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Business Development

Carrier Community for the Greater Good

Social Impact & Goodwill Opportunities, Mobile Financial Services, Relief-aid donations, Humanitarian Connectivity Charter
  • Social Impact & Goodwill Opportunities
  • Mobile Financial Services
  • Relief-aid donations
  • Humanitarian Connectivity Charter
Carrier Community for the Greater Good

John BaRoss, Founder & President
Fincclude Inc
Presentation
21 mins

How Do You Harness the Global Pandemic to Increase Revenues for your DCB / VAS Services? (Optimisation)

The way that we consume and interact with digital entertainment has shifted substantially in 2020 due to Covid-19. But in the wake of changing demands and behavioural usage patterns, what are the smart changes we can make to our services and marketing strategies to maximise the potential of this global shift in digital entertainment and interaction?
  • Customer demand for content types & video topics
  • Impact of lockdown on viewing & subscriptions
  • Stand-out topics & services during the crisis
  • Behavioral changes in customer search for services
  • Subscription & billing models for better conversion/retention
  • Behavioral changes in customer interaction with services
How Do You Harness the Global Pandemic to Increase Revenues for your DCB / VAS Services? (Optimisation)

Julia Dimambro, Founder & CEO
Seriously Fresh Media
Anthony Baladi, Commercial Director
Fonix Mobile
Léon Dijksman, Director of PR & Communications
Sam Media BV
30 OCT

Understanding the SmartPhone Users

MEF's CEO Dario Betti takes a look at the Smartphone user in 2020 sharing insights from MEF’s annual Global Smarpthone User Survey which covers 10 markets including India, South Africa & Brazil as well as USA, China and Europe. Smartphone users are engaging more digital services than ever and understanding the smartphone consumer is understanding the biggest digital transformation in place today. 
  • Smartphone users demographic
  • Vendor market share
  • IoS VS Android Usage Profiles
  • Digital Service Uptake
  • Smartphone User Attitudes
  • Country Profile
Understanding the SmartPhone Users

Dario Betti
Mobile Ecosystem Forum
Presentation
11 mins

Mobile In Media – Opportunities For Creative VAS

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  • Entertainment viewing habits of the iGeneration
  • Making money from mobile storytelling
  • Where broadcast & telecoms meet transactional digital media
Mobile In Media – Opportunities For Creative VAS

Mark Challinor, CEO
Media Futures Ltd
Presentation
25 mins

E-Sports: Opportunities For Carriers & Digital Companies

Beatrice D'Ottavio gives a comprehensive overview of the ecosystem that's driving this exciting VAS vertical and illustrates how it's uniquly positioned within both the digital entertainment and telco industry.
  • New verticals: E-Sports & education platforms
  • E-Sports ecosystem & value chain
  • Brands positioning
  • Opportunities for carriers in E-Sports
  • Customer experience & loyalty
E-Sports: Opportunities For Carriers & Digital Companies

Beatrice D'Ottavio, Sales & Partnerships Director at Cookies Digital
Cookies Digital
OCTOBER 30

Messaging – RCS In The Spotlight

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Messaging – RCS In The Spotlight

Nick Lane, Mobile Insight Analyst
Mobilesquared
Howard Thompson, Market Dev Consultant – RCS Conversational Commerce
Telefonica
COMING SOON

Enticing Your Audiences with Mobile Interactivity

What does your consumer really want? How can you make mobile interactivity accessible for them – both in terms of consumer trust and ease of use?  Massive radio brand Global have found that you need to keep it simple and - for them - text works best. Learn how they've maximised consumer interaction in a few simple steps.
  • Creating relevance
  • Gaining trust & keeping it
  • Optimising engagement
  • Communicating mobile billing
Enticing Your Audiences with Mobile Interactivity

Joanna Cox, General Manager
Association for Interactive Media and Micropayments
Joel Stern, Commercial Enterprise Director
Global Radio
Q&A
12 Mins

Get Going – New Markets, Services & Content

Exploring current DCB market: giving analysis of leading players by transaction value, explores DCB availability by selected storefront, comments on the impact of COVID-19 on the DCB market & evaluates DCB Drivers. Inluding monetising underbanked, young demographic, small spending users, etc Plus Total spend over direct carrier billing over 2020 to 2025.
  • DCB Content, Platform Market Share
  • Storefront Deployments
  • Impact of Covid-19
  • Carrier Billing Drivers
  • Lowering the Cost of Customer Aquisition
  • Total End User Spend 2020-2025
Get Going – New Markets, Services & Content

Elson Sutanto, Principal Analyst
Juniper Research
Presentation
21 mins

The Power of Social Competitive Gaming & Esports by GIZER

Gaming is becoming more social and has created a whole new social networking culture. Gamers love to challenge each other and face off against players of a similar level as them. Discover how to monetise this high value sector and find out why GIZER is becoming a major focal point for developing premium billable features.
  • Gaming and social media
  • Developing competition
  • Creating interactivity
  • Rewards within game formats
  • Lucrative business models
  • Innovation & future trends
The Power of Social Competitive Gaming & Esports by GIZER

Simon Buckingham
Nonvoice
Presentation
8 Mins

Building Your IPRN Business for the Future

This essential micropayment tool successfully underpins a wide range of premium services – and still generates huge volumes of minutes & messages worldwide. This sessions bring together the key international networks & resellers to consider how this “evergreen” industry can be protected and developed for the years to come.
  • New Markets for Voice
  • Working with Wholesalers
  • SMS Opportunities
  • Good News – The Case Studies
  • Cyber Security & Fighting Fraud
  • Beating Hackers, Hijackers & FAS
  • Legal Issues
  • The Case For Crypto
Building Your IPRN Business for the Future

