MEFCast: The Global Telecom Agenda

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MEFCast: The Global Telecom Agenda is a business podcast hosted by Mobile Ecosystem Forum, with 78 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Mobile Ecosystem Forum hosts MEFCast: The Global Telecom Agenda, a business show with 78 episodes published.

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  MEFCast: The Global Telecom Agenda

  Canada Mobile DCB Market and Digital Services

  Sep 24, 202634 min

  In this episode, you will hear from Nicholas Rossman, Director of Programmes – MEF, Sachin Sakhare, Senior Product Manager – TELUS Partner Solutions, Stéphanie Sollinger, Sales Director Western Europe & Canada – Digital Virgo, Lisa Doganieri, Senior Director, Marketing & Operations Canada, LATAM & APAC – Stingray, Pamela Sotomayor, Business Development Director – Sam Media and Valentino Serino, Director of Partnerships – Busuu. The discussion explores how Canada as a strategic market for Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) and digital services.

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  Beyond the Phone Number: The Future of Digital Identity & Brand Trust

  Sep 17, 202628 min

  In this episode, you will hear from Nicholas Rossman, Director of Programmes – MEF, Bill LaRuffa, VP Commercial Sales & Strategic Partnerships – SOMOS, Roddy Lindsay, Founder & CEO – TexterID and Mark Wert, Strategic Account Director – Hiya . The discussion explores how digital identity is evolving beyond the traditional phone number and how brands can establish secure, verifiable, and consistent interactions across digital channels.

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  Scaling Business Messaging – What’s Still Broken?

  Sep 10, 202634 min

  In this episode, you will hear from Caitlin O’Neill, Director, Messaging Product Development – Canadian Telecommunications Association, John Bruner, CEO – Aegis Mobile, Stefan Heller, Chief Revenue Officer – The Campaign Registry and Stephanie Lashley, VP, Messaging Strategic Alliances & Infrastructure – Bandwidth. The discussion discusses the operational, fragmentation, and deliverability challenges affecting the global expansion of business messaging.

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  The Challenges of Professionalized Fraud

  Sep 3, 202641 min

  In this episode of MEF Leadership Forum Canada 2026, you will hear from Nicholas Rossman, Director of Programmes – Mobile Ecosystem Forum, Catalin Bedea, VP, Product Management – netnumber, Nima Golchini, Head of PreSales Americas – ENEA, Omar Mansour, Head of Solution Architect, Canada & EU – Transunion and Tracey Cash, Senior Director of Messaging, North America – Sinch. The discussion explores how increasingly sophisticated fraud tactics, including brand impersonation, synthetic identities, and generative AI, are challenging traditional fraud prevention protocols such as KYC and KYT.

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  Is SMS Still Enough? The Case For and Against RCS Dominance

  Aug 27, 202625 min

  In this episode of MEF Leadership Forum Canada 2026, you will hear from Caitlin O’Neill, Director, Messaging Product Development – Canadian Telecommunications Association, Stacy Rampersad, Strategic Account Executive – IC Group, Antonio Deruvo, Telecom Account Manager Expert – Infobip. The discussion explores the future of mobile messaging, comparing the reliability of traditional SMS with the richer, more interactive capabilities of RCS.

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