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MAY 2012 A SNAPSHOT

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NATIVE SPEAKS MOBILE

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HANDSET MANUFACTURERS

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NOKIA LOSES TOP HANDSET MAKER POSITION

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»  Nokia has held the title of “Worlds biggest handset maker” for 14 years.

»  It has now been bumped off its top spot by Samsung based on shipments in the first quarter of 2012.

»  Samsung shipped 93.5 million handsets.

»  Nokia shipped 82.7million handsets.

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Forbes, 16 May 2012

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The smartphone market is becoming what many are

calling a “a two horse race” between Samsung and Apple,

something that Nokia CE Stephen Elop wanted to prevent

when Nokia released its range of high-end cellphones in

partnership with Microsoft in February 2011 - but offerings like the Lumia 800 have been

slow in sales.

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Forbes, 16 May 2012

SAMSUNG VS. APPLE

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APPLE DROPS 4G NAME

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»  Apple has dropped “4G” from the name of its new iPads that support Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, this after the use of the term landed it in hot water in Australia.

»  An iPad 3 with support for mobile broadband now bears the name “Wi-Fi+ Cellular” with the product description explaining that the device can connect to certain “4G LTE” networks.

»  Core explained that it has taken steps to ensure that customers are informed that the LTE features of the iPad 3 won’t work in South Africa.

»  Despite the lack of commercial LTE networks in South Africa, the iPad 3’s specifications do allow it to connect to all our 3G networks.

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MyBroadband, 14 May 2012

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GOOGLE-MOTOROLA DEAL

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»  The worlds number one Internet search engine is set to develop its own line of smartphones.

»  Google, which will be the newest entrant to the handset market, announced plans for the acquisition last year in a bid to secure Motorola’s valuable patents and pave the way for a pairing of Google’s Android mobile software and Motorola’s handset business.

»  Chinese authorities have now given the go ahead for the $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility.

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ITWeb, 22 May 2012

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RIM’S LAST CHANCE TO WIN DEVELOPERS OVER WITH THE LAUNCH OF BLACKBERRY 10 PLATFORM

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IT News Africa, 1 May 2012

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»  RIM unveiled its vision for the Blackberry 10 platform at the Blackberry World Conference and released the initial developer toolkit for native and HTML 5 software development.

»  RIM is aware that this is their last chance to win over consumers, as users won’t carry on buying its phones or tablets unless developers get excited about the platform and create a wealth of apps to operate on it.

»  The key will be to have apps that people want and perform to the level that people are used to on the IPad.

»  The creation of locally and culturally relevant apps will make them an important marketing tool.

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IT News Africa, 1 May 2012

BLACKBERRY PLACES HOPES ON BB10

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RIM REPORTS LOSSES, LOOKING TO SELL

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Business Report, 31 May 2012

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»  Struggling Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) filed an operating loss for the second-straight quarter and will be laying off a number of employees, as many as 5000.

»  RIM’s market capitalisation is now $5.5 billion, down from $84 billion at the company’s peak in 2008.

»  Bank advisors are weighing the options to sell, to split up the hardware and software business or a continued attempt to turn the company around.

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RIM OPENS LOCAL AUTHORISED ACADEMIC CENTRE

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»  RIM announced the opening of the Blackberry Apps Lab at the University of Pretoria.

»  It aims to accelerate mobile application development in South Africa.

»  The Blackberry Apps Lab is part of RIM’s extensive developer programme that spans Africa.

ITWeb, 31 May 2012

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MOBILE NETWORKS

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VIRGIN MOBILE SA CEO STEVE BAILEY STEPS DOWN AS DUBAI-BASED TELECOMS COMPANY FRIENDI BUYS A STAKE

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Tech Central, 18 May 2012

»  Richard Branson's Virgin Group is planning to dilute its shareholding in mobile virtual network operation (MNV) Virgin Mobile SA.

»  It will reduce its 55% stake in virgin Mobile to a minority position to facilitate Friendi’s purchase.

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MTN REPORTS A 4% INCREASE IN SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER 2012

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»  MTN Group reported a 4% rise in subscribers, totalling 170.6 million at the end of March 2012, from 164.5 million at the end of December 2011.

»  Its key markets played a large role namely South Africa, Nigeria and Iran.

