Mobile

Mobile tracking becomes the norm

Location-based services and personal tracking is also a trend.

Betting on gaming in SA

The penetration of mobile phones and mobile data will serve as catalysts for a growing mobile gaming market in South Africa. The question is how well the industry will navigate these opportunities.

Betting

Lauri E. Elliott

‘Press one for growth’

With an abundance of bandwidth and booming mobile operators, East Africa is quietly staking its claim as Africa’s call centre capital.

Bandwidth

Hilton Tarrant

Retail prices will not plummet

Despite what the mainstream media says, it’s unlikely that there will be a sudden drop in mobile call prices, even if the operators reach an agreement on interconnection.

Mobile

Samantha Perry

Wither LCR?

One of the possible side-effects of a reduced interconnect rate is a rebalanced industry, otherwise known as the demise of the LCR players.

Interconnect

Samantha Perry

The World’s First Fully Open Source Mobile Phone?

HARDWARE - MOBILE DEVICES Words: Janet Paterson and Paul Hartley OPEN SOURCE A group of open source developers is working to produce a full stack of open source software that could underpin the world’s first fully open source mobile phone.

THE

Real Content onYour Phone

HARDWARE - MOBILE DEVICES Words: Janet Paterson and Paul Hartley CONTENT dot Mobi, the company behind the first Internet address designed specifically for mobile phones, has announced plans to launch a range of white label directory, research and database licensing services during 2007.

Real

Mobile Device Management - Practical Techniques

HARDWARE - MOBILE DEVICES Words: Janet Paterson and Paul Hartley INSIGHT Craig Mathias, founder of US-based Farpoint Group, provides a checklist of key elements for your mobile device management strategy.

Mobile

Mobile Number Portability

HARDWARE - MOBILE DEVICES Words: Janet Paterson and Paul Hartley MNP Originally scheduled for 2005, after numerous delays and much fuss, mobile number portability (MNP) was finally introduced in South Africa in November 2006.

Mobile

Mobile Devices Key to Business Agility

HARDWARE - MOBILE DEVICES Words: Janet Paterson and Paul Hartley Sensing and responding to change is critical for SMEs.

Mobile

Mobile future: the disconnect

Mobile operators will lose their battle against the internet.

Mobile

Paul Furber

The mobile broadband explosion

Half the world's population and billions of devices will get a mobile internet connection by 2020, says Ericsson. Get ready.

Mobile

Paul Furber