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| The free message service started in 2001 AFP |
South Africa’s
Constitutional Court has ordered mobile phone giant Vodacom to pay the man who
came up with a callback service idea, reports the Sowetan.
Media/BBC
News report continues:
Former
Vodacom employee Nkosana Makate said the company's "please call
me" service was his idea.
It
allows prepaid mobile phone users to send a message for free to other
users asking to be called back.
South
Africa's Tech Central website says this ruling in the case which "has
dragged on for 10 years" has "potentially far-reaching
implications".
It
is not clear yet how much Vodacom will pay Mr Makate.
But
he previously told Moneyweb that the invention had generated
about 70bn rand (US$5bn; £3bn) for Vodacom and wanted a 15% cut of
that.
READ FULL JUDGEMENT HERE Source: Tech Central
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