Mobile Africa NewsNews from the mobile telecom industry in AfricaClickatell Powers Santam Innovative Insurance Fraud Alert Service- June 28, 2008 Clickatell, leading provider of global mobile messaging, today announced its partnership with Santam, South Africas leading short-term insurer, to provide a text-based fraud reporting channel, as well as improved results from Clickatell-powered Santam call center using SMS text alerts for claims processing.http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2092.htm EMCC Software Anticipates Symbian Foundation Will Stimulate Greater Industry Growth- June 27, 2008 EMCC Software, the mobile software development specialists, welcomes the recent announcement of the Symbian Foundation. The formation of the Symbian Foundation Platform will bring standardisation and increased certainty to application creators wishing to develop solutions for all Symbian handsets. EMCC foresees a significant reduction in platform fragmentation that will mean a combination of reduced time to market, wider addressable markets for new products, plus reduced porting and testing...http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2089.htm HSLs 2.75G (GSMGPRSEDGE) Femtocell in Final Phase of Development - Pricing, Managed Services and Availability Announced- June 26, 2008 HSL (Hay Systems Ltd), an independent mobile network operator and provider of mobile services and equipment have today disclosed further details regarding their 2.75G Femtocell development project. HSL have now released details of the physical appearance and have announced plans for a managed femtocell network service with the device being available as early as Q3 2008.http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2091.htm Berg Insight says WLAN is the next big thing in handset connectivity- June 25, 2008 According to new a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, WLAN will become the next prevalent connectivity technology in mass-market mobile handsets. The number of handsets with integrated WLAN is forecasted to grow from 27 million in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71.5 percent to 400 million in 2012, corresponding to an attach rate of 25 percent. WLAN will primarily be used for high-speed Internet access in home or office networks and file transfer of for instance.http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2090.htm kiwanja.net launches its next-generation text messaging platform for the grassroots non-profit (NGO) community- June 25, 2008 Cambridge, UK Wednesday 25th June, 2008: NGO-focused mobile technology organisation kiwanja.net today releases the latest version of its popular text messaging platform FrontlineSMS which opens up the potential of two-way group text messaging to the global grassroots non-profit community.http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2088.htm Virgin Mobile South Africa may increase tariffs- June 24, 2008 South Africa's fourth mobile operator Virgin Mobile may increase its tariffs if other mobile phone operators in the country decide to do so, its chief executive (CEO) said on Tuesday.http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2087.htm |