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Flickswitch Times: September 2011

Crikey mate! That’s a few logs short of a gabazillion!

A million, actually. A million successful pin-less recharges. Yip, Flickswitch is soon hitting this milestone, and we’d like to have a bit of fun. Soooo, we’re running a little lucky dip... if one of your SIMcontrol or ServePort recharges is the millionth one, we’ll send you a lekker hamper filled with some Flickswitch label wine, choccies, Bean There coffee and other yummie bits to either share with your colleagues or just hide and finish off alone....

Read about this and more here:

1. Vodacom data pricing changes
2. Pin-less airtime recharging: MTN, Vodacom Lesotho, Vodacom Mozambique & 8ta
3. Location Lookups
4. Bulk RICA
5. Hardware

www.women24.com: How to buy prepaid data for your tablet

Now that you've invested in your nifty new gadget – make sure you max out its potential with this guide.

Tablets have exploded on the scene since the iPad launched last year (so recently?!) but being mobile means that connecting via a 3G network is vital if you're outside a WiFi zone.

While there are a host of contract options out there, most tablet users prefer to buy data on a prepaid basis. This means there is no long-term commitment, with the flexibility to top up as they go while also not exposing themselves to the risk of out-of-bundle rates...

For hands-off and automated management of prepaid data, Flickswitch offers a service called SIMcontrol.

Read all about it!

www.marcforrest.com: Get your Pre-Paid Vodacom Microsim from Flickswitch

With the launch of the iPhone 4 & the floods of iPads coming into South Africa, there has been a huge demand for both Vodacom & MTN microsims.

I came across this very cool service the other day from the guys at Flickswitch. Basically they offer you a Pre-Paid microsim from Vodacom, which you can manage and recharge using their service called SIMcontrol, which allows you to monitor and recharge 3G data SIMs, and is ideal for iPad use.

Read all about it!

The Digital Edge, Episode 87: Motribe, Mobile Web Africa & Flickswitch

Hein Koen of Flickswitch talks about the companies latest products as well as discusses the movements in the local data market and how this will affect consumers.

Hein is the Co-Founder of Flickswitch, a company that focusses on Mobile application development, SIM management, Mobile solutions.

Listen to the interview here

Flickswitch Gazette: Sliding towards Spring 2010

Vrooooooom!

“Don’t speed” my dad used to shout as I left the house as a newly-licensed driver. I hope he didn’t mean speed in business, because Flickswitch is racing ahead to offer you some new features and services.

One car that couldn’t really speed was Henry Fords’s Model T (or ‘Tin Lizzy’ as it was affectionately called). First produced in 1908, it is seen as the first generally affordable automobile and opened up the world of cars to ‘ordinary’ people...

Read about this and more here:

1. New SIMcontrol Reports
2. Launching SIMaudit: A service that helps you to find your devices
3. Launching Serveport: A web service that allows you to vend airtime directly
4. Prepaid MicroSIMs now available

MyADSL: First 'Managed Prepaid' cellular service launched

Flickswitch has launched South Africa's first managed pre-paid service for mobile voice or data services, called SIMcontrol.

The service monitors pre-paid SIM card balances, and recharges them remotely with airtime or data bundles. Described as a "contract SIM without the contract", it fills the gap between typical 24-month contracts and prepaid options...

Read all about it!

Flickswitch Gazette: Almost-autumn 2010

Swoooosh. We’re Flying!

“The flights of the 1902 glider had demonstrated the efficiency of our system for maintaining equilibrium, and also the accuracy of the laboratory work upon which the design of the glider was based. We then felt that we were prepared to calculate in advance the performance of machines with a degree of accuracy that had never been possible with the data and tables possessed by our predecessors. Before leaving camp in 1902 we were already at work on the general design of a new machine which we proposed to propel with a motor.” (Orville Wright)...

Read about this and more here:

1. SIMcontrol website has been upgraded
2. Launching 3GManager Beta: A simple way to manage 3G data cards

MyADSL: Data Contracts are broken

Many mobile data options becoming irrelevant or unattractive as the options for mobile data connectivity mushroom.

New players have entered the mobile connectivity market in the last few days, including Sentech (who soon self-destructed), iBurst, Neotel, Telkom and several WiFi network providers. For the truly mobile worker however, a 3G modem with a cellular operator remains the only viable option for (almost) anywhere connectivity. Used either as the main method of connecting, or as an alternative when not using corporate networks or WiFi, 3G is an invaluable service to most mobile workers...

Read all about it!