»  The number of subscribers rose by 3% in South Africa and Nigeria.

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Business Day, 4 May 2012

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VODACOM RELEASES Q1 RESULTS

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»  In the year to March, total subscribers increased 30%, a gain of 11 million customers.

»  The bulk of the additions came from SA where the company added 6 million users.

»  The results show that data is twice the size of SMS (in terms of revenue streams), and this is likely to reflect in other networks.

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ITWeb, 21 May 2012

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»  SA grew subscribers 27% to 29 million, mostly due to a 31,3% gain in prepaid customers driven by low-cost handset deals.

»  Data revenue increased 23.6%, driven by a 35.4% increase in active data customers to 12.2 million.

»  Smartphone users remain the driving force behind data and now account for a 5th of all handsets on the local network.

»  Smartphone users average monthly data use more than doubled, to 92MB a month.

»  Vodacom continues to seek more affordable smartphones, which should come around $50 within the next 12-18 months.

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VODACOM’S RESULTS SUMMARY

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VODACOM ADDS INSURANCE TO IT’S OFFERING

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»  Vodacom expands its product portfolio by entering into the South African insurance market.

»  With a long-term and short-term insurance license, this allows Vodacom to underwrite and sell insurance products.

»  Vodacom will leverage the direct links it has with more than 30 million customers which will reduce the costs of acquiring and serving customers.

»  Vodacom is using its reputation as “one of SA’s most trusted brand” to attract customers looking for insurance products.

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ITWeb, 16 May 2012

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ALAN KNOTT-CRAIG AIMS TO SHAKE UP THE MARKET

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»  Newly appointed Cell C CEO, who started Vodacom is now on a mission to compete more aggressively with its biggest rivals MTN and Vodacom.

»  In the last month, Cell C (who currently has 13% market share) has slashed broadband prices, introduced cheaper prepaid tariffs and aims to cut contract call rates, hopefully to the original 25c when Knott-Craig was at Vodacom.

»  It has also secured an equity injection of about R1,5bn from its parent company Dubai-based Oger Telecom.

Tech Central, 30 May 2012

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PREPAID PRICE WARS

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»  Vodacom and Cell C slashed their prepaid rates, each coming out with 99c per minute deals.

»  In a rush to launch its 99c deal after Cell C, Vodacom did not launch as expected due to a discrepancy relating to ICASA regulations regarding tariff charges. Vodacom did not get approval from ICASA on its new rate.

»  Vodacom issued a statement saying it had “mistakenly referred to the Freedom 99 promotion as a tariff”.

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ITWeb, 16 May 2012

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»  Second cellphone operator MTN turned its nose up at the significant prepaid pricing cuts announced by Vodacom and Cell C, saying it still offers “the most affordable prepaid experience” in the market.

»  Cell C however provided a pricing table which disputes MTN’s claim:

»  Industry observers say the recent developments signal a renaissance in the telecommunications pricing war that has for years been somewhat latent.

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MyBroadband, 17 May 2012

PREPAID PRICE COMPARISONS

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FIRST CELL C SLASHES PRICES,

NOW JOBS Cell C announced it is looking to

retrench 12% of its workforce. Cell C spokesperson Karin Fourie

confirms that “The objective of the restructuring process is to

streamline the business, to bring the business closer to our customer

base and to make it more competitive” she says.

“We are focusing on the areas of business that we believe are

overstaffed.”

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NEW MOBILE STATISTICS

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MOBILE LIFE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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»  Mobile Life reveals results from Sub-Saharan Africa and the behaviours, motivations and priorities of the regions mobile phone users.

»  South Africans surveyed said they would be the most interested (54%) in using their phones for location-based services in the future.

Memeburn, 23 May 2012

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»  One in five mobile phone users in Sub-Saharan Africa now have a smartphone, with one in three in South Africa, and one in four in Nigeria.

»  The mobile phone is the main electronic device used, coming second is a DVD player with 72% owning one.

