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Tuesday, 9 March 2004

Vodacom launches location-based services

South African cellco Vodacom has launched the first location-based service in the country, enabling its customers to locate any Vodacom cellphone user, if the user consents to being located. The cellco contracted wireless application service provider Cellfind to supply the technology.