South African telecom giant Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has taken over talks with a former employee, who is demanding Sh45 billion as compensation for the 'please call ...

Nkosana Kenneth Makate did not invent Please Call Me. However, this false statement has been repeated so often that most media outlets and commentators quote it as fact. Recent reports referring to ...

Vodacom is once again seeking to challenge its obligation to fairly compensate Nkosana Makate, the inventor of the lucrative ...

After nearly 20 years of legal battles, Nkosana Makate is demanding compensation from Vodacom for the 'Please call me' product, with the company offering R47 million, while he maintains he is entitled ...

The long-running legal battle between Vodacom and Nkosana Makate, the inventor of the “Please Call Me” (PCM) service, will reach the Constitutional Court on 21 November 2024. In a notice of set down, ...

More than two decades ago Nkosana Makate came up with a “brilliant idea” which was rated as “a world first - the concept behind the Please Call Me service in 2000 while he was working as a trainee ...

JOHANNESBURG - 'Please call me' inventor, Nkosana Makate, said he remains resilient despite a Constitutional Court setback in his long-running battle with Vodacom. Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga handed ...

In this week's tech news roundup, “Please Call Me” inventor Nkosana Makate will have to wait even longer for compensation from Vodacom. The Constitutional Court overturned a 2024 Supreme Court of ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Constitutional Court has upheld Vodacom's rights for leave to appeal in “Please Call Me” battle between Nkosana Makate and the South African mobile communications company.

Mobile telecommunications pioneer and Call Me inventor Ari Kahn has developed the Star Protocol, a system that adds payment rails, user authentication, and verification features to cellular networks.

The villain of the moment is the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which really, deeply, and utterly screwed it up. But at heart, the Please Call Me saga is the fault of lawyers, or rather the two ...