»  There is a strong desire to access the internet. The three main reasons to want a smartphone is to:

–  Surf the internet (38%)

–  Upgrade to a better phone (30%)

–  Access to the latest features and services (26%)

»  Nokia still leads, with little over half of all mobile phone users owning a Nokia as their primary phone. Samsung is distant second at 11% and Blackberry third at just under 6%

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Memeburn, 23 May 2012

MOBILE USAGE IN AFRICA

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INTERNET ACCESS IN SOUTH AFRICA REPORT 2012 HEADLINE FINDINGS RELEASED BY WORLD WIDE WORX

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MyBroadband, 10 May 2012

11mil web users by 20132,85mil only via mobile device

The Internet Awakens The internet has finally penetrated

20% of South Africa�’s population, with the first signs of the mass

market embracing digital tools on their phones.

20%

5,5mil 3G users

7,9mil via mobile device

8,5mil

49mil

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»  There are now an estimated 8.5-million internet users in the country, nearly 60% more than there were two years ago and around 90% of those access the web using mobile at some point.

»  Even mobile users are increasingly moving to smart devices. In 2011 there were an estimated 8.5-million smartphones floating around the country and that number is set to grow to 11-million by the end of this year.

»  6.02 million access the Internet on computer, laptop and tablet. 90% of these also access by phone.

»  A total of 7.9 million South Africans access the Internet on their cellphones.

»  2.48 million only access the Internet via cellphone.

»  The number of 3G users in South Africa has grown to 5.5 million.

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MyBroadband, 10 May 2012

INTERNET ACCESS IN SA

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FACEBOOK MOBILE PENETRATION

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»  Facebook has 50% of all its users on mobile phones coming in from emerging markets like Nigeria and South Africa with Nigeria having the highest penetration of 81.2%.

»  All credits to Blackberry which is very popular among Nigerians.

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Tech Talk Africa, 14 May 2012

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FACEBOOK VS. MXIT IN

TOWNSHIPS

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ITWeb, 17 May 2012

According to a recent ikapadata report, Facebook is overtaking

MXit in townships.

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IKAPADATA MOBILE MONEY SURVEY 2012

ITWeb, 17 May 2012

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GOOGLE SA COMMISSIONS INTERNET ECONOMIC IMPACT SURVEY

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»  A study conducted by World Wide Worx reveals that the Internet economy in South Africa contributes R59 million (2%) to its GDP.

»  This contribution is rising by around 0.1% year on year – meaning it will reach R79 million by 2016, contributing up to 25% to SA’s GDP.

ITWeb, 30 May 2012

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THE SUNDAY TIMES NEXT GENERATION BRAND SURVEY RESULTS

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»  This year polled over 5 500 urban and peri-urban youths across South Africa.

»  The annual study provides marketers with insights on how the local youth market perceive their brands.

»  The study illustrates young consumers brand preferences on what they think is cool.

»  The annual youth spend in 2011 was R98.7 billion.

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HDI Youth Marketeers

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SOME OF THE WINNERS 2012

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»  Coolest Brand Overall 2012

1.  Blackberry

2.  BMW

3.  Coca-Cola

»  Coolest Bank All Groups (%)

1.  FNB (26.19)

2.  ABSA (24.36)

3.  Standard Bank (20.61)

4.  Nedbank (11.57)

»  Coolest Cell Phone All Groups (%)

1.  Blackberry (36.72)

2.  Nokia (22.40)

3.  Apple iPhone (20.31)

4.  Samsung (4.57)

»  Coolest Telecoms Provider All Groups (%)

1.  Vodacom (30.65)

2.  MTN (28.30

3.  Cell C (18.90

Yomzanzi, 31 May 2012

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EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES DRIVING UP INTERNET GROWTH

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»  Mary Meeker, renowned web analyst released her 2012 Internet Trends Report.

»  3G subscriptions only represent 18% of the worlds total mobile subscriptions.

»  Emerging markets may not be leading the way in terms of web growth, but they are when it comes to 3G growth.

»  No African countries made the top 15 list of countries with the most 3G subscribers. However, given that the majority of mobile devices with 3G capability are smartphones, Africa has a long way to catch up.

»  Right now, there are only 935 million smartphone subscribers out of 6.34 billion global mobile subscribers.

