MXit to open shops in nine countries

[rpm]

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4458

 

[eagle-slayor]

great, there goes the national IM...becoming international...
isnt it good to have something purely South African, thou im Portuguese i think its always good to stay based in the country

 

[Boodles]

...next mark shuttleworth....

If this guy decides to sell at some stage, he will make an absoloute fortune.

 

[krycor]

heh nice. Its funny overseas this altho a problem is thought of a lesser problem(overseas) thus not tackled as much as it is here where telecoms prices, well sms prices are high. One thing tho is that unlike sms, mxit requires users to be logged on so thats a bit icky but then again its not like you pay for keeping it connected idle. (hope not)

 

[eagle-slayor]

u might be paying for idle time if it sends dummy packets from time to time just to check if u are online or dc

 

[Sarakael]

140 million messages a day? even at only 2 cents a message this guy is making shed loads of money every day.

Unless im reading it wrong and its not 140 million messages a day

 

[eagle-slayor]

he isnt making 2 cents per msg, thats just the estimated gprs cost for each msg if its R2/MB
msgs are free