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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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Sendo will be available from Vodacom SOON.Its being tested on Vodacom network and i will post as soon as they are available.The SA mobile business has not reached SATURATION.When Vodacom starterd business they told shareholders SA market will be saturated @ 19 million mark in 20 years.All Vodacom shareholders were laughing.Well 10 years down the line we already on 24million users in SA.Vodacom CEO Alan Knott Craig SA will have 30 mill customers by early next year and with this type of growth we must not speak about SATURATION YET in SA.....Makes you think isnt it
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uthetha ituvi
Joined: Mar 01, 2005
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It certainly does....considering the total SA population is close to 44 million... |
Tahir Ally
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I think its 60 mill.I am not sure
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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@Tahir: I think it's 44 million. Honestly I don't think this market will reach saturation soon. There's perhaps another 10 million subscribers out there. Icasa is also considering licencing a 4th network...which should indicate this market is far from saturation. Btw, will we get the Sendo X?
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mario2002
Joined: Feb 15, 2004
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Does this number count in all the illegal immigrants ? ;-)
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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its 60 mill....
isnt sendo and sagem available on cell c??? |
brix25
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@786KBR: We're in the region of 44-45 million...check up stats.gov.za for the latest figures. Don't think this figure includes the estimated 2 million illegals.
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JK
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MMMMMM lets see in the 98 census count it was 44 mill and infact couple weeks on the news i heard its 60 mill and questioned it, and it is in fact 60 mill...
ne way i was saw a blackberry from MTN..... its MTN branded with stickers and the menu was yellow(MTN)... is mtn branding their phones???? coz their 3G phones mite also be branded!!!!!
id rather have a voda brand phone than a mtn one....
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brix25
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@786KBR: I think MTN started branding some of their phones last year. I saw a Samsung E710 branded with an "MTNloaded" sticker on the back.
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CodeMaster
Joined: Feb 18, 2005
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I don't condone the branding of phones, but the Vodafone branding isn't to bad (if you forget about the restrictions).
The icons could be a little more colourful, with not so much red 
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JK
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THE MTN branding is exactly the same on the blackberry... just yellow.
but i think it had 3 more icons compared with a voda 1.... |
Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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Well it looks like everyone is branding phones.Mr Brix have to buy branded phones or he is going to buy a GREY IMPORTS.............COME ALIVE WITH VODAFONE LIVE...........HOW ARE YOU.
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uthetha ituvi
Joined: Mar 01, 2005
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Well on that note...
@ Brix, have you read the 'News From Me' thread yet?
SE REFUSING to let ANY network brand the w800i. It'll apparently have lovely generic firmware.
Hope these facts are true...
We all know that to get any network settings is a simple request from your chosen network and receiving all the settings via a few sms's, as I have done countless times in the UK and several times in SA with a wide range of phones, incuding unlocked 3G-capable 7600's.
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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Long live unbranded phones. |
Tahir Ally
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The w800i does not support Edge or 3G and i dont think local networks will promote this phone..............HOW ARE YOU
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Posted: 2005-04-19 23:33