Memeburn, 31 May 2012

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Global Mobile Web Ad Impression Growth by Vertical on the Ad Exchange and AdSense Q4 2011

250% growth in mobile impressions - Display Business Trends Publishers Edition

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MOBILE INNOVATION

IN SA MOBILE MONTHLY REPORT/MAY 2012

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FNB LAUNCHES GEO-PAYMENT

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»  FNB offically launched a new functionality within its app that allows for geo-mobile payments.

»  This new feature allows users to be within a 500 metre radius to send and receive money without the need to exchange banking details.

»  You need not be an FNB customer to receive money, but only FNB account holders are able to make payments.

»  FNB has also extended the scope of its banking app by adding eWallet to the menu.

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Memeburn, 9 May 2012 ITWeb, 30 May 2012

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However, FNB is not the first to market. MXit also announced its

own geo-fenced payment system.

The application known as Gust is a step away from MXit Moola that

wont rely on MXit’s platform.

A Beta version is expected to be ready in June.

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Bandwidth Blog, 8 May 2012

MXIT LAUNCHES OWN GE0-

PAYMENT SYSTEM

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WI-FI IN THE SKY

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»  In a South African first, Mango flyers can now surf the web at 30 000 ft.

»  G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi is a service that is compatible with most Wi-Fi enabled devices including smartphones, tablets and laptops and allows for full internet connectivitiy including sending and receiving emails, web browsing and the use of social networks.

»  Data heavy services like YouTube and peer-to-peer downloads, are however not allowed.

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Bandwidth Blog, 10 May 2012

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»  During the test flight, the connection crashed under the load of +- 100 users trying to connect simultaneously. Lesson learnt – as long as no more than 6 people try to connect at once, it should be a breeze.

»  For the jetsetters, there are 3 packages to choose from: •  One way @R50

•  One-day pass @ R90

•  Per minute option @R1 per minute

»  The rollout should see 80% of Mango’s fleet online by end of June 2012.

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Bandwidth Blog, 10 May 2012

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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EXPENZA FOR BLACKBERRY

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»  With BlackBerry’s 8520 as the most popular phone in South Africa, developers of the BlackBerry version of ExpenZA ensured that the app worked optimally for BlackBerry’s OS5 and higher.

»  ExpenZa aims at helping people make smarter decisions about their finances through the automation of expense tracking by intercepting the expenditure SMS message sent by various banks in South Africa and uses the information contained in that SMS to automatically populate a user’s expense list.

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Bandwidth Blog, 18 May 2012

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CELLPHONES ACT AS PANIC BUTTON

IDMe is a cell phone based voice-free panic button that

allows the activation of a panic button in an emergency.

On activation, the panic button will initiate a response by ER24

Emergency Medical Services.

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ITWeb, 23 May 2012

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WACS GETS SWITCHED ON

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»  The West Africa Cable System (WACS) will add more than 40% to South Africa’s existing international broadband capacity.

»  Even though MTN is the largest investor in WACS, as WACS went live, Vodacom took the opportunity to announce that it aims to harness the capacity of WACS and mobile technology to “spread Internet access to all South Africans”.

»  WACS will ultimately drive down prices and provide more reliability.

ITWeb, 11 May 2012

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MOBILE IN AFRICA

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MOBILE SECURITY CONCERNS IN AFRICA

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»  SensePost MD Charl van der Walt raises security issues at the ITWeb Security Summit.

»  One point he made is that the powerful features available on smartphones open these devices up to attacks.

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ITWeb, 22 May 2012

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»  By 2015, the number of mobile-only Internet users will have grown 56-fold worldwide. The same growth pattern is being seen in Africa.

»  “Mobile will outstrip all other devices as the primary computing device for Africans,” said Van Der Walt. “In Africa, by 2015, there will be more people with mobile access than electricity at home. There's got to be a game changer in there somewhere.”

»  Looking at the mobile threat model, Van Der Walt said the three core areas of concern are security, privacy and control.

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ITWeb, 22 May 2012

INTERNET ACCESS IN SA

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ESKIMI, A SOCIAL NETWORK FOR FEATURE PHONES REACHES 7M USERS

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»  Lithuanian-based Eskimi originally launched as a mobile web service, recently went over the 7 million user mark, growing 1 million in the last month.

»  +- billion monthly ad impressions.

»  Half of its users are from Nigeria.

