Brainstorm Magazine

1. Real-time all the time
(October 2008/UpFront)

... at airports and baggage requirements and fees, will continue to grow. On the cellphone, this becomes “anywhere, anytime” and an opportunity for continuous merchandising. “The industry recognises the ...

2. Editor's Note
(October 2008/Editors Note)

  I was somewhat forcibly reminded, once again, this week, of what disconnected lives we lead. My life revolves around e-mail, Twitter, cellphone, Facebook, ...

3. Serious fun and games
(October 2008/In-Depth Analysis)

... 2.2 percent of adults over the age of 15 play games online. In contrast, 8.5 percent of the total adult population play games on their cellphones daily, 16.8 percent play weekly and 21 percent monthly. ...

4. The mother of digital cameras
(News/PUBLISHER)

... their belts even before considering it.  The top of the range model will set you back in the region of R 304,485.24. It makes me appreciate my 2MP on my cellphone more.  ...

5. New generation communication
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2009)

... the country. When women give birth in public hospitals, their details, including their cellphone number, are registered in the pioneering system. The system will initially be used to send vaccination ...

6. Government on the go
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2009)

... there are some bright possibilities where e-government is concerned, and one of the brightest is directly linked to the cellphone, ubiquitous across all strata of South African society. That’s according ...

7. MTN and government: a partnership
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2009)

MTN Business understands that government plays a fundamental role in ensuring that citizens have access to information. Since the first cellphone connected to a cellular network in 1973, cellular technologies ...

8. Broadening the Base for Broadband
(Informatica/Bytesize 2007)

... you can get a cellphone signal, and even when you’re out of range of a 3G mast, the service will click back to EDGE connectivity. Both networks continue to invest heavily in their services, regularly launching ...

9. Wireless Cuts Loose
(Informatica/Converging communications 2007)

... likely to see fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) and mobile/mobile convergence (MMC) carving their way further into the converged enterprise wireless communications space as providers look to make the cellphone ...

10. Mobile in the driving seat
(Informatica/Converging communications 2007)

There’s no escaping the cellphone’s iconic status in the technology world. Few pieces of hardware (with the possible exception of Apple’s iPod) have evolved so quickly from the realm of the functional ...

11. Networking Embracing the Network Evolution
(Informatica/Converging communications 2007)

... and devices. The new standard is being driven forward by mobility and will allow future cellphones and all manner of mobile devices to have their own unique, permanent IP addresses. Why change? IPv6 ...

12. WiMAX Here at Last (almost)
(Informatica/Converging communications 2007)

Virtually all commentators agree that the main key to WiMAX’s success will be its reach – the kind users would only normally associate with a cellphone network. On a continent where physical infrastructure ...

13. CONVERGENCE IS A SLOW AND GRADUAL PROCESS
(Informatica/Converging communications 2007)

... will replace the traditional desktop telephone. This will mean that you will have a single device that allows you to use your cellphone to connect to your IP PBX using a Wi-Fi network while you’re in the ...

14. Telecommunications Running to Stand Still
(Informatica/Converging communications 2007)

... funding necessary to keep the ventures going but it’s a harsh environment: in the time it took to legislate them into existence, USALs have found much of their ground eaten into by the cellphone. A Telkom ...

15. BOOSTING BUSINESS EFFICIENCY THROUGH MOBILITY
(Informatica/Converging communications 2007)

... Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a MiniSD memory card. For security and efficiency purposes, MTN has set up the cellphones not to allow users to access sites that are of no relevance to NSPA’s ...

16. Unified Comms – Premature and Difficult? Not Anymore
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... money phoning. Quite often one uses a cellphone number, as it has a better chance of being answered. Why do that when it’s obvious someone is available on email, IM or landline? • Conference management ...

17. Go Green, Fast
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... CEO of China Telecom, described the ’Green Box Programme’, which offers the network’s clients a channel to return old or broken cellphones to distributors. Nokia’s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, introduced ...

18. VOIP Just One In A Basket Of Technologies
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... and CallTrigger (a call-back service given to field agents who would otherwise make expensive cellphone calls) – another 5% saving • Placing the remaining voice traffic on the voice channel offering ...

19. Getting The Mix Just Right
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... in Knysna. Get Skype (on DSL). Set up office number forwarding to your cellphone. Get a camera phone if you’re travelling in bad driver zones (like Knysna). All in all, it’s not just about cutting costs ...

20. MTN: What’s In Store For The SME?
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... Active Probably the biggest concern around cellphones for the SME owner is the question of how much he or she is spending. MTN Active is the company’s online service which gives you control over your ...