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Join Dario Betti, the CEO of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), as he cuts through the noise and gets straight to the heart of the matter in the latest episode of our podcast'. With his promise to stay quite literally "on message," Dario delves each week into the most crucial topics and pressing issues facing the Business Messaging and Enterprise Communications industry, providing listeners with valuable insights and expert opinions. Share your opinions on + 44 7770 1962 27 on SMS, RCS, Viber or WhatsApp, and stay ON MESSAGE!

Episode Date
XChat, X Money & The Reality of Western Super Apps
May 12, 2026
Airtel Money & The Coming Price Discovery for Mobile Finance
May 11, 2026
Twilio’s Turning Point and What It Signals for CPaaS
May 08, 2026
The Encryption U‑Turn: What Instagram’s Shift Means for Trust in Messaging
Apr 30, 2026
The AI Memory Crunch: Why Smarter Phones May Ship With Less
Apr 29, 2026
Aetna’s RCS Rollout: When Messaging Finally Grows Up
Apr 22, 2026
Asia’s Cross‑Border QR Payments: Quietly Going Global
Apr 15, 2026
OpenAI Recalibrates: Why AI Is Winning Discovery, Not Checkout
Apr 08, 2026
Meta, WhatsApp and the Price of AI Access
Apr 01, 2026
Spectrum Has Fallen: Why the Economics of Mobile Radio Have Changed
Mar 25, 2026
Scam Centres and the Battle for Trust in Global Messaging
Mar 18, 2026
TikTok Resets U.S. Privacy Rules
Feb 25, 2026
Global Regulators Align on Age Assurance
Feb 23, 2026
RCS Reaches Apple in South Korea
Feb 18, 2026
ETSI Sets the Rules for Securing AI
Feb 16, 2026
CES 2026: Hardware Sets the Tone
Feb 11, 2026
Mexico Mandates SIM KYC
Feb 09, 2026
From Buttons to Prompts, What the Nokia 3310 still teaches us about AI and simplicity
Feb 04, 2026
Who Really Decides Your Mobile Spectrum? Your Elevator
Feb 02, 2026
AI’s Power Problem: Why the Coming Energy Crunch Matters for Mobile
Jan 07, 2026
Google's RCS Archival: When Work Texts Go On The Record
Jan 05, 2026
WhatsApp Flaw Exposes 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers
Dec 31, 2025
Meta, WhatsApp and AI: Italy’s Antitrust Warning Shot
Dec 29, 2025
2025 TMT M&A: The Race for Scale, Capital and Infrastructure
Dec 24, 2025
WhatsApp Calling API: When Voice Joins the Conversational Commerce Stack
Dec 22, 2025
Social Messaging: Why DMs Are the New Battleground for Social Media
Dec 17, 2025
India’s Sanchar Saathi Reversal: Security, Surveillance and Trust
Dec 15, 2025
Network API Monetisation: Why Ericsson Is Now Counting on LotusFlare (and Vonage, and Aduna)
Dec 12, 2025
Digital Identity to Reach $132bn by 2031- Why Telcos Are Suddenly in the Frame
Dec 10, 2025
Snapchat's $400M AI Bet: Perplexity Joins My AI in Chat
Nov 26, 2025
Android Malware Surges 67%: The IoT and Mobile Threat Landscape
Nov 24, 2025
Meta's Elder Scam Protections: A Start, Not a Solution
Nov 19, 2025
IP Interconnection: The FCC's Overdue Reckoning with VoIP
Nov 17, 2025
Italy's CDN Showdown: Who Controls the Internet's Edge?
