According to a recent article on Sky News, President Barack Obama is looking for a “social networks manager” to take charge of his MySpace and Facebook pages and keep his Twitter account up to date.
The first question which popped into my mind when I read this was “If I didn’t have time to post my [...]
Would you let someone tweet on your behalf?
Published in February 26th, 2010
Posted by Emma Donovan in Opinion
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Are cell call costs every going to come down?
Published in February 5th, 2010
Posted by Emma Donovan in News Update
That’s the question consumers were left asking after Icasa decided earlier this week not to look at the mobile industry’s interconnect proposal.
The proposal was to lower the costs the cell phone companies charge each other for calls between their networks from R1,25 to 89c. The understanding was that this saving would be passed onto [...]
Human trafficking helpline: dial 08000-RESCUE
Published in January 29th, 2010
08000-RESCUE is a 24 hour toll-free helpline for human trafficking victims and a platform for consumers to give tip-off information. This joint initiative between The Salvation Army and BE HEARD, an organization with ten years experience in operating anonymous tip-off services, was launched in Johannesburg on 27 January 2010.
Initially the helpline operators will be [...]
SA involvement in Haiti
Published in January 20th, 2010
Posted by Emma Donovan in News Update
The online coverage, empathy, suggestions and feedback about the Haiti earthquake victims has been remarkable, especially as it can be traced to people from such a diverse range of cultures and countries.
A big thumbs up must go out to all South African individuals and organisations that have contributed in some way. Particular mention must [...]
SA Wi-Fi to go Sky High
Published in January 18th, 2010
Posted by Emma Donovan in News Update
WirelessG announces that in-flight, high speed internet will be available in sub-Saharan Africa in the next couple of months. G-connect users will be able to use their current accounts on flights, and other consumers will be able to pay to access the service. Click here to read the full story.
It will be interesting [...]
Carte Blanche Consumer
Published in January 6th, 2010
Look out for the launch of two new Carte Blanche investigative journalism series on M-Net this month: Carte Blanche Medical (18 January 2010) and Carte Blanche Consumer (21 January 2010).
Carte Blanche Consumer sounds like it is right up our street; it aims to educate and inform South African consumers about their rights, expose hidden agendas, [...]
First-hand account of the getclosure service by Maya Fisher-French
Published in November 30th, 2009
In her latest article in the Mail & Guardian, Fisher-French succinctly describes why she tried out the getclosure service, what she thought of it, and what South African suppliers get out of it. Click here to read the article now.
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Peak call costs to be cut in 2010
Published in November 18th, 2009
Posted by Emma Donovan in News Update
Vodacom, MTN and Cell C have all agreed to reduce their mobile terminating rates by 36 cents, from R1,25 to 89 cents.
This agreement came about as a result of Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda’s personal intervention after negotiations led by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) broke down. Click here to read the [...]
Results of the Orange Index Awards 2009
Published in November 11th, 2009
The results of the Ask Afrika Orange Index® 2009 were presented at an award ceremony at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg last week. The feverous energy in the room before the results were announced is a tribute to the people who spend their professional lives dealing with disgruntled and upset consumers. It was great to [...]
SA cell phone interconnect fees to drop by 30c
Published in October 14th, 2009
Posted by Dianne Shelton in News Update
Good news for South African cell phone users - The Department of Communications has called for interconnect fees to drop by 30c. This means that each time someone wants to make a call to another network (e.g. from Vodacom to MTN) the networks will only pay each other R0,95 to switch calls, compared to R1,25 [...]
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