Mobile Industry News, Reading list

Some Mobile Industry news from Africa.
Telkom sells stake in Vodacom and will launch it’s own Mobile network?
“Telkom plans to become SA’s fifth cellular provider by the middle of next year, and is preparing to enter into talks with an existing mobile operator to roam on its network.
Speaking after presenting the company’s interim results for [...]


Interview with Jason Elk, CEO of Zoopy

Yesterday we covered the announcement by Zoopy, that Vodacom had invested and taken up a 40% stake in Zoopy, one of the few major web 2.0 Investments in South Africa. I thought it would be useful to catch up with Jason Elk, Ceo and founder of Zoopy for an Interview.
You launched Zoopy a little over [...]


Leading mobile operator Vodacom invests in Zoopy

Zoopy, the South African based video sharing and social media web site has just announced on their blog that Vodacom have invested and taken up a 40% stake in the company. Zoopy allows users to share content such as blogs, video and podcasts. Zoopy just recently passed their 10,000th upload and announced a partnership [...]