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Fonix to power mobile donations for The Prince’s Trust Awards on UK’s ITV
Fonix is set to provide the text donation mechanic for The Prince’s Trust Awards. SMS will feature on the awards…

UK PRS industry welcomes regulatory change as PSA becomes part of Ofcom
The UK’s PRS industry has tentatively welcomed the plan to fold PRS regulator the Phone Paid Services Authority (PSA) into…

UK’s PRS regulator PSA disbanded into Ofcom, a victim of its own success
The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA), the organisation that regulates premium rate services (PRS) in the UK is to hand its…

Nitrado chooses G-Core Labs to scale its IT infrastructure internationally
Nitrado, an international game server hosting company has scaled its IT infrastructure using G-Core labs, allowing it scale its computing…

Virgin Mobile Kuwait outlines metaverse strategy as it builds relationships with Kuwaiti content creators
Virgin Mobile Kuwait has outlined its metaverse programme and its plans to collaborate with Kuwaiti content creators on platforms including…

UK PRS industry welcomes regulatory change as PSA becomes part of Ofcom
The UK’s PRS industry has tentatively welcomed the plan to fold PRS regulator the Phone Paid Services Authority (PSA) into…

Empello wins compliance and fraud monitoring contract for DCB services with Zain Iraq
Zain Iraq – part of Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator across the Middle East and Africa, has signed up…

Regtech to account for +50% of regulatory compliance spend globally by 2026, led by gambling and healthcare
Global regtech spend will exceed $204bn by 2026; accounting for more than 50% of all regulatory compliance spend for the…

Cookies Digital joins Mobile Ecosystem Forum
Cookies Digital, the brand name for Cookies Factory Group and an international player focused on digital entertainment services and performance…

ROCCO Genesis: stimulating industry innovation for a more connected world
While the 2020s are only just underway, they have been a steeplechase of hurdles and water jumps – so planning for…

Virgin Mobile Kuwait outlines metaverse strategy as it builds relationships with Kuwaiti content creators
Virgin Mobile Kuwait has outlined its metaverse programme and its plans to collaborate with Kuwaiti content creators on platforms including…

UK has the most avid online gamers, but they are not the biggest spenders
People from the UK are the ultimate keyboard warriors, playing video games hours longer than their global rivals, virtual private…

Retail media booms as walled garden costs surge 27% in a year
Marketing budget allocation towards walled gardens – the closed ecosystems run by the ‘big four’ technology platforms – increased year-on-year…

Consumers remain online post-pandemic as older generations get in on the action
Online media habits that changed during the early days of the pandemic have stuck and means that brands and businesses…

Cookies Digital joins Mobile Ecosystem Forum
Cookies Digital, the brand name for Cookies Factory Group and an international player focused on digital entertainment services and performance…

Business investment in digital customer engagement generated 58% revenue growth for companies in 2021
The vast majority of UK businesses (72%) increased investment in digital customer engagement in 2021 and many are reaping the…

Retail media booms as walled garden costs surge 27% in a year
Marketing budget allocation towards walled gardens – the closed ecosystems run by the ‘big four’ technology platforms – increased year-on-year…

Upstream to showcase how to build up your e-shop audience and drive your revenues at VTEX DAY 2022, São Paulo
Mobile marketing expert Upstream will be showcasing its award-winning marketing automation solutions, that help hundreds of companies engage their online…

Customer ‘retargeting’ on mobile driving 100-fold increase in sales, reduces spam, data shows
‘Retargeting’ a consumer via mobile that has already interacted with a brand is more than ten times more likely to…

Advertising monitoring identifies ‘sick’ attempts to capitalise on Ukraine war
Leading advertising fraud monitoring provider, MCP Insight, has revealed that in the past weeks it has picked up the emergence…

UK PRS industry welcomes regulatory change as PSA becomes part of Ofcom
The UK’s PRS industry has tentatively welcomed the plan to fold PRS regulator the Phone Paid Services Authority (PSA) into…

