EXCLUSIVE: Vodacom 'Please Call Me' Inventor Chats To Stacey and J Sbu

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Nkosana Makate, has been in a legal battle with Vodacom for exactly 20 years. The dispute?

Compensation for the invention which was launched in February 2001, allowed Vodacom subscribers to send a 'Please Call Me' text message free of charge to another user on the same network
10 Feb 2022 English South Africa Society & Culture · Personal Journals

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