Customers reap the benefits of disruptive communications technologies as loadshedding hastens the decline of traditional voice telephony. The telecoms voice services sector experienced a steep decline in 2022, with a particularly harsh impact from loadshedding. According to BMIT’s latest SA…
Africa’s #1 super messaging app ayoba officially surpasses the 30 million monthly user mark. This remarkable achievement is a testament to the app’s rapidly growing popularity, particularly in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. In addition to this great milestone, Ayoba…
MTN Zambia, in partnership with Simfy Africa, has officially launched the free instant messaging app ‘Ayoba’ which is available for Android devices downloadable from the Google play store. Ayoba users can securely send and receive text messages, voice messages, videos,…
The average office worker spends up to 80 per cent collaborating with their managers and colleagues using tools such as instant messaging, Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive which in most cases lack adequate security, this is according to Maor Hizkiev,…
The Dala U Crew (DUC) is helping thousands of young South Africans to find jobs by tapping into the power of the BBM™, a leading mobile messaging platform for private and secure communications. The initiative, brainchild of young Durban businessman…
MTN South Africa has announced that the popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) instant messaging service is now available on its recently introduced entry-level Steppa smartphon which has taken the market by storm. Customers can access the app by visiting the Google…
Video has long been touted as the new voice. There is no doubt that it is a high growth market, but will the simplicity of other modes of communication such as voice and Instant Messaging prevent its true potential ever…
A lot of businesses today are working towards creating Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) systems that replace the disparate mixture of voice, e-mail, video, instant messaging (IM), SMS’ and used by their employees. However, it would seem that the…
While a cat has nine lives, it seems that SMS has an infinite number of lives. So while the rise in mobile instant messaging (MIM) has been heralded as its end, a closer look shows that this rather increases SMS’s…
An effective communications infrastructure can, in today’s competitive economy, supercharge organisations’ process chain – from developing a product, to procurement, manufacturing, sales and customer management. However, in the real world the above is often theoretical “pie in the sky” as workflow…