World Wide Worx Research Archives
1 December 2005: - Despite great expectations, growth in Internet access
among the South African public has slowed to a crawl, with the dial-up market
experiencing no growth in subscribers for the first time since the industry was
launched in 1993.
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28 November 2005:- Broadband Internet access, which finally made an impact on
South Africa in 2005 with the first 147,000 users settling into high speed
online lives, will almost double in usage in 2006 to 277,000 users.
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November 2005: - A new wireless communications wave is about to break over South
Africa, bringing with it an entirely fresh vocabulary that redefines anything
from “high-speed” to “hot-spot”. To help guide users of technology through the
resulting confusion, a new book on the topic has been released by one of South
Africa’s best-selling authors.
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31 October 2005: -The Discount Clubs and Programmes (DCP) 2005 report
provides a comprehensive view of formally run discount clubs and programmes in
SA. Among the profiled entities are five buying associations, which account for
an astonishing R3,8-billion in consumer spending annually.
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19 September 2005 - When it comes to being
competitive in the South African economy, most small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
feel they have what it takes to hold their own, according to the final results
of SME Survey 2005 backed by Standard
Bank, MWEB Business and
Microsoft.
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12 Sep 2005 - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) consider access to
expertise to be the single most critical resource for their business, according
to the final results of SME Survey 2005,
released today.
30 Aug 2005 - The commonly held perception that e-mail is one of the killer
applications of business on the Internet has been confirmed by the final results
of SME Survey 2005. However, this does
depend on why the business needs e-mail, with some sectors having experienced
dramatically positive impact, while others are lukewarm.
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7 June 2005:- It's official: South African men are bigger
talkers than women when it comes to cell phones in their cars. 57% of men
interviewed in a major new study admitted to talking on their cellphones while
driving, compared to 37% of women.
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25 May 2005:- Joe Mjwara, a key figure behind State policy on
telecommunications and information technology, will present both a Government
and black economic empowerment perspective on the future of the
telecommunications sector at the Mobility 2005 conference in June.
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5 May 2005:- Mobile phones may have been the fastest growing technology ever
seen in South Africa, yet more than 10 years after the cellular revolution
began, full mobile commerce has not touched the lives of most cellular phone
users.
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14 April 2005: The information and communications technology (ICT) sectors in
South Africa have returned to health, according to a new study released this
week.
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17 March 2005:- For the second time, British Airways’ Executive Club has
taken the accolades as South Africa’s most highly-rated frequent flyer programme
in a study of South African rewards programmes.
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17 March 2005:- Loyalty programs have reined in the level of their rewards,
but spread the options for redeeming awards with loyalty points.
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15 March 2005:- Companies issue mobile devices like laptop computers and
personal digital assistants strictly according to the pecking order in the
company, rather than the needs of staff.
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9 March 2005: – Is South Africa a welcoming environment for the entrepreneur?
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28 February 2005:- In a global bid to assist the Jamaican government to
develop the country’s ICT sector strategy, the
Commonwealth Foundation has
appointed wholly black-owned ICT
consulting firm e.com institute to develop frameworks that will stimulate
Jamaica’s economy through the use of ICT in
small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
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17 February 2005:- In contrast to the corporate environment, small, medium
and micro enterprises will shy away from Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in
2005.
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9 February 2005:- Corporate South Africa regards the laptop computer as the
single most necessary mobile technology for deployment in business, edging out
even the cellular phone, while emerging technologies like handheld computers and
wireless networking will see strong growth in 2005.
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4 January 2005: - Voice communications using Internet standards will be the
fastest growing technology application among South African corporations in 2005.
More than half the organisations interviewed in a survey conducted by
World Wide Worx intend to use Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) for the first time this year – on top of a third of that already use the
technology.
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2 December 2004: - South Africa's mobile subscriber base has been routinely
overstated by up to 20% over the last five years, according to "The State of
the Mobile and Wireless Services industry in South Africa 2005", produced by World Wide Worx.
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19 October 2004: - Decision-makers at small and medium enterprises based in
the Johannesburg area regard their companies as being far more competitive than
do those in the country's three other major centres. This is one of the
fascinating findings to emerge from SME Survey 2004. This week sees the
release of the final SME Survey 2004 report, which includes detailed
drill-downs into the findings, breaking them down by industry sector, area,
gender of decision-maker, and size of company, among a range of demographics.
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5 October 2004:- The smart card industry is poised for an unprecedented
explosion in South Africa, with three large-scale roll-outs set to begin in 2005
and several more waiting in the wings.
