Vodacom has launched Look4me, a location-based service using cellular networks, enabling Vodacom contract subscribers to locate any Vodacom cellphone user, provided the user consents to being located.
Tiscali has launched its Pay As You Surf Internet service, which allows users to connect to the Internet while on the move.
Local provider of prepaid airtime and electricity, Sebros Telecomms, has selected Leaf Wireless and the Intellect GPRS POS device to drive its new e-voucher prepaid distribution initiative.
In a move to address the expanding market for mobile communications devices in SA, Duxbury Networking has introduced a range of GSM/GPRS modems.
Nokia has confirmed that certain models of its phones are vulnerable to being hacked via Bluetooth, but says it will not release a patch for the phones.
Last week saw Telkom taken to task for alleged anti-competitive practices, and drama at CS Holdings and Intervid.
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Intel has outlined its plans to drive the development of a common platform for ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless technology.
Internet service provider Tiscali has launched its Pay As You Surf Internet service, which it claims allows anytime, anywhere access over any device, for only the cost of the call.
Intel, in conjunction with HP, Microsoft and others, has formed the Wireless Universal Serial Bus Promoter Group.
Clickatell believes that business usage of SMS has grown over the past year.
DataPro has announced a WebMail facility to give its customers access to e-mail from anywhere in the world.
The Open Security Exchange (OSE) will work with the Liberty Alliance to include physical security identity standards for wireless devices.