On Message

On Message

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On Message episodes

  • CES 2026: Hardware Sets the Tone

    Foldables, AI PCs, 6G — and the future of mobile telecom.

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    5 min
  • Mexico Mandates SIM KYC

    160 million mobile lines. 120 days. Zero anonymity.

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    4 min
  • Who Really Decides Your Mobile Spectrum? Your Elevator

    How Spain’s 2G shutdown is being delayed by lift emergency phones — and what it means for spectrum policy, IoT, and network sunsets everywhere.

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    4 min
  • AI’s Power Problem: Why the Coming Energy Crunch Matters for Mobile

    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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    6 min
  • Google's RCS Archival: When Work Texts Go On The Record

    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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    5 min
  • WhatsApp Flaw Exposes 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers

    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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    5 min
  • Meta, WhatsApp and AI: Italy’s Antitrust Warning Shot

    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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    6 min
  • 2025 TMT M&A: The Race for Scale, Capital and Infrastructure

    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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    6 min
  • WhatsApp Calling API: When Voice Joins the Conversational Commerce Stack

    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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    5 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.