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Global app spending passes $100bn in 2020 – that’s $25bn more than 2019
Despite the hardships that the year 2020 posed for many industries, there were some important milestones that were reached when…

DOCOMO Digital to offer access to applications on Samsung Galaxy through Singtel direct carrier billing
DOCOMO Digital, one of the leading integrators of digital app stores, have partnered with Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group,…

Mobile roaming subscribers to reach 918 million globally by 2024, recovering to pre-pandemic levels
Juniper Research has found that the number of international roaming subscribers dropped by 73% to 243 million globally in 2020;…

Time spent on education apps projected to grow 62%, streaming and fitness not far behind
COVID-19 forced a large part of the world to live a ‘new normal’ as people were forced to stay indoors…

Study reveals the best TV channels and services for educational content during lockdown
A new study by UK broadband comparison site Cable.co.uk has uncovered the TV channels and services with the most educational content. The…

Centili to roll out multiple new ‘as a service’ offerings in 2021 to support post-Covid shifts in mobile payments industry
Building on its strategy of offering monetisation platform as a service (MPaaS) strategy, Centili is launching a range of new…

Grabyo and InPlayer join forces to provide digital sport content monetisation
Cloud-based video platform for production and distribution, Grabyo, and InPlayer, a monetisation and subscription management platform, have partnered to offer sports…

UK EdTech sector grew by 72% in 2020 – with further growth forecast this year amid Spring Term school closures
Lockdown measures and mandatory school closures in 2020 led to an explosive 71.5% growth of the UK’s education technology sector…

Mobile use surged in 2020, with consumers spending $143bn on apps alone
2020 has accelerated mobile adoption as consumers used their mobile devices to connect, work, learn, play and escape COVID-19 restricting…

Popular game developer to provide content to online casino platform provider for operators targeting the newly regulated market
Stakelogic, the progressive and innovative online casino content developer, has become a founding partner of the Dutch Gaming Association and…

DOCOMO Digital to offer access to applications on Samsung Galaxy through Singtel direct carrier billing
DOCOMO Digital, one of the leading integrators of digital app stores, have partnered with Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group,…

Time spent on education apps projected to grow 62%, streaming and fitness not far behind
COVID-19 forced a large part of the world to live a ‘new normal’ as people were forced to stay indoors…

Study reveals the best TV channels and services for educational content during lockdown
A new study by UK broadband comparison site Cable.co.uk has uncovered the TV channels and services with the most educational content. The…

Grabyo and InPlayer join forces to provide digital sport content monetisation
Cloud-based video platform for production and distribution, Grabyo, and InPlayer, a monetisation and subscription management platform, have partnered to offer sports…

Digital Virgo and Molotov join forces to launch an OTT streaming service in Africa
Molotov via its B2B department, Molotov Solutions, and Digital Virgo are joining forces to launch a new streaming service, Molotov…

Affiliate marketing data shows online shopping surged in both UK lockdowns
As the UK’s second lockdown drew to a close, Digidip, a performance marketing platform working with 25,000 online merchants, has…

2020: What happened in mobile and how to succeed in 2021
2020 — a monumental year. As COVID-19 has gripped the world, altered economics and transformed daily lives, one thing is…

RCS will generate $52.2 billion for mobile operators by 2028
Brands will divert billions of dollars from ineffective digital banner advertising to mobile operator-led RCS campaigns over the coming years,…

Performance marketer MOBIPIUM launches Traffic Nomads to manage messaging campaigns
MOBIPIUM, one of the world leaders in performance marketing, has set up a new self-service platform where advertisers can independently…

CPA network launches click to call and click to SMS platform to monetise affiliates
Click-to-Call offers are set to be the next big thing for affiliate marketing and offer a huge potential for revenue…

RCS messaging users to reach 3.9bn by 2025; offering a new rich-media mobile advertising channel
The global number of users of RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging will reach 3.9 billion by 2025; rising from 1.2…

IMIMobile sold to Cisco as mainstream takes note of interactive omni-channel comms
Leading telemedia player IMIMobile has been acquired by unified messaging giant Cisco in a US$730m deal just before Christmas. IMImobile…

ŠKODA AUTO to use WhatsApp Business API for customer interactions
ŠKODA AUTO India has become the latest Indian car seller to integrate the IMIMobile WhatsApp Business API as part of…

