Up close with the Giants – MEFTV interviews Baidu and LINE

Last month MEF hosted the inaugural MEF Global Forum Mobile First Markets in Bangalore, where  members and delegates came together to discuss the mobile opportunity across South East Asia, Middle East, Africa and of course India. One of the highlights was an engaging debate on the insider strategies of global giants operating in emerging markets. Here MEFTV speaks with two of the panellists, Chinese internet giant Baidu and communications platform LINE to hear their thoughts on the day’s discussions and gain insights into their strategies for providing services to diverse and challenging …

Meffys Spotlight – Pollen VC

With the 12th annual Meffys, supported by F-Secure, open for entries and set to return to London, we are taking a look at some of last year’s winners to find out what winning a Meffy meant to them and what they’ve been up to since they celebrated their win. The deadline for entries is 17th July so if you haven't started your entry, get moving! This week, we speak to Pollen VC, 2014's winner of the Monetization and Engagement award, and CEO & Founder, Martin Macmillan. What did Pollen VC win a Meffy for? Pollen VC won the Meffy for Monetization and Engagement. We help mobile developers …

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 …

5 minutes with…Terragon Group

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Elo Umeh, CEO & Founder, introduces Africa based digital media company, Terragon Group. What does Terragon Group do? Terragon Group is a leading digital media company focused on Africa, with presence in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and India. The Group is made up of three independent but convergent business units that focuses on different aspects of the digital media sphere. The businesses are Terragon Limited (TL), an Access and …

5 minutes with… Ensygnia

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week Richard H Harris, Chief Executive and Co-founder of Ensygnia talks about their unique mobile payments system; MEFTV spoke to Richard at length about their business at MWC earlier this year. . What does Ensygnia do? Our Onescan app and platform enables mobile payments online, in-store and on-the-go and has applications for log-in, authentication and mobile identity. In the payments world it allows customers and prospects to typically go from …

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. …

MEFTV at the MEF Africa Office Launch

MEFTV spoke to several of the new Steering Committee members at the inaugural meeting, held in Cape Town during AfricaCom last month. Here we hear from MEF members Digitali, with Stefano Valenti & Demetre Kotsonis, and get their thoughts on the role MEF can play in Africa. Click the link below for more videos from the MEF Africa launch.   Next Page > Roger Davies - Nazara …

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MEFTV – CEO Summit 2012

In this video from the MEF CEO Summit 2012, held at London City Hall last month, Chris Smith of the Guardian Media Network speaks to Brendan Eich, Co-Founder & CTO of Mozilla for MEF TV. In the interview, Brendan discusses the origins and benefits of the Firefox OS and Mozilla's plans for the future in the mobile space. The MEF CEO Summit, an annual invite-only, closed door event, has fast established itself as one of the essential occasions of the year for gaining insight, sharing knowledge and networking at the highest level of the mobile content and commerce industry. Find out …

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MEF TV at MWC 2012 – Member Interviews

MEF TV offered its members the chance to share their MWC activities and announcements live in Barcelona with on-site Video Vox Pops. In the first of the series, we speak to Arturo Galvan, CEO of Naranya, Michelle Sklar, VP of Industry relations from Poynt and David Gosen, European MD of Digital, Online & Mobile at Nielsen about their experiences at MWC and their thoughts on the biggest developments in mobile in the last 10 years.Hit the jump for two more videos from MEF Members Poynt and Nielsen on their experiences and activities at MWC 2012Vists the MEF TV Youtube Channel for many more …

MEF TV: Tom Daly, Coca Cola at MEF Americas 2011

Next up in our series of video interviews from MEF Americas 2011, Rob of UNTETHER .tv speaks to Tom Daly, Director of Mobile and Search, Global Connections for Coca Cola. In this short but sweet chat, Tom describes how mobile has essentially been a part of Coca Cola's philosophy since the 20's and how he sees it only becoming increasingly central in the near future. A fascinating perspective on how this super brand  is leveraging mobile to not only engage with customers but also within their own B2B value chain. Let's watch.. …

MEF TV: Marco Argenti, Nokia at MEF Americas 2011

More fascinating insights from MEF Americas and MEF TV; in this video Marco Argenti, SVP of Developer and Marketplace for Nokia speaks to Rob Woodbridge of UNTETHER.tv. In it he expands on the topic of his keynote speech from MEF Americas 2011 "Creating Hyper Local App Economies" and discusses the opportunities for monetizing apps presented by leveraging the nuances of highly localised content.Hit the jump for more from Marco and MEF TV at  MEF Americas 2011: Mobile Content and Commerce.Here Marco speaks to Ben Smith from Tribal Labs in more detail on how the Nokia Store supports local …

MEF TV : Global Chair Andrew Bud at MEF Americas 2011

In the first of our interviews filmed at MEF Americas 2011: Mobile Content and Commerce recently held in Miami, MEF Global Chair and the Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for mBlox, Andrew Bud speaks to Ben Smith of Tribal Labs for MEF TV.Andrew outlines the key themes of MEF Americas 2011's keynotes from Nokia, Coca-Cola and Sprint on app localisation, the innovative ways of using mobile to engage with consumers, 'the unbanked' and mobile commerce, noting we are in the midst of a time of great innovation and disruption.He goes on to share his thoughts on how trust, privacy and respect are …