RCS evolving into next-generation marketing channel for MNOs and advertisers, study reveals
RCS messaging is expected to account for a growing proportion of global mobile operator revenue and become a vital channel…

Multi-factor authentication to generate $27bn globally for MNOs in 2022
Operators will generate $27bn from the termination of SMS messages related to multi-factor authentication in 2022; an increase from $25bn…

Business investment in digital customer engagement generated 58% revenue growth for companies in 2021
The vast majority of UK businesses (72%) increased investment in digital customer engagement in 2021 and many are reaping the…

5G voice users to reach 2.5bn globally by 2026, creating new business services and competition for OTT
The total number of voice-over-5G users will reach 2.5 billion globally by 2026; rising from only 290 million in 2022.…

Fonix to power mobile donations for The Prince’s Trust Awards on UK’s ITV
Fonix is set to provide the text donation mechanic for The Prince’s Trust Awards. SMS will feature on the awards…

UK PRS industry welcomes regulatory change as PSA becomes part of Ofcom
The UK’s PRS industry has tentatively welcomed the plan to fold PRS regulator the Phone Paid Services Authority (PSA) into…

Cloud billing market to grow to $16.8bn by 2032; demand for solutions to offer momentum
The global cloud billing market is expected to increase at a 15.2% a year, from $3.5bn in 2021 to $7.10bn by 2026,…

Payment innovations raise consumer expectations of payments – leaving many to abandon transactions if they encounter any friction
New research into online payments from open banking platform, Tink, reveals sky-high expectations for seamless, secure transactions as payment choice…

DCB spend for digital goods to exceed $74bn in 2026; dominated by digital games
The value of end-user spend on digital goods using direct carrier billing (DCB) will exceed $74bn by 2026; up from…

Nitrado chooses G-Core Labs to scale its IT infrastructure internationally
Nitrado, an international game server hosting company has scaled its IT infrastructure using G-Core labs, allowing it scale its computing…

Virgin Mobile Kuwait outlines metaverse strategy as it builds relationships with Kuwaiti content creators
Virgin Mobile Kuwait has outlined its metaverse programme and its plans to collaborate with Kuwaiti content creators on platforms including…

Cloud billing market to grow to $16.8bn by 2032; demand for solutions to offer momentum
The global cloud billing market is expected to increase at a 15.2% a year, from $3.5bn in 2021 to $7.10bn by 2026,…

Telcos have the opportunity of a generation to become biggest fintechs, Evina CEO says
Evina, a leading cybersecurity solutions firm for telco financial services companies, is set to reveal how telcos will be able…

5G voice users to reach 2.5bn globally by 2026, creating new business services and competition for OTT
The total number of voice-over-5G users will reach 2.5 billion globally by 2026; rising from only 290 million in 2022.…

UK PRS industry welcomes regulatory change as PSA becomes part of Ofcom
The UK’s PRS industry has tentatively welcomed the plan to fold PRS regulator the Phone Paid Services Authority (PSA) into…

UK’s PRS regulator PSA disbanded into Ofcom, a victim of its own success
The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA), the organisation that regulates premium rate services (PRS) in the UK is to hand its…

Virgin Mobile Kuwait outlines metaverse strategy as it builds relationships with Kuwaiti content creators
Virgin Mobile Kuwait has outlined its metaverse programme and its plans to collaborate with Kuwaiti content creators on platforms including…

RCS evolving into next-generation marketing channel for MNOs and advertisers, study reveals
RCS messaging is expected to account for a growing proportion of global mobile operator revenue and become a vital channel…

Telcos have the opportunity of a generation to become biggest fintechs, Evina CEO says
Evina, a leading cybersecurity solutions firm for telco financial services companies, is set to reveal how telcos will be able…

World Telemedia announces new 5 star venue for October ‘21 show’s return
With the much-anticipated return of World Telemedia, Marbella (13-15 Oct) comes news that the organisers have secured a fabulous new…

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,…