Mobile phone in Africa: providing services to the masses

Botha, AdèleMakitla, IFord, FFogwill, TSeetharam, DAbouchabki, CTolmay, JPOguneye, O2010-08-312010-08-312010-08-31Botha, A, et al. 2010. Mobile phone in Africa: providing services to the masses. CSIR 3rd biennial conference 2010, Science Real and, Relevant, CSIR International Convention Center, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 August-1 September 2010, pp 6http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4246CSIR 3rd biennial conference: 2010 science real and, relevant, CSIR International Convention Center, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 August-1 September 2010The story of mobile telecommunications in Africa and the developing world is a remarkable one. Africa's mobile cellular growth rate has been the highest of any region over the past 5 years, averaging close to 60% year on year. Large cellular infrastructure investments, which have enabled millions of people to communicate better, have been made. In accordance with the Meraka theme and objective of increasing ICT intensity and pervasiveness in society, this paper looks at the various technical and operational considerations associated with creating a middleware platform for mobile services. The platform should be able to support different mobile paradigms (voice, text, multimedia, mobile web, applications) using a variety of communications protocols (SMS, USSD, MMS, Bluetooth, WAP data via GPRS/3G/HSDPA). This will enable components to be reused, ensure scalability, support multiple access devices (from basic phones to more powerful smart phones, including traditional PCs), provide interoperability via different modes of access and also ensure faster development time.enMobile telecommunicationsAfrica mobile cellular growthLarge cellular infrastructure investmentsInformation communication technologyICTMobile paradigmsVoiceTextsMultimediaSMSMobile web applicationsMMSUSSDGPRSHSDPACSIR conference 2010Mobile phone in Africa: providing services to the massesConference PresentationBotha, A., Makitla, I., Ford, F., Fogwill, T., Seetharam, D., Abouchabki, C., ... Oguneye, O. (2010). Mobile phone in Africa: providing services to the masses. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4246Botha, Adèle, I Makitla, F Ford, T Fogwill, D Seetharam, C Abouchabki, JP Tolmay, and O Oguneye. "Mobile phone in Africa: providing services to the masses." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4246Botha A, Makitla I, Ford F, Fogwill T, Seetharam D, Abouchabki C, et al, Mobile phone in Africa: providing services to the masses; CSIR; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4246 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Botha, Adèle AU - Makitla, I AU - Ford, F AU - Fogwill, T AU - Seetharam, D AU - Abouchabki, C AU - Tolmay, JP AU - Oguneye, O AB - The story of mobile telecommunications in Africa and the developing world is a remarkable one. Africa's mobile cellular growth rate has been the highest of any region over the past 5 years, averaging close to 60% year on year. Large cellular infrastructure investments, which have enabled millions of people to communicate better, have been made. In accordance with the Meraka theme and objective of increasing ICT intensity and pervasiveness in society, this paper looks at the various technical and operational considerations associated with creating a middleware platform for mobile services. The platform should be able to support different mobile paradigms (voice, text, multimedia, mobile web, applications) using a variety of communications protocols (SMS, USSD, MMS, Bluetooth, WAP data via GPRS/3G/HSDPA). This will enable components to be reused, ensure scalability, support multiple access devices (from basic phones to more powerful smart phones, including traditional PCs), provide interoperability via different modes of access and also ensure faster development time. DA - 2010-08-31 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mobile telecommunications KW - Africa mobile cellular growth KW - Large cellular infrastructure investments KW - Information communication technology KW - ICT KW - Mobile paradigms KW - Voice KW - Texts KW - Multimedia KW - SMS KW - Mobile web applications KW - MMS KW - USSD KW - GPRS KW - HSDPA KW - CSIR conference 2010 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 T1 - Mobile phone in Africa: providing services to the masses TI - Mobile phone in Africa: providing services to the masses UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4246 ER -