How AI’s exploding energy demand could reshape the mobile ecosystem. As data‑centre power use is set to more than double by 2030, Dario Betti explains why electricity is no longer “someone else’s problem” for operators, how edge computing and sustainability become strategic levers, and why energy must now be treated as the third pillar of digital infrastructure.

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Dario examines Google's new RCS message archiving feature for Android Enterprise devices. He cuts through the headlines to explain what the feature actually does, why it exists—hint: regulatory compliance—and what it means for the evolving boundary between private conversation and auditable workplace communication in a world where "encrypted" doesn't always mean "private."

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Dario examines how researchers exploited a weakness in WhatsApp's contact discovery to enumerate 3.5 billion phone numbers – along with profile photos and "about" text for hundreds of millions of users. He explains why phone numbers make poor identifiers at global scale, what this means for privacy and security across the mobile ecosystem, and why WhatsApp's move toward usernames matters.

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Dario unpacks how Italy’s antitrust authority is challenging Meta’s integration of Meta AI inside WhatsApp and the exclusion of rival chatbots from the WhatsApp Business platform. He explains why this matters for competition, data sovereignty and the future of AI in messaging – and what lessons mobile operators and the RCS ecosystem should draw from it.

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Dario breaks down the major M&A moves reshaping telecoms and the wider TMT sector in 2025. From mega‑deals in the US and Europe to fibre carve‑outs, tower sales and regional consolidation, he explains why scale, capital efficiency and digital infrastructure have become the true prizes—and what this shift means for operators, investors and the future of connectivity.

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Dario unpacks Meta’s new WhatsApp Business Calling API. He explains how native voice inside WhatsApp threads changes customer journeys, why AI‑ready voice matters for brands and CPaaS providers, and what this move means for telcos, RCS and the future of omnichannel strategy.

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In this episode of ON MESSAGE, MEF CEO Dario Betti looks back at 2025, the year social media turned into social messaging. He explains why platforms like X, Threads, Instagram and TikTok are pouring resources into DMs, how younger users are shifting from public posts to private chats, and what this “private‑first” world means for platforms, brands and the mobile ecosystem.

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Dario unpacks India’s U‑turn on making the Sanchar Saathi security app mandatory on new smartphones. He explains why the government backed off, why critics still worry about surveillance and data governance, and what this case tells the global mobile ecosystem about trust, stateware, and the limits of embedding security tools into personal devices.

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In this episode of ON MESSAGE, MEF CEO Dario Betti examines Ericsson's strategic stake in LotusFlare and what it signals about the future of network API monetisation. He explains how Ericsson is assembling an end-to-end stack—combining programmable networks, API aggregation, and digital commerce—to help telcos turn 5G capabilities into revenue beyond connectivity, and why execution and openness will determine whether this vision delivers.

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In this episode of ON MESSAGE, MEF CEO Dario Betti unpacks the latest forecasts for the digital identity market, which is set to surpass $132 billion by 2031. He explains what’s behind the growth, why digital identity is becoming critical infrastructure for the digital economy, and how telecom operators can move from connectivity to the centre of the “trust layer” that will mediate people, devices and applications.

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