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Meffys 2015 Finalist Profiles: Innovation in Education
After record entries from over 30 countries and scrutiny by an independent panel of judges consisting of over 40 journalists, analysts, accelerators and VCs from around the globe, the 2015 Meffys finalists have been revealed. The ultimate winners will be announced on October 19th 2015 in at a … Read More...
The MEF Guide To… Virtual Reality
This week, MEF Minute kicks of a new series, The MEF Guide To... giving you an essential primer on the technologies set to make an impact on the mobile ecosystem. This week the subject is virtual reality. There’s no doubt about it: virtual reality is the technology of the year. And the year is … Read More...
Smartphones in mobile-first markets: it’s complicated
It’s one of the great truisms of the mobile industry: smartphone ownership is rocketing in developing markets. But is it true? Well, kind of but not really. At least according to the operator panel convened at the MEF Global Forum for Mobile First Markets earlier this summer. The event in Bangalore brought together Vodafone India’s Prakash Sayini, Turkcell’s Tahsin Akar, Ooredoo’s Thomas Chevanne and … Read More...
MEF Connects Nigeria – a view from the floor
Managing Director for Africa & Chief Communications Officer of Basebone James McNab shares his account of the recent MEF Connects Nigeria, held during Mobile West Africa 2015. Nigeria is well documented as a rapidly growing economy and no more so in the mobile sector. MEF’s recent Global Consumer Survey showed Nigerian consumers see their device as an essential part of everyday life with bookings, scanning … Read More...
MEF Members elect new North and Latin America Boards
MEF, has announced the results of its 2014 North America and LatAm board elections for the 2015/2016 term. In total ten new regional Board Directors were elected by MEF members during second annual MEF Global Forum in Silicon Valley. Each Board member will contribute to the direction of MEF, helping the organization to champion initiatives around mobile money, consumer trust, innovation and monetization across the … Read More...
Interview: how Ola is building an ‘Uber for India’
All over the world, ride-sharing apps are taking on powerful local taxi businesses. But in India, the situation is a little different: there are hardly any local firms to take on. So the challenge is more about establishing a market in the first place. Mumbai-based Ola Cabs is leading the charge. Anand Subramanian, director of marketing communications at Ola was interviewed by Shradha Sharma of YourStory Media during … Read More...
Report: Super Malls & Market stalls – Mobile retail usage in the Middle East
Last week was GITEX technology week, and MEF Member OnDevice Research has released a timely look at the role of mcommerce in the Middle East. It finds that, among many other observations, a massive 90% of mobile internet users in Saudi Arabia and UAE have used their phone while in store to research products and prices. Check out the rest of the findings and the full report below in this guest post from the … Read More...
MEF Connects São Paulo in pictures
Last month in Brazil, MEF hosted its largest event to date in Latin America: MEF Connects São Paulo during Tela Viva Móvel, this year supported by Mozilla, TIMWE, Digital Virgo, AVG, Terra Networks and Easy Taxi. Ricardo Bastos, MEF LatAm GM shares his impressions and photos from the evening. Almost 200 senior executives from more than 80 companies representing the mobile ecosystem in Latin America got together for … Read More...
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Meffys 2015 Finalist Profiles: Innovation in Business Model
After record entries from over 30 countries and scrutiny by an independent panel of judges consisting of over 40 journalists, analysts, accelerators and VCs from around the globe, the 2015 Meffys finalists have been revealed. The ultimate winners will be announced on October 19th 2015 in at a … Read More...
Is it worth the hassle to work with telcos?
With the TC3 Summit, the annual meeting of global carriers and startups and vendors, just weeks away - Derek Kerton, Chairman of the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley examines the historically rocky relationship between startups and telcos, and asks the question, is forming a partnership worth the … Read More...
Mobile market stats round-up: September 14 – 21
Every week, MEF Minute scours the web for the most relevant industry data so you don’t have to. Today we take a look at the future of enterprise messaging, the mHealth market, the continued rise of the mobile camera, location based services and more... Enterprise messaging will generate $70.32bn in … Read More...
Meffys 2015 Finalist Profiles: Innovation in Apps
After record entries from over 30 countries and scrutiny by an independent panel of judges consisting of over 40 journalists, analysts, accelerators and VCs from around the globe, the 2015 Meffys finalists have been revealed. The ultimate winners will be announced on October 19th 2015 in at a … Read More...
5 Minutes with… Humley
In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Michael Tomlins, CEO, introduces Infomedia Group subsidiary, Humley. What does your company do? Humley develops solutions designed to deploy diverse … Read More...
Global Mobile News Round-up – Week 7th September
The latest offerings from Apple, mobile in South Africa, Britain is dominating Euro Fintech, Twitter users in Indonesia can buy mobile minutes & data plus all the week's global mobile stories... Each week the MEF team curates mobile stories from around the world. Essential news you may have … Read More...
Future of TV? It’s the UI, stupid
Everyone’s trying to offer us new things to watch on TV. Great, but how about giving us a better way to find it, says Tim Green. And he thinks the mobile might be the answer... At home my TV offers me an array of special treats. Here’s what I can do: Browse the thousands of free TV and movie … Read More...
Finalists announced for 12th Annual Meffys
It's here! Finally. After record entries from over 30 countries and extensive judging by the independent panel of judges consisting of over 40 journalists, analysts, accelerators and VCs from around the globe, MEF Minute can exclusively unveil the finalists of the 2015 Meffys. The ultimate … Read More...
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