MEF Meets the members @MWC 2015

Every year at MWC in Barcelona, we visit as many of our exhibiting members as possible to catch up with their latest news and announcements, get their views on how the mobile ecosystem has evolved in the past year, and where they see it going in the future. This week meet three companies from across our diverse global membership, Perform Group, CLX Networks  and mBlox. Perform Group - Dan Price, Mobile Distribution Director, Africa CLX Networks - Kristian Mannik, CEO & Co-founder mBlox - Tom Cotney, CEO & Rob Malcolm, SVP Commercial Operations Stay tuned …

5 minutes with…Novatti

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Peter Cook, founder and the CEO of Novatti introduces the mobile payments specialists. What does Novatti do? Novatti creates and delivers innovative payment solutions to a global base of Tier 1 and smaller service providers and start-ups.  With our multi-services payments platform, Novatti enables telecoms, banking and alternative network service providers to extend their product portfolio – taking robust, integrated new payments services to market …

MEF Meets the members @MWC 2015

MWC in Barcelona gives us an opportunity to meet many of our exhibiting members, and to catch up with their latest news and announcements, get their views on how the mobile ecosystem has evolved in the past year, and where they see it going in the future. Meet three more companies from across our diverse global membership, Softonic, InMobi and Smaato. Softonic - Alex Rios, Partner Service Director InMobi - Chris Davies, General Counsel, Head of Privacy Smaato - Ragnar Kruse, CEO & Co-Founder Stay tuned for more MEFTV interviews from members at MWC in the …

MEF Meets the members @MWC 2015

Every year at MWC in Barcelona, we visit as many of our exhibiting members as possible to catch up with their latest news and announcements, get their views on how the mobile ecosystem has evolved in the past year, and where they see it going in the future. We'll be hearing more from them throughout the coming weeks, to kick us off, meet three companies from across our diverse global membership, CM Telecom, Neomobile and InternetQ. CM Telecom - Hodny Benazi, General Manager Neomobile - Gianluca D'Agostino, CEO, Co-founder InternetQ - Colin Miles, VP Sales, Corporate …

MEF Connects MWC 2015 in pictures

This year’s MEF Connects MWC in association with American Express was the biggest yet and celebrated a significant milestone with the unveiling of a new identity for our community Mobile Ecosystem Forum. The 13th annual event, returned to Barcelona’s beautiful Museum of Modern Art and over 600 guests from 30 countries partied into the early hours to kick off  MWC in style. A wearable fashion show, photo opportunities with Sponge Bob and a molecular bar experience in AMEX’s VIP lounge and even graffiti in the bathrooms added to the networking fun. Many thanks to all our sponsors; American …

MEF rebrands to Mobile Ecosystem Forum and elects new EMEA Board

New company name reflects MEF’s broadening remit as the ecosystem grows - cross border, sector and company size Darren Foulds, Managing Director of Barclays Mobile and Pingit, elected as EMEA Chair and Adia Sowho Head of Digital Media, Etisalat Nigeria elected as Vice-Chair MEF has announced the results of its 2015 EMEA Board elections which took place at the company AGM at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It also announced its transition to the Mobile Ecosystem Forum officially launching at its 13th annual MEF Connects MWC in association with American Express. Rimma Perelmuter, CEO …

MEFTV Meets the members @MWC part 3

Every year at MWC in Barcelona, MEFTV visits as many of our exhibiting members as possible to catch up with their latest news and announcements. In our continuing series, meet three more companies from across our diverse global membership. Kimia - Karel de Beule, Co-Founder NMusic - Celestino Alves, CEO & Co-Founder  QuickPlay Media - Mark Hyland, SVP Global Sales Stay tuned for more MEFTV interviews from members at MWC 2014, and be sure to check out more member videos on our MEFTV Youtube Channel …

MEFTV Meets the members @MWC part 2

Every year at MWC in Barcelona, MEFTV visits as many of our exhibiting members as possible to catch up with their latest news and announcements. In our continuing series, meet three more companies from across our diverse global membership. InMobi - Shrikant G. Laktar, Global VP Marketing CM Telecom - Gilbert Gooijers, Managing Director Buzzcity - Daniel Brandt, Business Development Director, Europe Stay tuned for more MEFTV interviews from members at MWC in the coming weeks, and be sure to check out more member videos on our MEFTV Youtube Channel …

MEF’s Global Leadership share their MWC 2014

With the relentless meeting schedules and latest announcements of Mobile World Congress behind us for another year, MEF CEO Rimma Perelmuter and Global Chair Andrew Bud reflect on this year’s Congress week and what it means for the mobile content & commerce community. MWC 2014 was another incredibly busy and productive show for the MEF member community. Years of practice (and vitamins) mean we just about kept up the pace between elections, MEF Connects, member briefings and meetings, plus MEFTV at Gran Fira as part of the usual action packed week. Day One kicked off with the AGM …

MEF Connects MWC in association with American Express in pictures

The 12th annual MEF Connects MWC 2014 in association with American Express was the place to be on Monday night in Barcelona as the mobile content & content industry gathered to network and party late into the night at the MACBA. Thanks to all our sponsors, American Express, TIMWE, Mobitrans, Redbull Mobile, Bango, Movile, Naranya and Orange Libon for supporting the event and all our members and guests for attending what was an amazing celebration. …