Nov 14, 2025
Indonesia Suspends TikTok: The New Playbook for Platform Control
Nov 12, 2025
Ireland Delays SMS Sender ID Blocking: What It Means for Businesses and Consumers
Oct 31, 2025
Generative AI Search: Slow Change, Big Implications
Oct 29, 2025
How People Use ChatGPT: OpenAI’s First User Study
Oct 24, 2025
X’s Finances Wobble: What Q2 2025 Reveals About the Mobile Ad Economy
Oct 22, 2025
Flipkart’s Supermoney: A Rising Challenger in India’s Fintech Race
Oct 17, 2025
Trends in Meta’s Content Moderation 2017–2025: Spam, Fake Accounts, and the Battle for Trust
Oct 15, 2025
Threads Becomes a Messaging App: Connection or Chaos?
Oct 08, 2025
AI Companions and Child Safety: What the FTC’s 2025 Action Means
Oct 01, 2025
Meta’s 6.8 Million Takedown: Fighting Fraud in the Mobile Messaging Era
Sep 29, 2025
Telecom at a Crossroads: Profitability, Pressure & the Path Forward
Sep 26, 2025
Location, Litigation & the Mobile Map: Why Geodata Is Under Fire
Sep 24, 2025
Match Group’s $14M Wake-Up Call: Subscription Models Under Scrutiny
Sep 19, 2025
The $2 Billion AI App War: ChatGPT’s Rise and Musk’s Challenge to Apple
Sep 17, 2025
PayPay’s Big Leap: Japan’s Mobile Payments Giant Eyes Global Growth
Sep 12, 2025
Fastweb + Vodafone: Can Consolidation Cure Telecom’s Price War?
Sep 10, 2025
LATAM’s Mobile Payment Revolution: PIX, WhatsApp & Local Fintechs
Sep 08, 2025
Snap’s Balancing Act: Growth, Losses & the Bet on AI
Sep 05, 2025
Personalisation: AI, Trust & the Mobile Imperative
Sep 03, 2025
ComReg SMS Sender ID Registry: Early Challenges in the Fight Against SMS Fraud
Aug 27, 2025
Mobile Security Alert: New Android Fraud Operations Uncovered
Aug 22, 2025
EU vs X: A Major Test Case for the Digital Services Act
Aug 20, 2025
Sinch Shares Surge: Strong Margins, AI Momentum, and the Future of Messaging
Aug 18, 2025
Italy’s New Agcom Regulation: A Turning Point in the Fight Against Telemarketing and Spoofing
Aug 15, 2025
BitChat: Jack Dorsey’s Offline Messaging App & the Future of Decentralized Communication
Aug 13, 2025
A2P SMS Surges in Spain: What Europe’s Messaging Trends Reveal
Aug 11, 2025
Mobile Money & Financial Inclusion: Insights from Global Findex 2025
Aug 08, 2025
RCS Universal Profile 3.1: The Future of Secure Messaging
Aug 06, 2025
WhatsApp Ads – Billions in Revenue, or Privacy Backlash?
Jul 30, 2025
GenAI's Impact on A2P Messaging – A 2-Minute Deep Dive
Jul 23, 2025
Apple's EU App Store Shake-Up – A New Era for Mobile?
Jul 16, 2025
Mexico’s Telecom Reform: Digital Transformation at a Crossroads
Jul 09, 2025
EU fines Apple and Meta’s for DMA infringement
Jul 02, 2025
Australia’s World-First Scams Prevention Framework
Jun 30, 2025
Apple’s Mobile ID Revolution
Jun 25, 2025
Mobile Ads Innovations 2025
Jun 23, 2025
X Chat and the Next Leap in Mobile Messaging
Jun 12, 2025
Turkey’s 2024 Data Protection
May 21, 2025
FCC TCPA Revoke Consent Quickly
May 16, 2025
Booming Second Hand Mobile Device Market
Mar 19, 2025
Alternative App Stores & Apple’s Content Dilemma
Feb 21, 2025
Capex to Sale Ratio: Telecom & Tech swapping roles?
