Messaging and billing are key to the bottom line
Customer messaging and billing are key items to get right in the communications ecosystem, but failings still prevail. Business technology journalist, Antony Savvas looks at how both enterprises and telecoms resellers are not coming up to the mark.
Research shows that 89% of consumers want to initiate and reply to two-way conversations with businesses, via multiple mobile and social channels.
Blockchain podcast: Fan Tokens and NFT
MEF’s series of Blockchain Podcasts continues with MEF CEO Dario Betti and Blockchain advisor Daniele Mensi’s regular discussions on the latest impact and innovations in blockchain in the ecosystem.
This week: If you are a media, sports, or art company you should probably pay attention to the new way to encapsulate engagement and value: Fan Tokens and Non Fungible Tokens. Daniele and Dario discuss.
Blockchain podcast: Coinbase
MEF’s series of Blockchain Podcasts continues with MEF CEO Dario Betti and Blockchain advisor Daniele Mensi’s regular discussions on the latest impact and innovations in blockchain in the ecosystem. This week: Coinbase. Cryptocurrency broker Coinbase’s listing on the NASDAQ for $76 billion was a step towards legitimacy for the world of bitcoin. However, intermediaries were exactly what blockchain was supposed to get rid of, so this week Dario and Daniele discuss the in’s and out’s of Coinbase and what makes it so special.
Blockchain podcast: Digital Games – can Blockchain challenge Direct Carrier Billing payments?
This week: Digital gaming and payments. There is a lot of interest in new payment systems for games on mobile, with discussion on app store charges shedding more light on some of the newer alternatives. Can Blockchain crypto-currencies become a replacement for making payments in games?
The fox guarding the henhouse: revenue sharing/traffic & DCB Fraud
Expanding on a recent Industry Views post discussing DCB fraud, Olubunmi Fatiregun, Chief Security Officer for VAS2Nets Technologies explains in more detail why traffic or revenue sharing business models are problematic for the whole industry.
Carrier billing brings several benefits to mobile operators. While the threat of fraud is serious, Telcos must take the front seat in preventing DCB fraud.
Industry Views: Why business models based on revenue sharing do not work when it comes to preventing DCB fraud
Earlier this year MEF’s DCB working group kicked off a new programme to look at tackling fraud in Direct Carrier Billing (DCB). The cross-stakeholder group is currently developing a fraud framework to seek industry alignment and help market education to ensure a sustainable trusted channel.
When looking at fraud detection solutions the topic of business models for solution providers is a focus area for discussion, with a clear recommendation that revenue sharing models cannot be good for the ecosystem.
Defeating DCB Fraud: highlights from the MEF panel session
A popular payment channel will always attract fraudsters. Sad but true. So what’s the best defence against DCB fraud. MEF experts tackled the issue. Direct carrier billing has had a bumpy journey over the last decade. It was initially heralded as the next big thing – a friction-free payment channel that would bring riches back to the operators.
Telecoming: The European digital ticketing market surpasses €150B in 2019
The digital ticketing market is one of the fastest-growing industries, as explained in market analysis from Telecoming, the tech company specialising in digital services monetization. The digital ticketing market is one of the fastest-growing industry, according to the analysis carried out by Telecoming based on data provided by Juniper Research. Users are already choosing digital ticketing as a suitable option to buy tickets for transport, sports events, concerts and other entertainment shows.
10 things you need to know about… Direct Carrier Billing
Diego Conforti, CCO of Digital Virgo, shares 10 tips and facts about the opportunity presented by Direct Carrier Billing.
Digital Virgo is unique in the telecom payment ecosystem since the Group is one of the rare players to have a 360° worldwide experience on payment, monetization and marketing; the three main challenges of Mobile Payment for Telecom Operators and Merchants.
MEF webinar: payments inside RCS
Do we need to have a conversation about RCS conversational commerce? Yes we do. And MEF is taking the lead. Following the publication of a white paper on the topic, MEF convened a webinar in which three experts explored rich messaging and payment buttons.
The future of RCS is still far from certain. Could it be the rich media successor to SMS, and offer an app-like experience on billions of phones?