MEF @ MWC 2014

MWC 2014 is over for another year. We will be sharing all the photos and member news from the show in the coming days on the blog but wanted to give you some quick highlights to wrap up what has been a fantastic week of debate, international networking, member meetings and of course Barcelona sunshine. We kicked off the week the AGM with the hotly contested elections, where 24 candidates from 14 countries presented to the gathered member audience – the new EMEA & Asia boards are now bolstered by representatives from a diverse range of members new and old, Empays, Indosat, Mastercard, Mono …

MEF MWC 2013 Briefing: Consumer Trust in Mobile Applications – Part 2

Here is part 2 of our podcast recorded at this year's Mobile World Congress, featuring the roundtable discussion on mobile privacy. Featuring a panel of industry luminaries from MEF’s Privacy in Mobile Apps Working Group including Brendan Eich of Mozilla, Chris Davies, General Counsel EMEA and Head of Privacy at InMobi and Nick Graham, a Partner at law firm SNR Denton. The session is moderated by Mobile Money Revolution's Tim Green. Listen or download now: MEFTV spoke with Nick Graham and Todd Daubert of Dentons (nee, SNR Denton) after the briefing to find out more about the legal …

MEF MWC 2013 Briefing: Consumer Trust in Mobile Applications – Part 1

After 2012's hugely popular panel on consumer trust, MEF's briefing session for MWC this year was held in Barcelona in association with Kaspersky Lab. Part 1, widgetised for your listening pleasure below, features Denis Maslennikov, Senior Malware Analyst at Kaspersky, explaining the latest mobile malware threats affecting app consumers, and Simon Bates of MEF presenting the findings of the MEF Global Privacy Survey 2013. Listen or download now: MEFTV spoke with Denis just before the briefing, to get the lowdown on his presentation and the kind of threats he would be talking …

MEFTV @ MWC – Andrew Bud, MEF Global Chair

MEFTV took to the halls of MWC again for 2013, speaking to MEF members about their businesses and their MWC exhibits & announcements. In this video, MEF Global Chair Andrew Bud gives an overview of the week from the MEF perspective, and shares his impressions on the show. For more MEFTV videos from MWC 2013 - checkout our Youtube channel. …

MEF Connects MWC 2013 Photos

Over 500 MEF members and invited guests from 55 countries rocked the MACBA (that's the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona to you) at our 11th annual MEF Connects MWC 2013. The glitzy new venue provided a quality backdrop for our guests to undertake some serious networking, formed of  a broad variety of our global membership from across the mobile value chain for a truly international evening. Check out a selection of photos from the party below. …

Brendan Eich, CTO & Co founder, Mozilla – MEFTV

MEFTV speaks to Brendan Eich, CTO & Co founder, Mozilla ahead of his panel appearance at the MEF MWC Briefing on Consumer trust in Mobile Apps, discussing the importance of consumer trust and privacy to Mozilla, and the launch of Firefox OS. http://youtu.be/QWx4NzFTUg0?&w=640 …

MEF Consumer Trust in Mobile Applications Breakfast Briefing with Kaspersky Lab

MEF is again hosting an essential MWC briefing session for 2013, this year with Kaspersky Lab and focusing on the latest threats affecting mobile app consumers, with a special emphasis on the latest developments in mobile malware. The morning session (Wednesday, 27 February 2013 from 08:30 to 10:30) will also include a  roundtable discussion featuring industry experts from MEF’s Privacy in Mobile Apps Working Group including Brendan Eich, CTO Mozilla, Chris Davies, General Counsel EMEA and Head of Privacy at InMobi and Nick Graham, Partner, SNR Denton. Moderated by Tim Green from Mobile Money …

Win MEF Connects MWC13 tickets

MWC 2013 is just around the corner and as ever MEF is hosting the hottest ticket of the Congress - MEF Connects MWC 2013. Now in its 11th year, the legendary party has moved to an exciting new location; the Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA).  MEF Connects MWC is an exclusive bash for MEF members and their guests only, which means tickets can be hard to come by. So for 2013 MEF has teamed up with the Heroes of the Mobile Fringe to give away ten pairs of tickets in an exclusive prize draw, meaning not only could you get to rub shoulders with the cream of MWC attendees, you get to take a friend …

MEF Member Survey – Win tickets to MEF Connects MWC 2013

MEF is conducting a global survey of its members for 2013.The business needs of such a diverse international member community are varied and changing, and MEF is committed to optimising its membership services accordingly. The online survey takes around ten minutes to complete and all participating members will receive a synopsis of the results, offering a strategic insight snapshot across the global community.If you would rather speak to a real person, you can also carry out the survey over the phone in order to discuss your plans and views in more detail with a member of the MEF team. If …

MEF Connects MWC 2012 – Celebrating 10 Years

600 mobile leaders from 50 countries attended our 10th annual MEF Connects MWC, held in association with TimWe at the beautiful Museu Picasso. As many of our members have expressed, the 10th Annual celebration set the bar ever higher as the quality networking event of the Congress, attended by a broad variety of our global members and invited guests from across the mobile value chain including representatives from American Express, Apple, AT&T, Facebook, HSBC, Nokia, Orange, QTel Group, RIM, Samsung, Telefonica, Coca-Cola, Turner Broadcasting and Yahoo and many more. Check out a …