2020: What happened in mobile and how to succeed in 2021
2020 — a monumental year. As COVID-19 has gripped the world, altered economics and transformed daily lives, one thing is…

Global social commerce market to reach $604.5bn by 2027
The growth in online shopping has led to the acceleration of alternative shopping habits like social commerce. Growing at a…

DOCOMO Digital to offer access to applications on Samsung Galaxy through Singtel direct carrier billing
DOCOMO Digital, one of the leading integrators of digital app stores, have partnered with Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group,…

Bango forms partnership with TPAY MOBILE to ease entry into m-commerce in Middle East, Africa and turkey
Bango has formed a strategic partnership with TPAY MOBILE FZ-LLC, a full-service digital payments platform for the Middle East, Africa, and…

Centili to roll out multiple new ‘as a service’ offerings in 2021 to support post-Covid shifts in mobile payments industry
Building on its strategy of offering monetisation platform as a service (MPaaS) strategy, Centili is launching a range of new…

2.2bn consumers to use QR code payment by 2025, as services expand beyond India and China
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of QR code payment users will exceed 2.2 billion in…

Antstream Arcade brings retro video game streaming to Thailand’s True OTT Box customers
Leading global retro video game streaming service Antstream Arcade today announced a strategic partnership with True Digital Group, the digital…

Global app spending passes $100bn in 2020 – that’s $25bn more than 2019
Despite the hardships that the year 2020 posed for many industries, there were some important milestones that were reached when…

Bango forms partnership with TPAY MOBILE to ease entry into m-commerce in Middle East, Africa and turkey
Bango has formed a strategic partnership with TPAY MOBILE FZ-LLC, a full-service digital payments platform for the Middle East, Africa, and…

Centili to roll out multiple new ‘as a service’ offerings in 2021 to support post-Covid shifts in mobile payments industry
Building on its strategy of offering monetisation platform as a service (MPaaS) strategy, Centili is launching a range of new…

Grabyo and InPlayer join forces to provide digital sport content monetisation
Cloud-based video platform for production and distribution, Grabyo, and InPlayer, a monetisation and subscription management platform, have partnered to offer sports…

Digital Virgo and Molotov join forces to launch an OTT streaming service in Africa
Molotov via its B2B department, Molotov Solutions, and Digital Virgo are joining forces to launch a new streaming service, Molotov…

DOCOMO Digital to offer access to applications on Samsung Galaxy through Singtel direct carrier billing
DOCOMO Digital, one of the leading integrators of digital app stores, have partnered with Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group,…

Mobile roaming subscribers to reach 918 million globally by 2024, recovering to pre-pandemic levels
Juniper Research has found that the number of international roaming subscribers dropped by 73% to 243 million globally in 2020;…

Bango forms partnership with TPAY MOBILE to ease entry into m-commerce in Middle East, Africa and turkey
Bango has formed a strategic partnership with TPAY MOBILE FZ-LLC, a full-service digital payments platform for the Middle East, Africa, and…

Vodafone teams launches ‘Let’s talk IoT’ campaign to promote to business
Vodafone has launched its new campaign called ‘Let’s talk IoT’, a digital and print campaign for the business community, that…

O2 frees ambulance drivers from admin, saving 1,700 days of crew time a year with new tech
Ambulance crews across the UK will benefit from faster turnaround times and will get back out on the road more…

World Telemedia 2020 postponed until 18-21 May 2021… but Telemedia8.1 set to fill the gap
Having conducted extensive industry research into the likely impact of Covid19 on attendance levels and in consultation with sponsors, the…

New Media Services announce #worldtelemedia sponsorship deal offering huge advantages for businesses across the sector.
Despite the current global shut down, leaders in digital monetisation continue to provide essential value-added services and premium billable content…

WORLD TELEMEDIA MARBELLA Unlocking the DCB opportunity
Direct carrier billing is having a moment. If this year’s World Telemedia Marbella was anything to go by, DCB is…

WORLD TELEMEDIA MARBELLA Fraud – no longer a dirty word
Fraud used to be such a dirty word – especially in connection to telemedia. However, as this year’s show proved,…

WORLD TELEMEDIA MARBELLA Dating, media, games – the new face of telemedia VAS
The kinds of content that make up the value-added services (VAS) portfolio that sits atop telemedia’s carrier billing services has…