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

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…
Sam Hill
November 30, 2017
Reflections on Africa.com: how mobile-first Africa is putting itself in the picture Content & Advertising

Reflections on Africa.com: how mobile-first Africa is putting itself in the picture

Last week MEF and its African membership arrived in Cape Town for the 20th Africa.com conference. Here, MEF CEO Rimma Perelmuter, reflects on a week of uniquely African energy and optimism. On the Cape Town waterfront is the new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. This spectacular building – a…
Sam Hill
November 16, 2017
10 facts and stats on mobile content and services in Sub-Saharan Africa Content & AdvertisingGuest blog

10 facts and stats on mobile content and services in Sub-Saharan Africa

MEF Board Director, James McNab, Chief Liaison Officer, Basebone Group and Managing Director for Basebone Connects, here outlines 10 market stats and facts that explore the growth of the mobile ecosystem in the African continent. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for nearly a tenth of the global mobile subscriber base and is…
Sam Hill
October 10, 2017
MEF SESSION @ MWC: Data access models – 8 big talking points on sponsored data Connectivity & WholesaleContent & Advertising

MEF SESSION @ MWC: Data access models – 8 big talking points on sponsored data

Rewarding someone who watches a video ad with free data? Sounds like an interesting new ad format. This was one of the ideas to emerge from MEF’s session at MWC on new business models for monetising mobile access in emerging and developed markets. Here are the highlights… Sponsored data is…
Tim Green
March 28, 2017
UMG’s Ty Roberts: get ready for revolutionary new digital music products Content & AdvertisingInterviews

UMG’s Ty Roberts: get ready for revolutionary new digital music products

Ty Roberts is a Silicon Valley and record industry insider with a genuine love for both technology and music. Universal Music Group's first-ever CTO shared his thoughts about the technological future of music with MEF Minute... Ten years ago, when Sony Ericsson’s Walkman branded phones ruled the mobile music space,…
Tim Green
February 23, 2017
Africa’s mobile-first music scene: Antos Stella, Content Connect Africa Content & AdvertisingInterviews

Africa’s mobile-first music scene: Antos Stella, Content Connect Africa

There’s huge potential in Africa’s mobile-first music scene. But you need strong local knowledge to unlock it. So says Antos Stella, managing director of Content Connect Africa. In this exclusive interview for MEF Minute, she explains why she is so excited about the market… In the ‘mature markets’ of Europe…
Tim Green
January 4, 2017
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