Google South Africa’s Country Manager Stafford Masie told the MyADSL conference delegates at Vodaworld that Google will establish a local presence before the end of the year. <\/p>\n
This means that Google users will be able to access the company's services from local servers which will most likely be hosted in the Internet Solutions data centre.<\/p>\n
This will not only have the advantage of allowing access to users on ‘local only’ accounts, but also ensure far higher service levels.<\/p>\n
The Internet giant also announced the launch of its mobile services – including Google Adsense for mobile – allowing mobile content providers to easily monetize their services.<\/p>\n
According to Masie, Google SA – which is set to officially launch in February next year – will have a full team in early 2008 to drive both broadband adoption and other initiatives related to Internet penetration and usage in South Africa.<\/p>\n