»  Its largest markets are Nigeria, Ghana, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Memeburn, 25 May 2012

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NOLLYWOOD BLACKBERRY BABES

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»  Blackberry Babes is a Nigerian comedy that exaggerates the Nigerian craze for the Blackberry.

»  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3rAItM0lMw

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NEWS FROM ABROAD

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CHINA HITS 1B MOBILE PHONE

USERS »  The latest stats, released by

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, show that there are approximately 1 030 052 000 mobile users in the country.

»  Considering the population is around 1.3 billion that means more than 76% of Chinese citizens have one.

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Memeburn, 24 May 2012

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YAHOO LAUNCHES AXIS

»  A web exploration and search tool.

»  It is both a mobile browser and a desktop plugin that gives users visual search results as they type.

»  It includes a personalised homepage which stays with you across your desktop, IPad and iPhone.

»  It allows you to easily pick up where you left off when you switch devices.

»  At the moment it is only available for iOS devices, while the plugin is available on all HTML 5 enabled desktop browsers.

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Memeburn, 25 May 2012

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FACEBOOK IPO’S AND HINTS AT ITS DESIRE TO INCREASE ITS MOBILE CAPABILITIES

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»  Making multiple mobile app acquisitions.

»  Rumoured to be building its own handset.

»  Rumoured to be buying browser maker Opera.

»  Expanding into North Africa and the Middle East to boost advertising sales.

»  However Facebook’s IPO is in dire straits being recorded as the worst-performing in a decade.

PC World, 19 May 2012 TechCentral, 15 May 2012 Tech Talk Africa, 31 May 2012

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CHELSEA FC APP LAUNCHED

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»  Irrespective of where you are, you get the latest news first, video-on-demand, match reports, live match commentary and much more.

»  Premium content requires a subscription.

»  Compatible with Samsung phones running on Android 2.1 and above.

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Tech Talk Africa, 20 May 2012

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THE WORLDS FIRST WIKIPEDIA

TOWN »  Relies on QR codes to link visitors with

relevant articles on Wikipedia.

»  Since the project began six months ago, Wikipedia volunteers around the globe have contributed nearly 500 new articles in over 25 languages

»  On its official launch earlier this month, some 1,000 QR codes were already in place throughout Monmouth.

»  How long before initiatives such as this become a norm around the world?

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Springwise, 22 May 2012

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YOUTUBE TURNS 7 »  On the 21st May YouTube

celebrated its 7th birthday. »  To celebrate, they compiled a video

showcasing everything that has made them great to this day.

»  The video reveals some stats: »  There are over 40 billion videos viewed

every day

»  72 hours of video are uploaded every minute

»  Over 600 million playbacks through YouTube Mobile every day

»  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQDPH0ulCg

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Digital Buzz Blog, 22 May 2012

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JUNIPER RELEASES NEW REPORT ON NFC GROWTH

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Memeburn, 30 May 2012

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»  According to tech analysis company Juniper Research, more than 1 in 4 mobile users in Western Europe and the US will make in-store payments using NFC (Near-Field Communication) by 2017 – huge growth from only 2% this year.

»  The ability to ‘tap’ a phone and make a payment has massive appeal for people, and could see NFC take the lead over other mobile payment systems.

»  For mobile wallet providers, NFC payments provide new and personalised retail marketing and sales opportunities above the capabilities of debit or credit cards.

»  The collaboration between financial institutions and mobile network operators will help rapid market expansion from 2012.

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THE KEY TRENDS IN MOBILE FOR MAY 2012

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»  Blackberry loses overseas market, but continues to succeed in Africa.

»  Network price wars in South Africa demonstrates a more aggressive stance for market share growth.

»  The number of South Africans accessing the Internet through their cell phones is growing rapidly with smartphones and apps giving rise to the number of people connected.

»  Emerging markets show massive contribution to worldwide Internet growth through 3G.

»  The smartphone market is changing the dynamics of handset manufacturers – everyone is trying to get their share of the market.

»  Facebook reveals serious ambitions to lead in the mobile space.

»  The sending, receiving and tracking of money through mobile payment systems and apps proving their value in South Africa society.

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Vuyisile Sisulu | Mobile Technologist [tel] +27 (11) 555-3800 [cell] +27 (82) 679 5415 [fax] 0867210884 [email] [email protected]

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