SmartCity Conference and Expo 2008

It’s day two I’m at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conference Center in Durban, South Africa at the second SmartCity Conference and Expo. It is so cool to we in a free wireless zone – provided by one of the generous sponsors no doubt. Hey if it were me, I’d have put tent cards and note pads on the tables or overlays with my url on.

But I look around, dizzy with cyber delight. For those who don’t live here – wireless is not common in South Africa, certainly not in Durban. And because we are all dependent on ONE main ultimate service provider Telkom, our bandwidth is very expensive.

The excitement at this conference is not only because of the number of new businesses that are part of the Expo, but because Durban’s local government – eThekwini Municipality has announced that it is rolling out a more afforable, high quality broadband via its own fiber optic cable network.

The annual conference, held under the auspices of Smartxchange, is certainly getting bigger and better.

CoreTalk Adds Value to SmartCity Conference & Expo with SMS Service

In the past decade, SMS or text messaging has grown into one of the most popular and flexible tools of modern communication. Whilst SMS was once just a tool for social and bulk marketing, it is fast becoming the top communication medium for instant, simple and cost effective business communications. And it’s a Durban based company Coretalk SMS for Business that is leading the market.

This year’s SmartXchange conference is aimed at exhibiting new and innovative technological solutions as well as educating the market and visitors on the availability of value added services across a broad spectrum of technological advancements.

Coretalk SMS for business is proud to announce that it is partnering with SmartXchange and Vodacom for this year’s exhibition to provide informative, immediate and advisory notifications to all delegates. Messages will include pre events marketing, events notifications, ad-hoc advice on talks, prize giving and networking sessions. Done through an intelligent, cost effective and accepted medium, direct from the Coretalk stand, this will hopefully set the platform for an exhibition full of innovative and interactive intelligence.  .

Originally developed to vend virtual airtime to pre paid customers, but later expanded to accommodate business SMS applications, Coretalk is now easily integrated and adopted into any communication platform. The Coretalk solution’s primary objective is to empower all business with a messaging, communication and CRM tool that enhances productivity, reduces operation expenditure and improves external and internal customer and staff communications

Ever wondered how they work? Those informative reminders about your pending dentist appointment, or car service or the dreaded withdrawal on your plummeting bank account? Well wonder no more. Come on down to the second SmartCity Conference and Exhibition being held at the Albert Luthuli ICC on the 1st and 2nd of October 2008.

Gearing up for the Second SmartCity Conference in Durban

We’re gearing up for the second SmartCity Conference and Exhibition which will be held at the Albert Luthuli ICC in Durban, South Africa on the 1st and 2nd of October 2008. The programme looks really exciting with interesting guest speakers  from the international ICT sector and robotics, gadgets and convergence technology- and all kinds of stuff that anyone who has anything to do with computers won’t want to miss.