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23 January 2008
Established over 30 years ago, Gloria Jean’s Coffees has become a global Icon with stores in over 20 countries and has now identified South Africa as a growing market for their quality handmade coffee. Gloria Jean’s will bring their passion for coffee to South Africa in vibrant stores at prime locations all over the country.
For their South African stores, Gloria Jean’s Coffees has chosen Skyrove as a partner to provide wireless internet to their customers as a value added service. We are in the process of rolling-out the stores. Warren Schmidt, operations manager at Gloria Jean’s says: “The partnership with Skyrove is based on integrity and trust. Our vision is a commitment to excellence and innovation in everything we do and we have thus chosen a partner that shares that vision.“
To find a Gloria Jean’s store close to you visit http://www.gloriajeanscoffees.com.au/pages/content.asp?pid=116
To find Skyrove Hotspots in South Africa and worldwide visit map.skyrove.com
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22 December 2007: As from December 2007 Dial-A-Nerd will distribute and install Skyrove hotspots
Skyrove is glad to announce a partnership with Dial-A-Nerd, South Africa’s leading computer Support Company dedicated to homes and small businesses. Their qualified and friendly technicians will from now install Skyrove Hotspot at affordable rates. The Hotspot will be sold for R795 and venue owners will be paid 50% revenues share. For those who want to pick up a Skyrove Hotspot in one of Dial-A-Nerd’s six branches a technician will set it up for you in-store! The Hotspot can then be taken to its new destination and simply be plugged in.
Dial-A-Nerd currently has 3 branches in Cape Town (Durbanville, Woodstock and Tokai) and 3 branches in Johannesburg (Bryanston, Parkhurst, Sunninghill). All branches are also Skyrove Hotspots that provide prepaid broadband internet to the surrounding shops, businesses and homes as well as to people on the move who want to get connected.
Grayson Rainier, Marketing Manager at Dial-A-Nerd raves: “Skyrove offers the best wireless hotspot option as you pay for how much you download, not for how long you spend browsing. If you are in coffee shop you are able to maximise your wireless time whilst enjoying your coffee. With Skyrove you get more flexibility and greater value for your money.”
To experience the ease of use of a Skyrove Hotspot, the convenience of prepaid per Megabyte billing and all the other benefits, just test the Skyrove Hotspot at a Dial-A-Nerd branch or at any of our 250 Hotspots in South Africa.
Dial-A-Nerd: because Nerds know Hotspots!
For more information on Dial-A-Nerd visit: www.dialanerd.co.za
To find Skyrove Hotspots close to you and worldwide visit: map.skyrove.com
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11 October 2007: Skyrove Wi-Fi internet access at PostNet stores countrywide
Skyrove and PostNet have partnered to provide wireless internet access at PostNet stores around South Africa. This will enable customers at the store to use their Wi-Fi enabled laptops, PDAs and mobile phones to access the internet on the move.
PostNet Southern Africa is the country’s largest privately-owned counter network in the document and parcel market, targeting mainly Small to Medium Enterprises. Each PostNet store is a Business Centre providing a range of innovative business solutions that now include Skyrove Wi-Fi internet access. PostNet personnel save their clients time by attending to their Connectivity, Courier, Digital, Document and Office Supplies needs, all in one easy stop.
Vishal Chaggan, head of digital communications at PostNet is excited about the collaboration saying, “We are always looking for ways to add value to our customers and mobile communication is very important to them. Skyrove enables these customers to conveniently create an account and connect to the internet wirelessly on their own devices.”
PostNet Southern Africa franchise-based business has over 200 Business Centres that can be found in every major city and larger town throughout South Africa. PostNet stores in the Western Cape have successfully been enabled with Skyrove hotspots and the roll-out will be continued in January 2008 with selected stores in Gauteng and Durban.
Tino Mueller, business development manager at Skyrove says “The PostNet Business Centres will add value to our hotspot network, where users can easily roam between high profile venues with a single prepaid account.”
To find a PostNet Business Centre nearest to you, simply click here
To find any of the 250 existing Skyrove Hotspots in South Africa, visit: map.skyrove.com/
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08 August 2007: Guesthouse Accommodation of South Africa Endorses Skyrove
The Guesthouse Accommodation of Southern Africa (GHASA) endorses Skyrove as the preferred solution to provide prepaid wireless internet to guests in the hospitality industry. Their August 2007 Newsletter introduces Skyrove’s fully managed solution that is 100% hassle-free to the venue owner.
One of the first GHASA members to get the service was Lady Victoria Guesthouse in Gardens, Cape Town. Susanne, the manager gave feedback after the installation in an email to Lyndsay from GHASA: “We had Skyrove installed last week and we are very happy with the service. If you know of guesthouses who consider offering internet to their guests, I can highly recommend it.”
