On Message

On Message

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On Message episodes

  • Why the FCC Is Targeting Numbers, Not Calls

    After years of blocking failures, the FCC is shifting upstream, targeting how phone numbers are allocated, resold and recycled to combat robocalls.

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    4 min
  • Why Frontier AI Turns Cybersecurity into a Leadership Issue

    Anthropic’s Mythos highlights how frontier AI changes cyber risk economics, forcing telecom operators to treat security as strategic leadership responsibility.

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    4 min
  • Nigeria’s Regulatory Gamble on Network Intelligence

    Nigeria’s regulator‑run fraud platform challenges the commercial API model, treating mobile number intelligence as public infrastructure, not a monetised data product.

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    3 min
  • RCS Encryption: The Barrier Finally Falls

    End‑to‑end encryption between iPhone and Android marks a milestone for RCS, closing a long‑standing gap and refocusing attention on business messaging growth.

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    4 min
  • India’s Spam Crackdown and the OTT Question

    India’s latest TRAI proposals intensify spam controls and reopen the debate on whether OTT messaging should face telecom‑style regulation.

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    4 min
  • XChat, X Money & The Reality of Western Super Apps

    XChat and X Money show Elon Musk’s super‑app ambition is becoming real, but adoption will hinge on trust, regulation, and whether Western users truly want financial convergence.

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    4 min
  • Airtel Money & The Coming Price Discovery for Mobile Finance

    Airtel Money's planned IPO could become a defining valuation moment for mobile money, showing how telecom-led financial platforms are now core digital infrastructure.

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    4 min
  • Twilio’s Turning Point and What It Signals for CPaaS

    Twilio’s Q1 results show how CPaaS leaders are shifting from scale to discipline, using AI and software layers to drive profitability, not just volume.

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    4 min
  • The Encryption U‑Turn: What Instagram’s Shift Means for Trust in Messaging

    Instagram’s decision to remove end‑to‑end encryption from direct messages and what it tells us about the changing priorities of major messaging platforms.

    Dario explains how Meta’s original vision of a fully encrypted, unified messaging system has stalled, why Instagram is reversing course, and how other platforms, from Messenger to Telegram and Snapchat, are also adopting mixed or partial encryption models.

    This episode explores the wider implications for user trust, safety regulation, platform strategy, and the future of privacy in digital communications. As AI, compliance pressures and commercial incentives reshape messaging, Dario outlines what the mobile ecosystem must do to protect users while maintaining innovation and accountability.

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    6 min
  • The AI Memory Crunch: Why Smarter Phones May Ship With Less

    As AI data centres absorb the world’s memory supply, smartphones are being forced to compromise. This episode explains why AI is driving up DRAM and NAND prices, how that pressure reshapes device design, and why cloud‑based intelligence will matter more than raw on‑device power in the years ahead.

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    4 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.