Feb 20, 2025
12 Billion Mobile Connections in 2024, But Beware of The Trends
Feb 18, 2025
World Radio Day
Feb 13, 2025
Safer Internet Day: The Industry Against Youth Cyber Bullying
Feb 11, 2025
European Commission: X is not Qualified As a Core Platform Service Under The Digital Markets Act (DMA)
Nov 29, 2024
Italy's Moving Ahead: Fight Against the Piracy
Nov 25, 2024
Implementation of The Online Safety Act in The UK
Nov 18, 2024
The Growing Importance of Privacy Regulations in The United States
Nov 17, 2024
Price Regulations for Mobile Operators
Nov 07, 2024
Ofcom Online Safety Act: Protecting Users from Internet Frauds
Nov 04, 2024
Mobile Operators Claim Satellite Interference from Starlink - October 2024
Oct 08, 2024
Nintendo Content Rules Update
Oct 04, 2024
Mobile AI: iPhone, NVIDIA does AI-RAN, Operators Unite on Regulation
Sep 25, 2024
Smartphone Snatch Thefts Soar: What’s Fuelling the Crime Surge?
Sep 11, 2024
Telco on The Moon August 2026
Sep 02, 2024
Fortnite Shakes Mobile Apps Payments
Aug 28, 2024
1712 Years Daily: Time Spent on Mobile Phones
Aug 21, 2024
UK Regulates CLI to Stop Spoofing: New Ofcom Guidance
Aug 16, 2024
MEF Ecosystems MOBILE SERVICES
Aug 05, 2024
OTT Comms Services Gets Regulated in Pakistan
Jul 29, 2024
MEF Ecosystems ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS
Jul 22, 2024
Consumer Trust Study by MEF 10 Years
Jul 15, 2024
The Future of RCS: MEF New Working Groups on Apple Google & the Universal Profile
Jun 22, 2024
The 10th Annual Consumer Trust Study
Jun 03, 2024
How Important is Transformation for Telecoms?
May 31, 2024
Space: The New Mobile Frontier
May 23, 2024
Tech Talk: GSMA's Webinar Unveils the Latest Industry Insights
May 14, 2024
How is Gen Z Exploring The Phone App Market?
May 06, 2024
Business Messaging: Essential for Everyday Life
Apr 29, 2024
India from Local to Global Market
Apr 23, 2024
Open Standard: Digital Container to Confirm from Your Conversation
Apr 15, 2024
Social Media & Adolescents. Can The Industry Limit The Bad Impact on Young Adults?
Apr 05, 2024
Wireless Infrastructure Providers See Workforce Cuts
Mar 26, 2024
Is Europe Ready For a Regional Mobile Operator Champion? Fragmentation and Retrenchmet: Continue But The Times are Changing
Mar 24, 2024
Growth or Not? A2P SMS Traffic Different Perception / Different Data
Mar 15, 2024
MWC24: More Cloud, Less Telco + AI Talks Everywhere, AI Facts Few But Coming
Mar 05, 2024
Financial Market: Chip Link to be AI Revolution
Feb 23, 2024
What's Happening with Microsoft & Apple Services Update
Feb 16, 2024
Discovering Key Forces Shaping the Telecom Industry
Feb 09, 2024
Mobile Payment Stores, The Heat is On! Renewed Interest in The Carrier and App Billing World.
Feb 01, 2024
PTC What is The Subsea Cable Industry Worrying About
Jan 26, 2024
2024 MEF Agenda - Finding Tools to Fight Artificially Generated Traffic in Messaging and Advertising
Jan 18, 2024
MEF Roadmap 2024
Jan 12, 2024
Will Satellites Be The New Cell Coverages?
Dec 20, 2023
Apps News: What's Happening with Beeper & TikTok?
Dec 13, 2023
The Dynamic Wholesale Revolution
Dec 06, 2023
What Happened to SMS?
Nov 29, 2023
Big News: RCS Will be Available on Apple Devices!
Nov 22, 2023
Collaboration REALLY is King!
Nov 22, 2023
Rich Communications Services (RCS) - Coming Into Sharper Focus at Long Last
Nov 22, 2023
Business Messaging – A2P SMS: Great Opportunities But Also Challenges…
Nov 22, 2023