyst at Ovum, gives an overview of the space and explains its rapid growth since 2014… Carrier billing is on a tear. After a period…

MEFNovember 30, 2017

Mobile Advertising

Marketing automation: a market to grow more and more

Ubiquity assesses the growing role of mobile marketing automation as their new white paper explores how the tech and digital transformation will disrupt relationships between customers and enterprises. Estimates are constantly trending upwards: the marketing automation software market is set for for significant increases. According to recent research from Grand…

MEFSeptember 28, 2017

Opinions

Scan do: The rise and fall and (possible) rise of QR codes

For a decade, the QR code was the 'nearly' tech. But then WeChat came along. Chinese consumers re-invented the QR code for making payments. Now, the world's 'EMV' card giants have made a big commitment to the tech, as Tim Green explains... Back in the days when I was pretending…

Tim GreenAugust 31, 2017

Enterprise Communications Opinions

Amazon thinks there are not enough messaging apps in the world. Why?

Amazon is launching a messaging app. Or so the rumours say. So why would the world’s ‘spoiled for choice’ consumers go shopping at Amazon for a chat app? Tim Green has a think… Last month, news surfaced that Amazon might be developing its own messaging app called Anytime. Why ‘might…

Tim GreenAugust 10, 2017

Enterprise Communications Opinions

Chat app wars: Apple turned iMessage into a business platform

You probably read about Apple’s new augmented reality platform and its HomePod music speaker. You may know less about Business Chat. But Apple’s move to open up iMessage for customer care and shopping is a pretty big deal, says Tim Green… As many MEF members know, messaging is right at…

Tim GreenJuly 12, 2017

Global telco players gear up for 15th Asian Carriers Conference

MWC Shangai 2019: The new digital economy will drive private networks

MWC Shangai: 8 5G Innovations from China

MWC Shangai – 5G is in China, and it will be big

Executive Insights: Carrier Billing Global Outlook and Opportunities – Guillermo Escofet, Ovum

Marketing automation: a market to grow more and more

Scan do: The rise and fall and (possible) rise of QR codes

Amazon thinks there are not enough messaging apps in the world. Why?

Chat app wars: Apple turned iMessage into a business platform

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