Africa Telecoms Magazine - March 2010
More than 450 million people around the world are now using their cell phones to access the Internet. By 2013, this will rise to 1 billion, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). A significant part of this huge demand is generated by mobile applications – apps, as they are called…
An Indian VAS has adopted Africa as its second home. "Africa is not an export market. It is considered more of a home market for us," says Comviva CEO Manoranjan Mohapatra, speaking exclusively to Africa Telecoms shortly after the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. What's in a…
Leveraging public-private-people's partnerships to improve rural connectivity and adopting the 4P approach to develop, promote and accelerate ICT connectivity in the developing world. Over the past 50 years there has been a significant paradigm shift in how projects and businesses have been done, especially in developing countries. With the advent…
Successful mobile social communities offer excellent value proposition for global mobile operators. Mobile social communities that are successful and dynamic enough to quickly adapt their services and content to suit different global markets make the most likely revenue-sharing partners for international Mobile Network Operators. MNOs are looking to keep increasingly savvy mobile…
With this edition of Africa Telecoms focusing on the VAS industry in Africa, smartphones and their associated software like those produced by RIM becomes critical. With the November launch of BlackBerry App World in South Africa, has RIM seen a large uptake of downloaded apps? Can you divulge any of…
Be careful how you treat the next call centre operator you talk to, it might get rough. Four New Zealand Telecom call centre operators based in the Philippines were fired recently for sending customers offensive text messages. What is most startling about the five inboxes being soiled by the “F***…
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