Sep 22, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
In this episode of Perspectives in Mobile, our host Dario Betti, CEO of MEF, interviews Diego Conforti, MEF Programme Director and Advisor. They discuss the growth of Direct Carrier Billing and the…
Diego ConfortiGuest
Dario BettiHost
First of all, let's, let's again analyze a little bit the market a little bit more, more detail.
Gaming and video streaming are the key, I would say, verticals, the, the very important, the big verticals, okay? But what I see, what I've seen, and I repeat also we see from MEF data, is that there is a growth on e-learning, a very ...
So there are other verticals that are growing, so e-learning, it's very important.
Health and fitness also, and even, uh, different type of insurance, even if at lower numbers.
So we have, uh, different, uh, verticals in the content ecosystem growing aside of the big, uh, part of gaming and, uh, video and music streaming, okay? That, that's point one.
The other, I think, uh, important, uh, asset that we have not really touched, and I think that, uh, w- we'll start to more and more discuss, is even the physical world, okay? We have Germany and Norway, okay, that, uh, are already doing parking, e-bikes, uh, EV charging, and a lot of other, let's say, payment linked to the physical world.
So physical world is, is really untapped, and it's three times the digital world.
We are, we are educating, we are working, as you know, with a lot of operation across the world, telling them the evolution of, of what's, I mean, what's happening, and telling them that is how important it is to adjust their, their technology ecosystem to the new Chrome HTTPS releases.
Where are you seeing a very positive rollout of these payments and carrier payments, but mobile payments in general and mobile carrier payments services? Um, is ...
I would have guessed at one point we could have said Africa of some sort, but is that still the case? Are things changing? Is Europe getting stronger?
First of all, let's, let's again analyze a little bit the market a little bit more, more detail.
Gaming and video streaming are the key, I would say, verticals, the, the very important, the big verticals, okay? But what I see, what I've seen, and I repeat also we see from MEF data, is that there is a growth on e-learning, a very ...
So there are other verticals that are growing, so e-learning, it's very important.
Health and fitness also, and even, uh, different type of insurance, even if at lower numbers.
So we have, uh, different, uh, verticals in the content ecosystem growing aside of the big, uh, part of gaming and, uh, video and music streaming, okay? That, that's point one.
The other, I think, uh, important, uh, asset that we have not really touched, and I think that, uh, w- we'll start to more and more discuss, is even the physical world, okay? We have Germany and Norway, okay, that, uh, are already doing parking, e-bikes, uh, EV charging, and a lot of other, let's say, payment linked to the physical world.
So physical world is, is really untapped, and it's three times the digital world.
We are, we are educating, we are working, as you know, with a lot of operation across the world, telling them the evolution of, of what's, I mean, what's happening, and telling them that is how important it is to adjust their, their technology ecosystem to the new Chrome HTTPS releases.
Where are you seeing a very positive rollout of these payments and carrier payments, but mobile payments in general and mobile carrier payments services? Um, is ...
I would have guessed at one point we could have said Africa of some sort, but is that still the case? Are things changing? Is Europe getting stronger?
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