Vodacom boosts cellphone Internet access
Vodacom’s Mobile Internet service will enhance the display of websites on a cellphone through technology that adapts the computer-screen format of any website into a smaller, cellphone-friendly format.
The content and design is not changed; only the format is adjusted to suit the screen size and processing power of the host cellphone. Customers now effectively have the same experience of the Internet on their cellphones as they do on a PC Vodacom says.
"Vodacom’s Mobile Internet will revolutionise the way South Africans use the Internet," says Shameel Joosub, Managing Director. "Vodacom customers now have the freedom to explore a much wider world on an extensive range of cellphones, experiencing the familiarity of the Internet they previously enjoyed via a computer.”
The new Mobile Internet service aims to make it easier to access websites from a cellphone. Most websites are not meant for display on cellphones; they may contain too much information for the cellphone to handle, require code that the cellphone does not understand, or offer services that the cellphone cannot access.
“It’s important for customers to understand that technologically, this is a whole new ball game compared to the limited mobile internet access that has been available in South Africa up to now,” says Joosub.
“It is not the same as ‘Made-for-mobile’ pages, which have been specifically designed to work on a cellphone and which are much smaller than standard web pages. A made-for-mobile site offers and will be limited to only services suitable for use on a cellphone, while Vodacom’s new Mobile Internet service automatically reformats any web page so it fits the cellphone screen.
According to the cellular provider Vodacom’s Mobile Internet service offers quick download times and access to all the world’s websites.
“Vodacom customers will experience a significant improvement in the way they access the Internet from their cellphones,” Joosub concludes.
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