Josef Bruckschloegl, Chief Executive Officer
kwak Telecom
Presentation
20 mins

Driving More Transactions Through DCB – Gaming Focus

DCB has a proven track record when it comes to customer acquisition, but how can industry work with MNOs to present a more compelling case to the gambling industry in order to generate more mobile payment transactions?
  • DCB the pitch
  • Update – where are we now?
  • DCB versus payment cards? 
  • What can MNO’s do support growth?
Driving More Transactions Through DCB – Gaming Focus

Joanna Cox, General Manager
Association for Interactive Media and Micropayments
Caroline Press, Product Management
ThreeUK
Rob Weisz, CEO, Fonix
Fonix Mobile
Q&A
15 mins

Taking Mobile Games To The Next Level

One of the fastest growing mCommerce verticals is Blockchain Games, allowing players to sell their in-game items to other players or use them in other games or plaforms. Hear what the BBC and Reality Gaming Group are doing with the Doctor Who brand and discover how carriers can get involved.
  • What are Blockchain Games?
  • What is an NFT?
  • Unlocking a potential $100bn market
  • Why is the BBC making Blockchain Apps
  • What is Doctor Who: Worlds Apart Game
  • The future role of carriers
Taking Mobile Games To The Next Level

Tony Pearce, Co-Founder
Reality Gaming Group
John Kavanagh, Licensing Manager GAMES & DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
BBC Studios
Q&A
24 mins

Business Messaging Traffic Development 2021

In just 5 years, the messaging industry has changed dramatically due to widespread adoption of OTT solutions for short business communications. This change has demanded new methods, strategies, behaviour and skills. Session examines market trends and considers changing consumer habits to reveal future of messaging & impact on messaging ecosystem.
  • The future of messaging
  • Business messaging in the COVID-19 ERA
  • The significant shift of A2P
  • Adapting to consumer needs
  • RCS & MNOs – it keeps on moving!
  • Impact of enterprise messaging on telcos
Business Messaging Traffic Development 2021

Andreas S. Constantinides, Head of Messaging & Marketing Consultancy Network
morethan160
Presentation
14 mins

Gaming Subscription Services – Creating Value For Money

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  • What drives popularity?
  • Free games
  • Spending patterns
  • The case for subscriptions
Gaming Subscription Services – Creating Value For Money

Joe Arkley, MD
Melodi Media
OCTOBER

Myth Busting – Carrier Billing For Gambling

Based on the Myth Busters white paper - suggesting gambling operators are losing 70% of potential revenues by not offer DCB - our panel makes the case for integrating a mobile-first strategy into any online gambling environment. It quantifies latent consumer demand and addresses concerns around implementation and commercial terms.
  • Market overview / stats
  • Payments landscape
  • DCB customer flow
  • Making the case for DCB
  • Business models
  • Regulation, Compliance & Security
Myth Busting – Carrier Billing For Gambling

Paul Skeldon
Telemedia Publishing
Beyza Orazova, Head of Sales, iGaming
DIMOCO Carrier Billing
Joe Arkley, MD
Melodi Media
Presentation. Q&A
40 mins

Leveraging Brand Equity, Monetisation Strategies & DCB Offers – Post Covid

Host Arun Mathew talks to Mr Aung Pyae, VP Digital at Telenor Myanmar, about broader strategies for cooperation between content companies, DCB service providers and telcos to create consumer first eco systems. Together, they explore key themes such as localization, marketing channels and the need for cutting edge content that's highloy relevant to a fast changing business landscape.
  • Content Monetization
  • Cutting edge content
  • Pricing Strategies
  • Localization
  • Relevance
  • Ethical Marketing
Leveraging Brand Equity, Monetisation Strategies & DCB Offers – Post Covid

Arun Mathew, VP Bus. Dev. - MEA & APAC
Cookies Digital
Aung Paye, VP, Head of Digital Services Marketing Group
Telenor
Q&A
17 mins

New Engagement & Revenue Opportunities In Media

New services strategies have emerged as the media embraces & targets mobile users. Demonstrating how podcasts, newsletters integrated story/ad units, personalised homepages etc can all help drive traffic & engage consumers with targeted content that creates interactivity & commercial value. 
  • Market size & opportunity
  • Voucher codes – profiles & strategies
  • Extending traditional couponing
  • The coming rise of mobile coupons
New Engagement & Revenue Opportunities In Media

Mark Challinor, CEO
Media Futures Ltd
19 mins
Presentation

How Do You Harness the Global Pandemic to Increase Revenues for your DCB / VAS Services? (Acquisition & Marketing)

The way that we consume and interact with digital entertainment has shifted substantially in 2020 due to Covid-19. But in the wake of changing demands and behavioural usage patterns, what are the smart changes we can make to our services and marketing strategies to maximise the potential of this global shift in digital entertainment and interaction?
  • New trends & changes to acquisition strategies
  • Latest FB & GA targeting tools & ad formats
  • Performance in terms of increasing margins for DCB SPs
  • SEO long-term viability for acquisition in the DCB world
  • Calculating marketing budgets to gain traction & ROI
  • Top 5 acquisition tips for a sucessful DCB sub service
How Do You Harness the Global Pandemic to Increase Revenues for your DCB / VAS Services? (Acquisition & Marketing)

Julia Dimambro, Founder & CEO
Seriously Fresh Media
COMING SOON