MEFCast: The Global Telecom Agenda

Join host James Williams in a riveting session as we explore the current status, growth prospects, best practices, and future of A2P international and domestic messaging in the Middle East. Mariam Shaer, CBO of SAMA Telecom, will provide a compelling overview of the recent SAMA-sponsored webinar, featuring top telco groups and OTT players like Omantel, Vodafone, E&, and Rakuten Viber from MEF...

The webinar by TOMIA Telarix, The Anatomy of Price List & Invoice Management for Business Messaging, will break down the complexities in the price list and invoice management including Origin Based Rating (OBR) and discuss how digital document exchange services can help carriers and their partners automate and scale up the messaging business. Hosted by James Williams, Director of Programmes, M...

As the second instalment of the Personal Data & Identity Programme’s White Paper ‘ Identity & Authentication Today ’ is released Wednesday 14th October 2020, we have a MEF Briefing webinar taking place where our guests xconnect, Mvine and Trunomi and MEF drill down to some detail in the document that tries to define the Identity ‘problem’ as we understand it, examines and explains the rele...

Ominchannel is sweeping through the business world. Every company knows it has to give customers the full range of communications channels – and to make sure those channels are linked. Last week’s MEF webinar looked at how this revolution is changing the contact centre.  MEF hosted a webinar on the topic. Taking part were: Mathias Muehlfelder, Senior Director of Product Management, Syniverse...

Iain McCallum, mobile industry veteran and MEF Advisor is joined by MEF and PD&I Working Group Members Boku, Boloro and xConnect to discuss online identity and the practical steps enterprises can take to optimise the balance between security and a streamlined UX. Speakers Stuart Neal, the Chief Business Officer,  Boku Karl Kilb the CEO, Boloro  Lee Suker, the Market Development Direc...

On April 14th 2020, MEF hosted a webinar – Covid-19, Personal Data and Privacy – to discuss the challenges and the opportunities the mobile ecosystem is facing during this unprecedented and deadly world crisis. The three experts sharing their insights were: Julian Ranger, Chairman and Founder – digi.me; Daniele Mensi, MEF Blockchain Advisor, EU president – Blockcerts; Andrew Bud, MEF Chairman, CEO...

MEF hosted a webinar to discuss SIM Swap and the best ways to tackle it.   The speakers were:  Allister Fraser – BT/EE, Senior Product Manager Fabien Delanaud – Myriad Group, CEO Willem Marais – Bank security consultant based in South Africa

The potential of e-sports. The rise of B2B2C. The challenge of balancing regulation with the freedom to innovate. There was much to discuss in a webinar that looked ahead to the future of mobile VAS... In this MEF  webinar hear from an expert panel consisting of : Anzelle Robertson, Business Development, Sam Media Bola Afuye, Head of Digital Services, 9 Mobile Christopher Henseler, Opera...

Industry stakeholders are fighting a war against spam and other traffic that undermines the messaging channel. Their traditional weapons are firewalls and filters. Could artificial intelligence offer a new line of defence? MEF convened a webinar to discuss the topic. MEF is leading the charge against fraud and spam in messaging. To explore the potential of AI to tackle the problem, we scheduled a...

Global app install ad spend could hit $51 billion this year. Fraudsters want some of that money. Regrettably, they will succeed. Is there anything the industry can do to defend itself? In a MEF webinar, two experts from Oordeoo and Freenet Digital assess the scale of the problem and the best ways to counter attack… Visit site

IoT is among us already, and mobile use cases are also becoming more common. However, the industry agrees that some fundamental issues still need to be understood by enterprises or solved by the industry.  MEF IoT advisor Andrew Parkin-White explores the issues of international connectivity and security with an expert panel comprising Graham Hart-Ives, Head of IoT Sales, JT Global, Stephen Fi...

International IoT connectivity is emerging as a key requirement for global enterprises and is set for strong growth over the next five years. Key verticals including automotive, aviation and transport and logistics are looking to MNOs and MVNOs to meet their connectivity needs across global markets. Network technologies are evolving to offer better IoT solutions but it is not yet clear whether the...