There is no disagreement, the future will revolve around the conception of Convergence, portability, affordability, and mobile banking. The next three years are likely to be dominated by South Africans, the younger generation, going into mobile banking. The key thing is that, do we have a conducive environment that permits the information highway to benefit…
Elia Tsouros, Executive –Business Development, Verizon Business South Africa. This is an age of collaborations and convergence of media technologies-commoditisation of core communications, increased market maturity, but still more restrictions and legal uncertainty. However, security breaches curtail ‘social engineering’ and make it difficult for greater deregulation. Evolving business and revenue models in response to a…
Mobile Commerce Markets and Regulatory Trends! The Wireless Application Services of South Africa was formed in August 2004 to monitor developments in the mobile industry and to engage policymakers on issues affecting the Wireless industry. There are about 2.5 billion global users of mobile users, with the fastest growth being in China, with almost 300…
This presentation was very funny because of a mime in the back of the room who demonstrated all sorts of funny body movements as the presentation got underway. Sajeed Sacranie, CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa, is an African by birth, background and preference. Born in Malawi, he spent his formative years there and, because…
Anyone. Any Cellphone. Any network. Anywhere. Anytime! What are the needs of users and the challenge for the bank? First National Bank is the leading mobile banking provider among entry-level consumers. Len Pienaar, head of Mobile & Transact Solutions, FNB, believes that the “wireless tech evolution is inevitable” as quoted in Arthur Goldstuck’s recent book,…