Mobile news

Vodacom launched faster web browsing (GPRS) and multimedia services (MMS) in South Africa last week. Of Vodacom's 7.2 million subscribers in its home market, more than 200 000 have GPRS-enabled phones, and over 10 000 have MMS phones.

MTN launched it's GPRS offering in July but will only begin billing this month. View the full Statistics of Cellular in South Africa as of 8/2002.

My month-old cellphone was stolen off me exactly a week ago - if you have been trying to contact me, please do so via e-mail until I am reconnected.
Coincidently, cellphone theft is currently the most reported crime in South Africa, according to current police statistics.