South Africa - Deployment Resources

Find below a list of useful resources specific to South Africa.

If you know of a good resource that we are missing, then let us know.

Technical Resources

Truteq Wireless
Introduction and tutorial on USSD - background, uses, comparison with STK, SMS, use in applications. Independent, privately-owned R&D house with the exclusive focus of developing GSM-based products.
mobiForge
Mobile Web Development community site with extensive source of information and links - starting, developing, designing, testing and running mobile websites. Useful directory.
dotMobi
Comprehensive guide to the mobile web. Buy domain names, mobilise web presence, access market and industry information etc…

Clickatell
Developer API site - SMS enable your website or application using Clickatell's range of API's, including FTP, SOAP, SMPP, HTTP/S, SMTP, COM Object, XML. Also hosts a developer forum.

mobiReady
The mobiReady testing tool evaluates mobile-readiness using industry best practices & standards.The free report provides both a score (from 1 to 5) and in-depth analysis of pages to determine how well your site performs on a mobile device.

Kannel
Kannel is a compact, powerful open source WAP and SMS gateway, used widely across the globe both for serving trillions of short messages (SMS), WAP Push service indications and mobile internet connectivity.
Gnokii
Gnokii provides tools and a user space driver for use with mobile phones under various operating systems (most testing is done under Linux but also Solaris, *BSD family and MS Windows families are known to work.Gnokii allows communication with the phone over the serial cable, usb, infrared and bluetooth connections.
Frontline SMS
Leverages basic tools already available to most NGOs — computers and mobile phones — FrontlineSMS enables instantaneous two-way communication on a large scale. Easy to implement, simple to operate, and the software is free. Users just pay for the messages they send in the normal way.
Mofon
Mofon is a free tool to create and host business or personal mobile websites. Sites can include pictures, password-protected and SSL secure pages. Mofon can be used for simple or sophisticated mobile business sites and intranets, or to create private or public personal sites to keep lists, check email and read blogs.

Praekelt
Design and manage digital media products for the African environment. Have been involved in seminal technology launches like mobile television, Please Call Me's, mobile internet, messaging and e-ticketing. Products we are developed in open-source technologies, so no technology lock-in for our clients.

IP Menu South Africa
IP Menu is a global Intellectual Property Law portal it has it has specific country pages including one for South Africa