For reference please contact Lyndsay Jackson or Natasha Brand on +27 21 762-0880 If you want us to forward you GHASA’s August newsletter, please email “GHASA” to info@skyrove.com
21 June 2007: Pinelands Accommodation Network
Skyrove has entered a partnership with the Pinelands Accommodation Network (PAN). The organization that grades and organizes accommodations in Pinelands, Cape Town (SA) has realized that wireless internet access is not a service that should be exclusive to hotels. Most of the over 30 B&Bs and guesthouses are now offering wireless internet through Skyrove’s fully managed solution as a contemporary and value adding service to their guests.
Nicola Morris, owner of Pine Cottage B&B and member of Pinelands Accommodation Network raves: “Skyrove has proved a huge benefit to my business, allowing my guests internet access in the comfort of their rooms. It has also proved an asset to Pinelands Accommodation Network as guests can use Skyrove at lots of different establishments within our network keeping their remaining credit from one visit to use at their next.
To find Skyrove enabled accommodations in Pinelands visit http://www.pinelandsonline.co.za/
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23 August 2006: Skyrove receives TT100 Award for Most Promising Emerging Enterprise
Skyrove was awarded the prestigious Technology Top 100 award in 2006 for the Most Promising Emerging Enterprise. Deputy Minister of Science & Technology, Derek Hanekom, also made a surprise announcement that Skyrove will be 1 of 2 Western Cape TT100 winners who will also be going to the European Venture Market to meet with European companies and establish relationships between South African entrepreneurs & European investors.
Skyrove In The Press
| JUNE 2008 | ITWeb Brainstorm | Sitting on a wireless goldmine |
| A web junkie from UCT soon realised that his financial aid would not fund his many hours of surfing. What he needed was a way to not only fund his addiction , but to earn some extra money too. This was the beginning of Skyrove. | ||
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| NOV 2007 | UCT News | Wireless technology makes Internet affordable |
| It’s a well known fact that Internet access in South Africa is among the most expensive in the world. In fact, it is said that the average American teenager has access to more bandwidth than a medium-sized business in South Africa. | ||
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| NOV 2007 | Break Water Business Magazine | MBA Grad follows his dreams |
| Born and raised in Germany, Tino Mueller (MBA 2005) has come a long way and not merely in distance. After graduating with a Mechanical Engineering qualification in Germany in 2002, Mueller arrived in South Africa three years later ready to begin an MBA at the GSB. He is now playing a key role at Skyrove, a young technology start-up. |
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| AUG 2007 | Entrepreneur Magazine | Sky’s The Limit |
| “THE IDEA HAD been forming gradually in my head and then all of a sudden the entire business plan fell into place at 4 o’clock in the morning before a maths exam. I sat there for about three hours frantically trying to write it all down”, remembers Henk Kleynhands, CEO and founding partner of Skyrove. | ||
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| JUNE 2007 | ITWeb iWeek Magazine | IncuBeta founder offers VC |
| INCUBETA FOUNDER and chief strategy officer Vinny Lingham has established his own venture capital (VC) firm. A “serial entrepreneur”, Lingham founded global search marketing company incuBeta and its subsidiary Clicks2Customers. Last year, Lingham was named the Top ICT Young Entrepreneur in Africa at the ICT Achievers Awards. | ||
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| APRIL 2007 | Financial Mail Campus | The sky’s the limit |
| Start-up opens the way for more entrepreneurs ‘I was a student who couldn’t afford broadband,’ says Henk Kleynhans, the CEO of Skyrove. ‘I thought sharing broadband with my digsmates through WiFi would be a way to make it more affordable for all of us. That’s how I came up with the concept of Skyrove.’ |
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| FEBRUARY 2007 | FIN WEEK | Do-it-yourself hotspots |
| WHILE THE CELLULAR NETWORKS are spending billions setting up and punting 3G networks, the WiFi revolution is continuing its steady pace, with more hotspots popping up every day. While large players such as Telkom and MWEB are focused on the high end of the market, emerging player SkyRove is offering a hotspot solution that allows anyone, from individuals at home to small businesses, to set up and operate their own hotspots. | ||
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| SEPTEMBER 2006 | Financial Mail | Skyrove |
| ‘I was a student who couldn’t afford broadband,’ says Henk Kleynhans, the CEO of Skyrove. ‘I thought sharing broadband with my digsmates through WiFi would be a way to make it more affordable for all of us. That’s how I came up with the concept of Skyrove.’ |
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| AUGUST 2006 | itweb.co.za | Western Cape shines in TT100 awards |
| That five out of the 10 top emerging companies for this year’s Technology Top 100 (TT100) awards come from the Western Cape shows the high level of IT innovation coming from the province, says TT100 GM Stephan Lamprecht. | ||
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