Absa must be applauded for its gutsy move to boldly go where others have failed so miserably. Free Internet access has proven a little too much of a money-drainer for most investors in the past.
The Absa Group has fleshed out its plans for its free Internet service, and has announced that it intends to release 100 000 CDs with its free Internet service offering.
South African online consumers are almost as mistrustful as UK consumers, says a report on e-privacy released by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The Absa Group`s plans to offer free e-mail to its customers on the Absafreemail.co.za domain has been hampered by Nizaam Karjieker, a Cape Town-based Intekom account manager, who registered the domain on Monday.
Musica`s recently launched online offering lacks easy navigation, lower prices and speedy fulfillment. Basheera Khan finds that it hasn`t yet managed to find a winning e-commerce formula.
Hewlett-Packard launched its new service provider offerings, including a plug-and-play Internet data centre solution, to the European and African market in Budapest yesterday.
The Nobel Foundation has selected Cisco Systems as its Internet technology partner to develop the Nobel e-Museum, a virtual museum of science and culture.
i-Fundi, a call centre company based in Randburg, is offering professionals a virtual personal assistant (PA) service that promises to free up valuable time.
Discovery Health has launched an anti-fraud Web site, Fraudline, to address fraud in the local healthcare industry.
Data Pro, an Internet service provider and network integrator, has been appointed as a Dell Premier Business Partner.
3Com says its Kerbango standalone Internet radio appliance won the Best of Show award at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the US. The product is scheduled to be available in SA in mid-2001.
Absa`s intention to launch a service offering free Internet access to consumers has received a mixed reaction - some calling the initiative laudable, while others are questioning the viability of the project.