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New whitepaper: Business SMS, SIM Farms and the Data Protection Risk ID & DataInterviewsMessaging Channels

New whitepaper: Business SMS, SIM Farms and the Data Protection Risk

MEF’s Future of Messaging Programme was founded in 2015 to align best practices and sustain business messaging as a trusted channel for businesses to communicate with their customers. As new business communications channels evolve, SMS remains key thanks to its ubiquity. However, use of unauthorised routes such as SIM Farms…
Sam Hill
November 4, 2020
Covid-19 may reduce short term IoT revenues but will it create new opportunities? Connectivity & WholesaleInterviews

Covid-19 may reduce short term IoT revenues but will it create new opportunities?

Before the virus had an impact globally, we were seeing growth in IoT of up to 20% per year. Enterprises could see the clear value of IoT applications and adoption was on the increase. There was significant market potential and a high degree of confidence that 25m global IoT connections…
Sam Hill
July 2, 2020
Industry views: A collaborative approach to tackling Smishing InterviewsMessaging Channels

Industry views: A collaborative approach to tackling Smishing

MEF’s SMS SenderID Protection Registry helps identify and block fraudulent SMS texts, protecting consumers, legitimate businesses and organisations falling victim to text messaging scams. Known as ‘Smishing’ criminals send bogus texts which appear to come from a trusted sender. The Registry allows organisations to register the message headers used when…
Sam Hill
June 17, 2020
Industry views: COVID19 responses from the mobile ecosystem Content & AdvertisingInterviewsMessaging Channels

Industry views: COVID19 responses from the mobile ecosystem

The mobile ecosystem has been central to many of the innovations and creative solutions that have emerged in the last few weeks: not just in communications in keeping us connected but also in the essential sharing of information, entertainment, education, business and finance all now commonly managed at home from…
Sam Hill
April 9, 2020
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