Want to read - or listen to - your e-mail while on the move? Now, thanks to a new service from World Online, you can do both.
According to World Online MD Graeme Victor, the new services mean World Online subscribers don`t have to sit in front of their PCs to receive e-mails.
"Internet users can read their e-mail messages which have been delivered to their e-mail box on their WAP cellphone screen. There`s also an option to reply either electronically from the cellphone or from a PC," Victor says and adds that Vodacom subscribers will also receive free SMS notification of any new e-mails.
In addition, World Online has joined forces with Vocalis, an international speech technology group, to deliver a new SpeechMail service to its 100 000-plus subscriber base.
"SpeechMail allows Internet subscribers to access their mailboxes and listen to their messages which are converted to voice through a combination of Advanced Speech Recognition and text-to-speech technologies," he explains.
"These e-mail services complement the other Mobile Internet services launched recently by World Online. These include SA`s first customisable Mobile Internet portal, access to a host of Mobile Internet websites and services, and a helpline which allows callers to have their WAP-enabled cellphones configured remotely for Mobile Internet usage."
Other innovative services, which will give Internet subscribers even more freedom of movement, are scheduled to be announced later this month.
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World Online International
World Online International is headquartered in the Netherlands. As of March 2000, the company had 1,9 million consumer subscribers and over 34 000 business clients.
World Online provides Internet access and a wide spectrum of internet content and has operations in 15 countries.
World Online SA
In South Africa World Online (WOL) is a joint venture between World Online (60%) and Vodacom via Vodafone (40%) Since its establishment in June 1999, and following its acquisition of Vodacom`s internet customer base, World Online (WOL) has rolled out its internet services to over 100 000 consumers and 200 businesses.