Mobile Internet on the Increase in SA - WWW

World Wide Worx (WWW) has released a report stating that the use of mobile Internet services has exploded in South Africa, although less than half of urban cellphone users who have Internet-capable phones use the Internet.

The study, ‘Mobile Internet in South Africa 2010’, was conducted face-to-face among urban cellphone users aged 16 and older, representing 16-million South Africans, by World Wide Worx with the backing of the First National Bank.

The study found that while 28 percent of the urban cellular market is using mobile instant messaging (IM), as many as 65 percent have the capacity on their phones, meaning that only 4.5 million out of 10.5-million potential mobile IM users actually use it.

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