On Message

On Message

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On Message episodes

  • The New AI Regulators: Emerging Markets Set Their Own Rules

    Thailand and Kazakhstan are introducing new AI governance frameworks. Dario discusses how emerging markets are creating independent regulatory approaches for telecoms, platforms, data and artificial intelligence.

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    3 min
  • WhatsApp's Next Chapter: From Scale to Monetisation

    WhatsApp has exceeded three billion users, but monetisation remains limited. Dario Betti, MEF CEO, examines why Meta's leadership change signals greater focus on payments, business messaging and commercial growth.


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    3 min
  • Five Million D2D Users. What Does the Number Really Mean?

    NTT Docomo reports five million users for its Starlink Direct service. Dario explores what this milestone means for direct-to-device satellite communications and whether activation equals actual usage.

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    4 min
  • AI Voice Is Coming. Are Networks Ready?

    New research suggests AI voice services could redefine telecom network performance. Dario Betti explores why latency, uplink capacity and cloud connectivity may become more important than download speed.

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    4 min
  • Telco cloud needs a common foundation

    Senior executives at Deutsche Telekom and Orange are urging wider industry support for the open-source Sylva initiative as operators push for a more standardised telco cloud model.

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    4 min
  • Europe’s 5G challenge is no longer coverage

    New analysis suggests European 5G networks are already slowing significantly at peak hours, shifting attention from rollout and average speeds to resilience under real demand.

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    3 min
  • AI in customer experience has hit the execution phase

    New industry research suggests the main challenge in AI-driven customer experience is no longer deployment, but making systems work reliably across fragmented channels, data and workflows.

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    3 min
  • Engagement is changing, not disappearing

    New benchmark data shows TikTok extending its lead in social engagement while user behaviour shifts away from public comments and towards views, likes and private sharing.

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    3 min
  • The DMA moves from theory to enforcement

    The European Commission’s third annual DMA report shows the regulation moving into active enforcement, with growing focus on interoperability, cloud services and how platforms control access and data.

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    4 min
  • From data plans to AI tokens

    China Telecom has launched trial commercial token packages that bundle AI usage, connectivity and security, pointing to a broader telco move from connectivity into computing services.

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    3 min

About On Message

From the publisher's feed

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.