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24 June 2004: Despite the slow-down in growth of online retail in South
Africa, the number of retail web sites has exploded: from 215 at the end of 2001
to at least 719 at the end of 2003. However, the market is dominated by the top
eight online retailers, who between them account for about 80% of all online
retail sales in South Africa.
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10 June 2004: Small and medium enterprises in South Africa are alive, well
and regard themselves as highly competitive. This is one of the key findings of
SME Survey 2004, a project that researched the role played by government,
information technology and financial services in small and medium business in
South Africa. Conducted with the backing of
Hewlett-Packard and Standard Bank,
the research involved interviews with 2919 SME business decision makers,
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10 June 2004: The death of the desktop PC has been greatly exaggerated, at
least if you talk to small and medium enterprises. The PC, along with
consumables like ink cartridges, paper and disks, remains the most important
item in budgeting for IT purchases among SMEs in South Africa, according to
SME Survey 2004.
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25 May 2004: South African consumers pay almost a billion rand a year to
belong to customer clubs: a “hidden” industry revealed for the first time in a
new report.
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2 March 2004: Online banking reached the one million mark in South Africa for
the first time at the end of 2003. According to the latest
World Wide Worx research report, “Online Banking in South Africa 2004”,
the number of online bank accounts in South Africa grew by 28% last year,
despite the online security scare that hit Internet banking.
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28 November 2003: Growth in Internet access in South Africa will receive a
kick-start in 2004 after a dramatic slowdown in the past three years. This is
the key finding of the latest edition of World Wide Worx’s annual study of the
South African Internet access industry.
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25 July 2003: The South African consumer who gets the most benefit from
membership of rewards programmes is the one who banks with FNB, flies British
Airways, shops with an Infinity card and is a member of the Discovery Vitality
wellness scheme. These rewards programmes came out top of their respective
categories (financial services, frequent flyer, multi-vendor retail and
wellness) in the Value in Loyalty Programmes 2003 survey, the 2nd annual study
of this rapidly growing South African industry.
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more...
5 June 2003: Mobile and wireless technology has matured to such an extent in
recent years that many applications are ready to be embraced for public services
delivery, according to a research report commissioned by three government
agencies and released this week. The report, entitled "Government Unplugged", is
a comprehensive study of the readiness of mobile and wireless technology for
public service delivery.
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21 May 2003: Investment in information technology is having a major impact on
the competitiveness of small and medium businesses in South Africa. This is the
central finding of the SME Survey 2003, the largest survey ever conducted on IT
investment by small and medium enterprises in this country. The findings were
released this week by World Wide Worx, which interviewed more than 5900
companies on their investment in IT, impact of this investment, factors
influencing purchases, and their use of financial and business services.
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24 March 2003: South Africa’s much-maligned information and telecommunication
technologies sector emerged from 2002 with not only its reputation intact, but
also its bottom line, according to a new report, the Map of the Information and
Telecommunications Technology Sector in South Africa, 2003.
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11 February 2003: More than 9 out of 10 South African Internet users would
prefer to be billed electronically rather than via traditional post office mail.
This was a key finding of the “E-billing in South Africa 2003” survey of
companies and individuals conducted by World Wide Worx. The findings showed that
the majority of respondents – 76% - would prefer to receive their bills via
e-mail.
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3 October 2002: A fierce competitive battle has been waged in South Africa
over the past six years for control of the stretch of e-commerce between the
click of a Buy button and the conclusion of the transaction in the merchant’s
bank account. According to the "Online payment facilitation in South Africa,
2002" report, released today by World Wide Worx, it has become a critical area
of competitive advantage for banks.
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28 August 2002: World Wide Worx has launched South Africa's first
comprehensive survey on electronic bill presentation and payment, better known
as e-billing. The purpose of the survey is to establish the current status and
future potential of e-billing in South Africa - both from customers' and billers'
perspective.
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15 July 2002: At the Cannes International Advertising Festival in France last
month, not a single South African web site entry was considered for the Cyber
Lions, the award given for online advertising. At a seminar on 31 July, Arthur
Goldstuck, who represented South Africa on the Cyber Lions jury, will offer
insights into the reasons, and what it takes to win.
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more...
November 2001: The nomadic nature of many South African Internet users has
sparked a boom in the use of free web-based e-mail services. Over 800 000
accounts have been opened on these services, and at least 515 000 of these are
active. - The Goldstuck Report: Web Free-mail in South Africa, 2001.
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