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Itec partners with Vodacom to provide mobile connectivity for participants in the Old Mutual joBerg2c challenge
Itec has partnered with Vodacom to provide mobile connectivity for participants in the Old Mutual joBerg2c challenge, one of the country’s favourite mountain bike stage races. This falls in line with Itec’s commitment to supporting sports in South Africa and provides an ideal opportunity to showcase the versatility and reach of the company’s mobile technology solutions.
Enterprise mobility is inevitable, but the challenges of implementing it are significant. To help CIOs navigate the mobility minefield, ITWeb will stage a one-day Mobility Summit, addressed by experts in the enterprise mobility space.
2012 saw the BuzzCity network grow by 67% with over 210.8 billion ads served across the globe and this extensive growth in mobile usage is certain to continue as we move through 2013. So says BuzzCity CEO, KF Lai.
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions globally for mobile penetration, usage and revenues. While the world has been rocked by economic crises, the region’s mobile ecosystem has seen continued subscription growth and now accounts for over 730 million connections, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
2013 will be a pivotal year for the South African SMS industry as the issue of interconnect fees is resolved, and mobile networks charge each other for terminating application-to-person (A2P) SMS messages, doing away with the vagaries of the gentlemen’s agreement between the operators that maintain the status quo. So says BulkSMS.com's MD, Pieter Streicher.
The year in review for SMS
This was the year when the SMS interconnect fee issue finally came to a head, with Cell C forcing the issue by breaking the existing gentlemen’s agreement between the network operators. So says BulkSMS.com's managing director, Dr Pieter Streicher.
Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) has announced a new affordable addition to its Xperia smartphone range, Xperia E. Sony’s latest Android smartphone will be available in both single and dual SIM versions from early 2013.
A full spectrum of 220 attendees from the mobile industry today gathered at The Venue Melrose Arch, Johannesburg for the fiorst day of the fourth annual Mobile Web Africa Conference.
The development of mobile payment platforms and their convergence with global social networks represents a powerful, high growth area that businesses cannot afford to ignore – particularly given the fact that social media giant Facebook is now a listed company.
Son, the most-read Afrikaans tabloid newspaper in South Africa, has launched its mobi site, allowing the opportunity for readers to access their favourite read, even though they may not be able to purchase the daily print edition, explained Son editor-in-chief, Andrew Koopman.
Africa currently has around 644-million mobile phone subscribers. For the vast majority of Africans, a mobile device will always be the primary way to access the Internet. Already, 70% of Egyptians, 57% of South Africans, 55% of Ghanaians 54% of Kenyans and 50% of Nigerians only access the Internet via mobile devices.
RamsayMedia is set to expand its role in the digital space. A partnership with leading SA mobile solutions provider Snapplify will see the media house provide content, service and support though mobile apps developed by the award-winning tech start-up, which will also manage their hosting in app stores.
Ericsson Research has announced the world’s first WebRTC-enabled browser for mobile devices, called 'Bowser.'
The SpaceStation network ranks top with mobi-site users
The latest Effective Measure stats show that m.news24.com and mobi.supersport.com are the top two performing mobi-sites in South Africa.
Talk2Us has announced another addition to the SnapComms suite of services, which provides digital internal communication tools to target employee messaging. The new enterprise mobile application featured at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference held in San Francisco recently.
Johannesburg-based digital marketing specialist, AVATAR, has announced the release of a mobile application by South Africans for South Africans. The app was launched on Heritage Day, Monday, 24 September.
The Media Connection develops mobile website platform for community radio stations
Community radio stations now have the opportunity to join the rest of the advertising and marketing industry in the digital revolution, thanks to a new mobile website platform developed and owned by The Media Connection.
Just 10 months after its official launch at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2011, Snapplify – Africa’s leading mobile app producer on iPad and Android platforms – already boasts global recognition and lists an impressive array of achievements.
Launched to coincide with the highly anticipated upcoming Rugby Championship (formerly the Tri Nations), Primedia Online, the publisher of iafrica.com, has introduced live-scoring for rugby fans on the iafrica.com mobi site.
SEACOM has provided funding towards the development and piloting of a new Swahili and English language application for farmers in Tanzania. This falls in line with SEACOM’s commitment towards fostering the use of ICT for economic development across Africa.

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